Rolled Edges?

[DS STRAPS]

Looking at some watch straps and wondering how to roll leather edges and how to achieve this look

[Nuttish]

Looking at some watch straps and wondering how to roll leather edges and how to achieve this look

There are no rolled edges there. The top one is just painted. The keepers are folded and glued. What look do you mean?

[DavidL]

Sometimes they do roll the edge. When they do roll the edge they first roll it over, contact cement, then carefully use a dremel to thin the inside till its nearly there.

[DS STRAPS]

Here is another pic

http://stonecreekstraps.com/data/storage/attachments/3a82df762aa61c5ee69cef306520148b.jpg

[jimmy eng]

Need a photo of the back. It seems like it's the top piece is wrapped over the edge then a shorter back piece is glued on top then both are stitched together.

[DS STRAPS]

Need a photo of the back. It seems like it's the top piece is wrapped over the edge then a shorter back piece is glued on top then both are stitched together.

After looking at a few more pics you are correct. Are the edges thinned down before wrapping and what tool might be used to thin it down, is there something other than a skiver?

[DavidL]

hand skiver (skife, super skiver, japanese utility knife, book binders paring and a few others) , sandpaper, sanding drum attach. on a dremel, japanese wood working skiver.

Best all around knife if I had to choose one would be japanese utility knife, it can cut perfectly straight lines without a ruler, cut curves, pull cut, push cut and used as a chisel for a perfect straight cut and skive edges.

Only the first watch is wrapped (maybe) but the leather if thin enough .4mm 1 ounce doesnt need to be skived. Needs to be .4mm or at least .6mm it could be 1mm thick at the most.

Youtube has a few good examples search around you will find out how to do it in a few minutes.

[DS STRAPS]

hand skiver (skife, super skiver, japanese utility knife, book binders paring and a few others) , sandpaper, sanding drum attach. on a dremel, japanese wood working skiver.

Best all around knife if I had to choose one would be japanese utility knife, it can cut perfectly straight lines without a ruler, cut curves, pull cut, push cut and used as a chisel for a perfect straight cut and skive edges.

Only the first watch is wrapped (maybe) but the leather if thin enough .4mm 1 ounce doesnt need to be skived. Needs to be .4mm or at least .6mm it could be 1mm thick at the most.

Youtube has a few good examples search around you will find out how to do it in a few minutes.

Thanks that helps a lot!

[DavidL]

sure. Also forgot to mention with the japanese utility knife you can also use it to trim edges flush if you add a liner the hangs over.

[DS STRAPS]

sure. Also forgot to mention with the japanese utility knife you can also use it to trim edges flush if you add a liner the hangs over.

Any certain brand and style preference you recommend?

[DavidL]

I went with the cheapest one from leathercraftool.com located in Japan the knife was really cheap 15 dollars USD. Only issue was it was not 100 percent straight so I had to redo the blade. After touch up on a stone and strop it was sharp and was worth more than 15 dollars. However the metal isn't hard and can't hold an edge well.

The 50 dollar ones on leathercraftool look nice. Also the ones from goods japan look good too. Cant go wrong with either.

The best one would be from goods japan going for 150ish shipped to USA made of damascus steel.