Members YinTx Posted March 25, 2018 Members Report Posted March 25, 2018 On 3/23/2018 at 3:41 PM, bikermutt07 said: Wait a minute, I remember someone saying something about using a bottle turned on it's side to aid in skiving. Try that. Are you supposed to half empty the bottle? Was the bottle supposed to contain a consumable volatile substance? Is this to be done following the skiving work? YinTx Quote YinTx https://www.instagram.com/lanasia_2017/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK6HvLWuZTzjt3MbR0Yhcj_WIQIvchezo
bikermutt07 Posted March 25, 2018 Report Posted March 25, 2018 2 hours ago, YinTx said: Are you supposed to half empty the bottle? Was the bottle supposed to contain a consumable volatile substance? Is this to be done following the skiving work? YinTx Drink ⅓ before skiving, ⅓ after skiving, and ⅓ to enjoy with your contact cement. Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Members YinTx Posted March 25, 2018 Members Report Posted March 25, 2018 39 minutes ago, bikermutt07 said: Drink ⅓ before skiving, ⅓ after skiving, and ⅓ to enjoy with your contact cement. Lol. That sounds like a recipe for disaster! YinTx Quote YinTx https://www.instagram.com/lanasia_2017/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK6HvLWuZTzjt3MbR0Yhcj_WIQIvchezo
Members baroness Posted March 26, 2018 Members Report Posted March 26, 2018 I'm thinking that in one of Nigel Armitage's videos (I think one of the stitching chisel/pricking iron reviews) he used a chisel on both sides of the leather to get it to angle on both. Is Does everyone's stitching angle on both sides? Quote
Members charon Posted March 26, 2018 Author Members Report Posted March 26, 2018 I tried some skiving yesterday with the bottle trick Bikermutt mentioned and at least I can say that after some help of my good friend Jack that I was pretty satisfied with the result. However, my wife had another perspective... @baroness thanks for your input, afaik you need reverse versions of your iron to use it on both sides but my holes come out angles on both sides with my Japanese stitching iron. Ordered some WUTA 3mm pricking irons to see whether it makes a difference when I use an awl or if it's just me thats untalented :-) Quote
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