Wood Refinishing Projects

The next project requires some new tools, one arrived today and I got a chance to do a little playing around with it. Pretty neat stuff. I will post more info once someone figures out what it is and what it’s used for, I can only post one side of it cause the name will give it away.

So the pictured tool is called a leather skiver. It has a very sharp razor blade that will take different thickness off the leather. It takes some practice, as I have found out. I bought some cheap leather to play with. With a couple hours of practice I can get down to .020-.022 thickness. The target is .020. This makes the leather very workable to be able to shape. This is what it looks like when you start to remove the first cut.

The end result is to have a leather covered pad on the Stevens. The leather is goat skin and is pretty pricey so practice is key. I’m going to do a practice run with cheaper leather.

Go here to watch it done by rich Cole.