Safety beveler vs a spokeshave

[Big Sioux Saddlery]

4 hours ago, keplerts said:

Big Sioux,  I got a skiver from Weaver as well.  It was silver.  The problem is that it is made by the CS Osbourne company.  The cheap black ones from Tandy are not made by them and actually work.  CSO tools are pretty much junk. I bought a Harness awl from Weaver that was made by CSO and it was Junk!  I did give Weaver feed by on it.

Come to think of it, all the skivers I've had that worked were black, and none were CSO.

 

3 hours ago, arz said:

 I far prefer a very sharp English paring knife, skiving knife from Japan, French skiver etc.

While those tools may be great for some things, they won't work for scraping ground seats in saddles.

[T Moore Medicine Hat Saddlery]

I'm getting a low angle wooden compass shave. This maker has supplied some yo a saddle maker and the maker ordered a second one so hopefully this will work good.  I have a old stanley 51 flat bottom that I used but is dull now. I'll let everyone  know how it works. Incident it will pretty much be used exclusively on ground seats