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harronek

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I have a question regarding skiving and joining leather .
Its a bit hard to describe what I want to do , but here goes .
If I join two pieces of leather together by skiving the ends to keep a continuous thickness of leather and then glue them together will the glue bond be strong enough to hold properly or do I need to still stitch the join ?
Basically I want to reverse the smooth side and rough side of the leather at the point where the belt loop folds over . The join will be held at each side by the stitching of the sheath , but in the center is where I'm worried about .
My thoughts are that if I make the skiving over a long distance it should be alright as the join will have a greater surface area .
I hope that makes sense .
Does anyone have experience of doing this or examples to show ?


Ken
 
I think I know what your trying to do there. :) If I can explain it right that is. :p

For a belt loop I fold the strip of leather inward so I get the skin side on the back and on the front of the sheath, I skive the back of the leather so the transition is smoother. Normally my skived length is about 2", that makes for a nice long transition and a nice large glue space as well. The side stitching holds everything together and the glue holds the edge of the skive down plenty fine.

I used to have a picture of the back of the sheath in its folded state but cant find it. I'll try to sit and take one tomorrow as I have one in just that place right now.

On skiving, I might be alone in my method, but I use my disk sander to grind away the leather till its a nice thin wedge. Its quicker, and more consistent for my uses. And a bit more dangerous I guess.
 
Thank you .
I've just spent 20 minutes with some scraps of leather and my belt sander .
In that time I've already bettered my previous efforts by a long way.
This is what makes this forum great , you have just made my world a more simple ,better place . :thumbup:

Ken
 
Very cool! I'm glad that is working out for you! :)

One tip, keep your concentration on your work, your fingers are so close to that belt its scary.
 
And here I thought I was the only lunatic who did that. I cheat though and use a paint stick to hold it down, easier to keep it square and keep all the skin on your fingers. I have an Osborne 84, haven't quite developed the touch for it yet to make consistent runs though.

leatherman said:
On skiving, I might be alone in my method, but I use my disk sander to grind away the leather till its a nice thin wedge. Its quicker, and more consistent for my uses. And a bit more dangerous I guess.
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I've seen those skivers and always wondered if they worked well. :)

For the cost of such a unitasker though, its been out of my reach. A splitter is in that same vein, nice but not on my must have list. I bought one of those little "pro splitter" tools that you pull the leather through. It works ok, but skips and is uneven on occasion.
 
The skive machine works great, the problem is the dumb guy (me) pulling the lever. :D I'd like that motorized splitter but don't have a need for it quite yet. Or the space, which I am fixing.
 
I only do this method for belt keeps and I always add stitches. I use a safety skiver for this small of an application.

What is the application in this case, if I may ask.

TF
 
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