Horsewright
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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You bet John.
John, you have probably already noticed that your cuts are more 90 degree strait up and down since the round knife blade does not flex. That pattern layout looks familiar. If you are going to line it, you'll find the skiving knife does an excellent and easy job on relieving the liner from the edge so they finish uniformly.
Those 90 degree cuts make a difference matching edges, saves time not having to sand them straight.
Ya that's your pattern from the DVD. I will line them and use the skiver. Also I plan to make these next few sheaths into horizontal carry. I want to see how they come out.
I'm not to sure how to sharpen these, I do have a strop with compound, will that work?
John S.
Dave said he uses a buffer to keep the edge polished up so I gave them a couple passes on the buffer before using and again before I sent them out.
I did have a friend who does some leather work over the last day I had the knives. He too had only ever used a replaceable razor blade knife prior to trying out Dave's. Halfway through the first cut he said, "I gotta get one of these!".
Chris