How To Sharpen Edge Bevelers

[CADBURYS]

im having trouble sharpening my edge beveler does anyone have any tips please

[ReneeCanady]

I haven't tried it yet, but this was a question I had a while back as well. I got this response, sounds good

Renee, if you go to a local hardware store, take your beveler. Find the bin where they sell wooden dowels, and try your beveler on the smaller ones (around 1/8th of an inch) until you find the one that matches the curve in your beveler.

You then need to go to a auto parts store, tell them you want a very small jar of VERY FINE valve grinding compound.

Mount about 14 to 18 inches of the dowel rod to a 1 x 3 board, . . . apply the grinding compound to the top of the dowel, and pull backwards on the handle of the bevler, . . . the opposite way of beveling leather.

The first time you do this, . . . you will be matching the dowel diameter to the beveler, . . . and it may take 20 or thirty minutes, your arm get tired, and you may say phooey on it.

Stay with it, . . . about every ten strokes, . . . try your beveler on a piece of scrap leather. Once you see it is starting to cut a lot better, . . . take about 15 or 20 more sharpening strokes.

Then use your beveler to bevel the edges of a piece of 9, 10, 12 or so oz leather, . . . about 14 to 18 inches long. Get it wet and allow it to dry so it hardens up, . . . rub jeweler's rouge on that rounded leather edge, . . . and from now on, . . . THAT is the strop you use for your beveler.

[thekid77]

just get a piece of leather and bevel the edge...rub some green chrome polish on the beveled edge of the leather, then strop the beveler a few times by stroking the beveler over the beveled edge (make sure you pull the beveler toward you or you'll wind up dulling the blade even more...

***note:

this is only for bevelers that look like a forked tongue AND if your beveler is too dull, you may have to purchase something like a small dowel like Renee suggested...then you coul fold some 1000-1500 grit wet/dry sandpaper over that, and strop....

just make sure you are stropping the beveler in the opposite direction of the way it cuts, or you will have a dull useless tool...follow the link below:

hope this helps

[Matt S]

I use a length of quite thick linen thread to strop the inside edge of my Ivan bevellers, tensioned in a cheap mini hacksaw frame, strengthened with beeswax and rubbed periodically with jewellers rouge. Works great.

[electrathon]

Use a piece of wire that fits inside the bevaler (like a small welding rod, coat hanger, etc) and lay a piece of ultra fine sandpaper over the wire. Draw the beveler backwards down the wire. pull straight back, do not rotate your hand as you pull.

[CADBURYS]

thanks a lot for these tips much appriciated