What's your favorite skiving tool?

[Danne]

8 minutes ago, GRod said:

I already own something similar for my wood chisels, but i'm not convinced it can hold my skiving knife blade as securely as needed.  This is similar to what I have, but significantly more worn: https://www.amazon.com/ATLIN-Honing-Guide-Chisels-Planer/dp/B07C9X3F98

My head is already so full of new leather knowledge that I can't even sort out the sharpening tools. Brands, grits, materials...  ugh.  It will sting when I actually spend the money, though I know I'll be glad once I do. That much I already know. 

 

The tools you have is not going to work on most skiving knives. Your wood chisels have straight edges, most skiving knives don't. 

Your tool clamps the edges, the tool from Etsy clamp on the flat surface of the blade.

 

Regarding the grits, it's not that important in my opinion. If I sharpen my skiving knife with 1000 - 2000 - 2500 I can skive my edges without a problem, but if I go higher in grits it's less friction when I skive.

"My head is already so full of new leather knowledge that I can't even sort out the sharpening tools"

Yes I can see that in your profile picture :D

Edited March 5, 2019 by Danne

[GRod]

52 minutes ago, Danne said:

Yes I can see that in your profile picture :D

[bermudahwin]

1 hour ago, Danne said:

Yes I can see that in your profile picture :D

Bill the cat is far more (oh so much more) confused than GRod's queries show him to be...

[Aven]

14 hours ago, bikermutt07 said:

Dangit, I read somewhere that if you could only get one, get the big one.

So, I didn't order the small one. Maybe next time.

I did the same thing, ordered the big one first.  When I got around to getting the smaller one, I didn't go "Where have you been all my life?!?"  I just found myself reaching for it more often.  It may or may not mean anything, but I don't have large hands. I can do an octave on the piano, but it is a hard stretch.  I've also have arthritis in both my thumbs, so maybe that  1/4" makes a difference in comfort, I don't know.  I try not to think about anything but where the knife point is when I'm skiving.  But I do use the larger one often enough to want keep it around. So.... you might find that the larger one is all you really do need.

In another one of her videos, Lisa shows how she does all the skiving for the inlay/overlays she does on the boot uppers.  Of course she makes it look so easy, after how many years of doing it?  But she uses a marble lazy-susan to work on that really seems to make it easier, more efficient.  So now I look for a marble lazy-susan every time we good into Value Village.  Worst case, I don't use it for skiving and put tool stands on it instead.

[Lapoxby]

On 3/4/2019 at 5:05 PM, terrymac said:

For a skiver that won't break the bank is the one Lisa Sorrel sells.  It comes sharp and the key to any skiver is keeping it sharp.  Lisa advertises on this site or she used to

Hope this helps

Terry

Thanks I hadn't looked at her site she had the exact knives I've been looking for. I had a pair took them to be professionally sharpened. They screwed the knives up so bad. That when I took them to the guy who does my dad's clipper blades he told me there was nothing that could be done. I've been looking forever for them.