toxo Report post Posted January 4, 2020 Firstly, can the manual skivers that are around six inches wide adnd cost around £120 do edge skiving? Secondly here's one for those that like the old stuff to mess around with, Just found it on ebay, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/143489686887 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimi Report post Posted January 4, 2020 Without knowing the thickness you want to skive?? guessing you mean bridle leather 3-5 mm thick?? If you mean the ones with the lever that mount on the edge of the bench then they are for thick belt type leather (splitting). the old cobblers type skiver in your photo would be for doing welts etc... if you want the edge skived then you need a very sharp skiving/paring knife,a steady hand and a lot of patience or better still a bell skiver. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toxo Report post Posted January 6, 2020 Just ordered one of these. Looks like it'll do what I need. Would've referred to get the German Scharfix but couldn't justify another £250 for something that'll get used probably twice a month. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DIY-809BP-Leather-Craft-Edge-Skiving-Machine-Leather-Splitter-Skiver-Paring-Tool/312839114575?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arturomex Report post Posted January 7, 2020 6 hours ago, toxo said: Just ordered one of these. Looks like it'll do what I need. Would've referred to get the German Scharfix but couldn't justify another £250 for something that'll get used probably twice a month. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DIY-809BP-Leather-Craft-Edge-Skiving-Machine-Leather-Splitter-Skiver-Paring-Tool/312839114575?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 I'm very curious to see how this works out for you. Please let us know what you think of it. Regards, Arturo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toxo Report post Posted January 21, 2020 Just arrived today and I have to say, after a quick play, I'm optomistic that it'll do what I want it to do which is edges. It is temperemental but that's a given when you're using thin double sided razor blades. Veg tan is easiest but with care I managed to get some very soft 1mm down to under .3mm but need to develop a technique because of the stretch. The biggest downside for me is changing the blade. you will break blades, especially when practicing and undoing a set screw each time gets old quickly. I can see a small pair of mole grips in it's future. Might do a little video later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
