Round Edges

[Dwight]

I needed that rounding effect on my holsters and belts, . . . so necessity being the mother of invention, . . . I "fixed" my edger.

First, . . . it is a #4 edger, purchased at Tandy's.

Second, . . . I took a piece of (I think 3/16ths) round wooden dowel and impregnated it with valve grinding compound. Using very small nails only at each end, . . . I nailed it to a larger piece of 1 x 4.

Third, . . . I pulled that edger across that dowel a couple hundred times (seemed like it any way). It rounded the underside of my edger.

Fourth, . . . I made a board with a piece of leather and "edged" it with my newly reformed edger. The leather sticks up between two pieces of wood about 3/16ths of an inch, . . . and is heavily impregnated with jeweler's rouge.

Fifth, . . . I use that board & leather to resharpen my "rounded" edger.

Anyway, . . . that's how I did it.

May God bless,

Dwight

Edited June 16, 2013 by Dwight

[Cyberthrasher]

My question this morning is when using a beveler on my knife cuts the edges of my cuts are pretty much 90 degrees. Some of the work I see from the folks that know what they are doing is different. The knife cut edge has a very attractive roumd shape to it or eased edge.

No need for pictures if you can't get it figured out. This pretty much says exactly what you're looking for. There's confusion because we also worry about rounding the edge of our leather too. Most of these replies are accidentally explaining that. I was trying to find a good write up I found on it once, but can't seem to find it yet. I think it may be in a paid book actually. That's something I'm not comfortable copying to post here. But, if I have to I can try to take pictures of the process for you. It's such an important technique and I really wish more people would do it - so I'll do whatever it takes to make that happen!!

[JWP]

^{I'm still trying on the pictures. When I paste them into this document I get an error saying that jpeg are not allowed. Can anyone tell me what to use like bmp or other???}

[JWP]

Thank you so much to all of you for helping me with my addiction to this art. REALLY enjoy watching, hearing from, and learning from the pro's. Appreciate you all taking the time to contribute to a beginner's education..

[Dwight]

JWP, . . . for your pictures, . . . resize them to something like 800 x 600, . . . save them as a jpg not a jpeg.

That should work.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Cyberthrasher]

Oh yeah, and don't drag and drop them - who knows if something there might be causing an issue. Just hit "attach file" and browse to it.