Skiving Failure

[El Zipster]

For all the skiving needs i've had to date I find my Head Knife covers it all very well.

Didn't think of using my belt sander, but I'll give that a go next time I have it out to see how it goes.

Cheers

Zip

[Tree Reaper]

I'll check into other options and suggestions if there are more to share

A block plane will work if you learn how to sharpen it properly.

I have only used it on belts but it works very well.

[BDAZ]

I have found the combination sander very useful for all types of leather tasks, sanding edges even, skiving, sanding forms for wet molding, sharpening punches, cleaning up alphabet punches and many other tasks.

Cya!

Bob

[Sluggo001]

IMO, Tandy skiver blades get very dull, very, very quickly.

In my experience, in 8-9oz, it's two or three passes.

[Red Cent]

I use the safety beveler as a skiver. Much easier to control for me and it needs to pulled at a small angle. I use the beveler on long skiving projects. On a belt, I use my drum sander on the drill press. Easier to control depth, smoother looking, and a very smooth finish.

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[St8LineGunsmith]

I use a safety beveler, a skiving knife and a sander for skiving.

the trick to using the safety beveler is to dampen the the side of the leather that is to be skived do not saturate the leather just damp enough that the leather becomes damp at the surface if you need to skive off more leather you may want to spray a little more water on the project the blades stay sharper longer by using water also

a french edger works wonderfully for skiving and beveling edges also.

[Red Cent]

Thanks ST8.

[JDTagish]

Thanks for the tips! I've never tried wetting the leather slightly before skiving. I do have both the super skiver and the safety beveler, so I'll try both with the new hard surface under it and hopefully that will help get better results!

[Toolingaround]

Hi There

I second the French edger for more narrow skives but I like the safety beveler for wider things. On mine (you might want to remove the blade first or be very very careful!) I found that if I bent the curved bit a little bit more curved, that helped a lot. Also as others have said pulling the blade at an angle to the edge you are cutting is very important. Sometimes I need to put the piece I am cutting on the edge of my stone to get my hand at the angle I need to pull the cut.

I would love a head knife but I know my sharpening skills are not there yet and being that a dull knife is a dangerous knife well.......

Cheers, Toolingaround

[hornm]

a french edger works wonderfully for skiving and beveling edges also.

That's what I started using. Couldn't get the hang of the others and had the tandy French edger sitting there...Still takes a little practice but far better results for me. Just picked up a larger C.S. Osborne French edger that will help make things a little more efficient with fewer passes.

Horn