Creasers Tools.

[Wanderinstar]

I have just been using an Ivan Creaser that I bought from Le Prevo in the UK. I was using it with heat, from gas hob. The ends were made of solder and melted. Are they all made the same way? If so how do you heat them up?

[Jax]

I'd return it, or at the very least speak to Le Prevo about it. I heat all my creasers & veins, its how I was taught to use them, the line doesn't usually stay on the leathers I use if creasing is done cold.

[Wanderinstar]

Thank you for that Jax. I was begining to doubt that I should heat them. Le Prevo haven't got back to me yet. Does anyone else heat theirs up??

[Macca]

Ivan stuff is pretty bad quality, ask them for a refund, using a creaser hot is normal

[jcuk]

Hi People i was taught to heat up the Creaser, as to how long you heat it for is a little bit of practice and trial and error.

As to quality,the Creaser is a tool we use a lot,and tends to get over looked so i would buy a good brand always cheaper in the long run, as the saying goes buy cheap buy twice. Sorry to hear about your last Creaser hopefully you will get a refund. Some cheaper tools are fine if you don't use them to much,but if you use a tool a lot always best to buy the best you can afford.

All the best

jcuk

[Wanderinstar]

How should creasers be heated up? Le Prevo say that they should be heated by a meths burner. Any ideas or suggestions.

[jcuk]

Hi people

I use a small camping gas stove.

Go to a tack shop and look at the creasing on Bridles and other tack to see the crease on the tack and when you try it for your self remember what it looked like and try to get the same effect.

Do not over heat the creaser as this will scorch the leather as i said before practice and trial and error.

[Matt S]

This is a known problem with Ivan creasers, according to Ted at Batchelors. "Real" creasers are made from steel, for which melting is not a problem. Dixons screw creases are around £35 new. Vintage ones go on eBay for a lot less, they're a very common and useful tool but not very glamorous.

[Django57]

I've just won one of these vintage Dixon creasers on eBay 16.00 pound + shipping just need to figure out the correct method to use it YouTube to the rescue i expect.

Edited November 15, 2013 by Django57

[Jax]

I also use a little camping gas stove to heat my creasers, some people have a wet sponge to dab it on before using it on leather, I'm not so refined....

[vastonsmith]

i've never heard of them, but the horse is a beauty! complete with scars and everything.
what a nice piece.
BTW....the pics are a tad large - makes for hard viewing. you might want to resize to 640x480.

[barra]

My creaser heater is simply a salsa jar with a wick inserted through the lid.

The other image is of a homemade creaser I made in about 10 min from a hammer handle. Works like the plastic Tandy version