When, Why, and How to Skive Leather by Hand

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When, Why, and How to Skive Leather by Hand

Skiving leather is an extremely useful skill to use in your leather crafting projects. You can skive leather in a few different ways, both beveling an outside edge and thinning out larger pieces of leather to an even thickness. In this video we show you how to skive using hand tools, and we talk about where in your projects you might want to thin out leather. We also discuss why! Take your time, practice this skill with repetition, and you'll be making bell skive quality work with simple hand tools in no time.

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