Edge Crease Or Round Crease?

[DavidL]

http://www.leathercrafttools.com/shouhin.jsp?id=10153

http://www.leathercrafttools.com/shouhin.jsp?id=10152

Whats the difference between the two?

[Troy Burch]

Ones ajustable?

[Tugadude]

Yes, one is adjustable, but the other one rounds the edge of the leather as the stitching line is made.

[DavidL]

Does any one have a pic of a a round crease mark? how well does it work on chrome tan?

[Trox]

They both look the same, non of them will changes the edge. That's the job of an edge beader and not a creaser. All type of creasers will make a line or more paralell to the edge, but not change the edge. http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=37776 look at post # 2 of Bruce Johnson, where he explain the different of a push beader and edge beader tool. All leather crease different and chrome tan leather will in general not crease well. I might add that these electric creasing tool do not have very nice creasing bits in them. They are not polished and are roughly made. Then they have no heat control and a proper heat control is expensive. A dimmer is no heat control. You will achieve better control with and old fashion gas/alcohol stove and traditional creasers. They are better made, easier to work with, make better crease impressions and straighter lines. Bruce Johnson sell the used good old ones.

Tor

Edited July 24, 2015 by Trox

[Tugadude]

Not trying to be argumentative, but the ad clearly states that this creaser rounds the edge at the same time.

Maybe someone has used one and can chime in?

[Trox]

I have both traditional creasers and electric heated ones. The last ones are for use in a temperature controlled soldering iron (or Pyro graphic handle). And are similar to the ones this add call round creaser. But that is the wrong name on this creaser. The first one is called adjustable creaser and next one only creaser, forget the name "round creaser". It's wrong and misleading, I can understand why it will give an impression of doing something else that it actually does. All the US made traditional creasers are round inside. But they are not called round creaser only creasers. On the European made ones I have seen both shapes. The round shape will fit over an already rounded and burnished edge with out damaging it. And perhaps it was easier to make them rounded in side at the time of hand making 100 to 200 years ago. Here is an example on an traditional US made creaser single line

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-5-Osborne-Single-Line-CREASER-LEATHER-Working-Tools-saddle-making-/311410532249?hash=item4881839f9981839f99

And double line:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-RARE-C-S-Osborne-3-Double-Line-CREASER-LEATHER-Working-Tools-saddle-making-/161774392625?hash=item25aa815531

And yes I have used them all too. I prefer to use the good old US made ones from CS and HS Osborne, Gomp and more. I heat them with an small electric finishing stove made for the job. There are better creasing bits for sale on Ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Leather-Edge-Decorate-DIY-tool-Brass-Soldering-Iron-Tip-Edge-Marking-Creaser-tip-/291438221921?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item43db125a61.

These are better made an will fit in an soldering iron with temperature control. These are copies of the original French electric filet tool from Regad. Then you need a something like this

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Electric-Welding-Soldering-Iron-Solder-Heat-Tool-Temperature-Adjustable-220V-60W-/261540897329?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3ce50d6231.

This setup will work for heat creasing, but to get a perfect tool you need a proper heat control (to achieve an accurate temperature). And those are expensive, but will also work for heat treatment on leather edges (edge paint and so on).

I hope this will answer your question.

Good luck.

Tor