Home-Made "glass" Slicker For Leather

[Charliewz]

I get mine from

http://www.dupont.com/products-and-services/construction-materials/surface-design-materials/brands/corian-solid-surfaces/products/corian-all-colors/sub-products/designer-white.html

$8 for a 4x4 sample. I use it for pocket knife scales.

Charlie

Edited November 2, 2014 by Charliewz

[Manypawz]

What a great idea! Thank you for sharing.

[oltoot]

Many good ideas and selection will vary by individual. Here's what I did +/- 30 yrs ago. I went to a glass shop and got 4 pieces (I'm still using the first one and have traded two so I'm down to one spare) of tempered glass rounded and smoothed on one side, added a leather handle much like the others and voila!. BTW I think the secret of long life has been that I made a protected place for it on my bench so that the edge is out of the path of any other tools as they dismount/mount their own special places. I almost forgot glass was 1/2 thick and 4 1/2 by 4 1/2

Edited November 2, 2014 by oltoot

[Colt W Knight]

I've been using a square glass serving plate. It works, but I really want a real one eventually.

[silverwingit]

As to the grit of sandpaper the OP used, it may be that having a little "tooth" on the edge of the slicker could actually enhance its effectiveness as it might grab lightly onto the wetted leather instead of just gliding over its surface. That might slightly stretch and straighten out the leather leaving it nice and flat and ready to tool. And isn't that the purpose of a slicker?

One might want to experiment with increasingly fine grit paper.

Michelle

[oltoot]

Slicking is also smoothing so I wonder about marks?