Japanese skiving knife for leather straight-beveled STRYI Profi, art. 181012 is used for shaving thin layers off of leather and the skiving knives have a wide edge ground to an angle with a flatter handle for working closer to the surface of your piece.
To cut leather simply place your leather onto a quality purpose made cutting mat, then insert the appropriate corner of the blade into your leather and pull the knife towards you, twisting the blade in the direction you wish to cut.
Specifications:
>Material of handle –wood;
>Coverage - linseed oil;
>Blade length - 65 mm;
>Blade width - 50 mm ;
>Handle length - 130 mm;
>Total length - 195 mm;
>Metal grade - steel W1-7
>Metal thickness - 2mm.
>Metal hardness - 60-62 HRC
>Sharpened and ready to use