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Hey Leather Pros, I found an older Nippy Skiver for sale. The seller says it turns freely and is in need of a cleaning. There a couple of screws missing and maybe the guide. They are asking $500 for the head only. Is it a good deal?

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@Suncrest - I just bought a skiver yesterday... a Consew DCS-S4.  Brand new, with servo motor, table, light, a bunch of accessories, I paid $1600 Cdn... which is about US$1250.  For a known and popular brand, with warranty.

A quick search turned up a Nippy skiver https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Leather-Cutting-and-Nippy-Skiving-Machine_1600094299793.html?spm=a2700.7724857.normal_offer.d_title.2cb8151dwCwHnG for US$599 but shipping is most probably extra.  This isn't new but reconditioned, but it does come with table and motor.  So my gut says that paying $500 for the head only, without table or servo motor is way too much.

You could probably get a complete skiver used, with table and motor for not much more than that in a much more known and popular brand.

Good luck!

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Thanks for your input. I was curious because I had seen a similar Nippy for sale here on leatherworker for $1000. I wondered if they were somehow better than the newer ones.

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They say they are Japanese made and are considered much better than the chinese fortuna type clones, but I'm just going off comments on videos etc, no personal experience.

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