Leather working terminology query

[Sarmaticus]

Hi all,

I've got a little problem with a leatherworking term that I'm translating from Polish.

It appears in a passage about forging documents during WW2, where resistance agents in Poland would cut out sections of pages from a passbook then *smooth down* the edges and then paste in a patch - also with a *smoothed down* edge. The writer compares the smoothing of the edges and subsequent glueing to leatherworking practice.

In Polish the word for *smoothing off* the edge is zszarfowac'. I can't find this in any dictionary, on-line or off.

Thanks for any help!

Sarmaticus

[Johanna]

It sounds like the verb "skive" in English. A tool to do this is a "skiver". It means to "scrape off some of the inner edge to make the item lay more flat." I will ask my dad (who speaks Polish fluently) if he has anything he can add. Let us know what you find out.

Johanna

[dbusarow]

Just a guess but given the context I bet it is referring to skiving. So it would be thinning down the edges rather than smoothing them. Or both actually. Thin then smooth.

Dan

[rdb]

I can't come up with that word in any Polish dictionary. But I did find these...

wypolerować - burnish

ugłaskac,UGŁASKIWAĆ- smooth down

MIZDRZYĆ SIĘ; SZPALTOWAĆ - skive

smooth:

RÓWNY; GŁADKI; PŁYNNY; OŚLIZGANY; ŁAGODNY

V GŁADZIĆ; PRZYGŁADZAĆ; UGŁADZAĆ; UGŁADZIĆ; WYGŁADZIĆ; WYGŁADZAĆ; OBRÓWNAĆ; ZESTRUGIWAĆ; ZESTRUGAĆ; PRZYLIZAĆ; WYPROSTOWAĆ; WYPROSTOWYWAĆ; WYMUSKAĆ; WYMUSKIWAĆ; CYZELOWAĆ; WYCYZELOWAĆ; ROZCHODZIĆ; ŁAGODZIĆ

slick:

SLICK

A ZRĘCZNY; ZGRABNY; SCHLUDNY; SPRYTNY

N F TŁUSTA PLAMA; M PRZYSIEK

V PRZYWIEŚĆ DO PORZĄDKU; WYGŁADZIĆ; WYGŁADZAĆ

[Sarmaticus]

Thanks folks!

I think 'skiving' must be the word.

I've been puzzling over this word for weeks. A quick post here and a few hours later I get an answer to the riddle.

Just to tie up the loose ends: does the phrase 'the edges would be skived to nothing' make sense?

Thanks again,

Sarmaticus

[dbusarow]

  Sarmaticus said:

Thanks folks!

I think 'skiving' must be the word.

I've been puzzling over this word for weeks. A quick post here and a few hours later I get an answer to the riddle.

Just to tie up the loose ends: does the phrase 'the edges would be skived to nothing' make sense?

Yep.

Dan

[Mike Craw]

Hey Sarmaticus!

You might also see the term, skive to a "feather's edge" which means the same as skive to "nothing." Other than that, I can't help with the Polish. I can barely handle English!

Mike

Edited because I can't type either!

Edited June 6, 2009 by Mike Craw