skiving is in the details
Thinning out a piece of leather (skiving) is a common and important chore when making something that needs to blend, or blend. Leather is not one of those things you can just bend sharply and not expect it to crack, so you need to skive. I have a few blades that can skive, you’ve already met the Mighty Giant, the razor blade plane – but here I am using a Blanchard tool, a french blade. Razor sharp, it allows me to take my time and nibble away on the piece I am trying to thin, slice by slice.
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- better to nibble off small pieces
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- tool control is necc.
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- need a sharp blade to do this
Posted: January 4th, 2009 under leatherwork projects, thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: leatherwork, patience, thoughts on this & that, tools
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