First leather project. Dog collar/leash sets

[fredk]

use your standard skiver.

either the safety beveler; https://www.tandyleather.eu/en/product/safety-beveler

a super skiver;  https://www.tandyleather.eu/en/product/super-skiver, I think better than the safety beveler for strap end skiving

I also have this skiver for straps;  bhttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Handheld-Skiver-Cutting-Splitter-Cut-Leather-Tools-Skiving-Machine-New-vs-/123067708889?hash=item1ca76835d9   which is a big investment but very useful when doing a number of straps from the same leather as it can be set up to do all the same.

a note on the names of things;  I call a 'skive' or 'standard skive' skiving leather down say from 4mm to 2mm. There is still some thickness at the end. I call a 'feather skive' is when I skive down so that the edge is as thin as the thinnest tissue paper which has been thinned. It needs the strap to have an allowance for it as when I do it the end might not be straight and needs cut with scissors to tidy it.

PS. on the stitching. I'm not constant. When I sew from the D along the strap, sometimes I just do the straight-away, sometimes I take the first stitch over the edge of the strap a couple of times before doing the straight-away. I think Al Stohlman recommended doing it this way.

On 8/25/2019 at 1:15 AM, kiwican said:

You could also try a V gouge then and carve a small trench out where the hardware will be.?

 

23 hours ago, Ulendon said:

I don't own that tool, but that seems like a good idea. Thanks!

There is a V gouge, but it can be a chance that the one you get actually works. Mine doesn't work well.

https://www.tandyleather.eu/en/product/craftool-adjustable-v-gouge-2

What I used to use was a wood carver's V chisel. Now for handiness I use these, they are edges as well as V groovers; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-5Pcs-Working-Hand-leather-Edge-Skiving-DIY-Tools-Keen-Edge-Beveler-Silver/273261100050

Another thought; if you are not doing it now. Use contact glue on your fold over. Wet the fold area, fold over the D, glue down and tap it down with a mallet then clamp up for a while, then stitch it

 

[Ulendon]

I have the super skiver tool, I didn't think it would work on the thinner leathers but I'll give it a try. I'll try another round of collars as soon as I get more dog measurements!