What do y'all mean exactly by skiving the edge? The only reference i have to skiving is with shotgun hulls, where the edge of a square cut hull is "ground" off thinner so that it crimps better. But, I can't picture how that would be done to a thin piece of leather. Is there a certain leather working tool that will do what Mark II describes, because he has understood exactly what I was trying to convey?
It is like skiving a hull but done with a blade, not abrasive. You can see it being done to a whole piece of leather for a covered pad in that video I posted. Imagine the same thing done on an angle just around the edge about 1/4' WIDE OR SO. It might be called "feathering" but skiving is the proper term.
for what you're trying to do, it's basically a tapered edge. could be done with a sharp chisel, but there are several kinds of skiving tools, including bookbinders skives for thinning the entire piece of leather
Thanks so much for the video links. Watched them and found them both extremely helpful. The one you posted, Jim, covers what I need to learn to do, in order to have the edges of the leather facing dressed nicely. Time to shop for some good leather and skiving tools, now. The Cole video should be a "must watch" for anyone interested in learning to cover pads with leather. He's very clear and definitive, and funny at the same time.
I'll take a pic of the "Grandad Pad" I did, battle, to show how badly one can look without the skiving of the edge. Maybe I can get it on here tonight.
The stock wood on this gun has been stripped with acetone wiping, so it looks rather dull. But, maybe you can see how unfinished an unskived piece of leather looks on the edge.
Second pic, the distressed wrinkling of the leather from Grandad's old duck hunting coat.
Stan... why do you need to skive the leather? What’s wrong with having the leather the same thickness across the entire face of the pad? Thanks for the pic. I’d do the same as you did on that one, but with a piece of leather that doesn’t have that much wrinkles.
Just for curiosity's sake, why the facing instead of an entire cover job? Is there some advantage?
It's mostly a personal preference. Foxes were supplied like this from the factory, on request, as I said earlier. While I might not balk at having a leather covered pad on an XE, or FE, I wouldn't want one on a Sterlingworth, which is what this gun is, unless it was a custom gun based on a Sterlingworth.
I have a few guns I'd enjoy a leather covered pad on, but want to take baby steps before I try to run. I believe learning to properly leather face a pad is going to have a much shorter learning curve than learning to do a complete leather covered pad well.
Stan... why do you need to skive the leather? What’s wrong with having the leather the same thickness across the entire face of the pad? Thanks for the pic. I’d do the same as you did on that one, but with a piece of leather that doesn’t have that much wrinkles.
I just think the edge of the leather will have a much nicer, and finished, look if skived.
All the leather on Grandad's old duck coat was wrinkled like that. It doesn't bother me on that Sterly, especially knowing it's past. Next attempt will be with some really nice goatskin leather.
I think folding the skived edge under without puckering and while following the exact edge of the pad will be every bit as challenging as a full cover and maybe more. It will be interesting to see.
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