Antique Leather Tools

[@slomkaadas9603]

Thx for showing this tools - i really appreciate Cheers from Poland 🍻

[@devinteske]

12:33 if you use a hand brace with this tool you can cut all the way through but it also appears to be misconfigured. Usually the center pivot is in, well, the center. I could be wrong but I believe I see a thumb screw holding the center pivot on the bar, implying that it could be re-oriented to put the center pivot in the center. Albeit, this reduces the maximum diameter washer you can create but usually washers are small. With the cutter that cuts the outside diameter (OD) on one side of the center pivot on the bar and the other cutter positioned to cut the inside diameter whilst attached to the bar on the other side of the pivot, they will balance each other and make for a smoother cut - with a hand brace in a 2-jaw chuck

[@devinteske]

11:00 what are you doing? See that square taper shank above the center pivot? That goes into a hand brace. This vintage tool (unlike modern versions) is designed to be chucked into a hand brace and that way you can apply immense down-pressure while maintaining the necessary torque to cut the leather. However, the best results are also obtained by using pins to secure the leather outside the cutting diameter so rotational force from the passing cutters does not pull material away from the desired shape. Hand braces are easy to come by and will improve your results along with a sticking board

[@OnPointLeatherworks]

@@devinteske that’s great information! Thank you for the comment