mikesc Posted August 30, 2019 Report Posted August 30, 2019 (edited) re tools, the French leather forums have been full for years of people saying how the big brands, Vergez etc have been producing crap for years, trading on the reputation based upon tools made 50 years ago* .Most here now buy from the better Chinese or Japanese makers, who produce far better tools, often cheaper than Tandy, they hold their edges better and are better finished. *Even some of the older "brand" tools , when the "mystique" of the name is left aside, are, and were when they were made, 50 or more years ago, not very good, some were, some were not, and were , and are waaaaay over priced for the "quality", in France it is OK to say that, so we do..in other places, the "mystique" still reigns, and saying that is almost "heretic".. Edited August 30, 2019 by mikesc Quote "Don't you know that women are the only works of Art" .. ( Don Henley and "some French painter in a field" )
Members zuludog Posted August 30, 2019 Members Report Posted August 30, 2019 You look as though you are covering most things, and are happy to start at a simple level. My tools are mostly Tandy or home made, especially the knives, though I did buy some Seiwa stitching chisels from Goods Japan there are several YouTube videos on sharpening bevel edgers; they do work much better if you can get them sharp. It's easy enough to make a sharpening board like those in the videos by Tandy and LB Custom Knives, though I think most of them show something similar To sharpen the inside of a bevel edger I plaited 3 pieces of 18/3 linen thread about 50cm long and loaded it with stropping compound. Clamp the tool in a vice fitted with soft jaws then run the thread through the tool Quote
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