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Late to the leather party, but my parents asked me to make them some cell phone pouches which will require extensive skiving so I ordered an Osborne skiving knife. I hope it was a good choice. It needs stroped (it's razor sharp but just barely.) but I think the shape is good. Thoughts, Krazy8s? I looked at some Japanese ones but the prise was more than I wanted to pay for hobby use.
I believe it's an Osborne 67-1....
Last edited by cggorman; May 29, 2018 at 09:17 PM.
Late to the leather party, but my parents asked me to make them some cell phone pouches which will require extensive skiving so I ordered an Osborne skiving knife. I hope it was a good choice. It needs stroped (it's razor sharp but just barely.) but I think the shape is good. Thoughts, Krazy8s? I looked at some Japanese ones but the prise was more than I wanted to pay for hobby use.
I believe it's an Osborne 67-1....
Osbourne knives are nice and not at all a bad choice, I have a several different sized ones that I use from time to time. The only issue I have with them is the Handle often isn't set on to the Tang of the knife that well, but its an easy enough fix.
I prefer using the Japanese style straight edged knives myself but that is simply my personal preference as I do a lot of long edge skiving and the straight cut just seems to work better for me. Plus its easier to maintain a straight knife edge than a curved.
Definitely give it a good seeing to with a strop. If you can get some Jewellers Rouge to rub on to the strop first you will get a much finer and sharper edge. also use the grain side of the strop.
Just got home last night. Had a township code violation for tall grass. Mowed.
Fired up the compressor. Siezed. Dammit. Tore it apart and got it freed up with some penetrating oil. Back in business.
Spent an hour cleaning up and polishing the trim ring fpr the seat and ten minutes from riveting...ten frickin' minutes. I just HAD to go back in for one last pass with the coloring compound. It was good enough. It was! Dammit.
10 hours down the drain.
Snagged it on the buffing wheel. Resulting carnage after I unwound it from the mandrel. F'k. I need a beer. But I'm out. I need to make another trim ring. But I'm out of 3003 sheet. Gotta drive an hour (one way) to get more.
I'm done for the day. Sigh. Need CO2, more leather (for a non-bike project), and some 6061 plate anyway, so I'll make a run tomorrow.
I thought the advantage of living in the sticks was that you COULD let your grass grow!!!
I'm especially sorry about the out-of-beer part. I've spent an awful lot of time over the years walking around in an empty house saying "You're such an idiot!!!" out loud to myself. Good news: You'll probably like the next one better!
Silver linings. Yeah, I learned a few things with the first one so the next will fit a little better and I'm gonna use slightly thicker sheet so it warps less once I rivet it.
And, yeah, frickin' township. Lived here 40 years and never heard of ANYBODY getting a tall grass violation. No building permits or inspections, either. It WAS bad...4 weeks of growth. I get that, but still. Only thing I can think is somebody called the trustee and complained. Oh well. No harm done. No fines. Just a head scratcher. I live next to an easement the farmer uses to access the land behind me. Possible he called. We've had some friction in the last couple years. Something changed with him. Not sure what, but he used to be super easy going. Now if I leave a truck in the easement for an afternoon (like waiting on a rental skid steer job to finish so I could return it) he's on the horn with the sheriff. Land of free...riiight...
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