Ivan French Edge Skiving Tool

Ivan French Edge Skiving Tool.

Versatile Leather Skiver for Gouging, Channeling, and Edge Thinning.

The Ivan French Edge Skiving Tool is a versatile leatherworking hand tool designed for clean, controlled material removal across a wide range of projects. Made for both left- and right-handed crafters, this tool is ideal for gouging, skiving, and cutting channels in leather with precision and consistency. Whether you are thinning edges for folds, reducing bulk for seams, or creating clean channels for assembly and detail work, the Ivan French Edge Skiving Tool is a dependable addition to any leathercraft bench.

French edge skiving tools are valued for their ability to remove leather in a controlled way while maintaining excellent visibility and handling. This makes them especially useful when you need to taper leather for a cleaner fold, prepare areas for stitching, reduce thickness at overlap points, or shape leather for more refined construction. The Ivan French Edge Skiving Tool is well suited for wallets, bags, belts, cases, straps, notebook covers, and many other projects where clean edge preparation and smooth transitions are important.

Designed to gouge, skive, and channel cuts, these tools provide excellent flexibility for both construction and finishing work. Use them to thin leather along edges before folding, remove material from the flesh side to reduce bulk, or create channels for a more precise layout and assembly process. Their design allows for good control, making them suitable for both detailed work and broader material removal, depending on the size selected.

The wood handle offers a traditional feel and a comfortable grip, giving makers the control needed for steady handwork. Its balanced, familiar design makes it comfortable to use during repeated skiving passes and helps support accuracy when working on straight lines, curves, corners, and narrow sections. For leatherworkers who appreciate traditional hand tools with practical performance, the wooden handle adds both comfort and classic workshop appeal.

Available in a range of widths from 2.5mm (3/32") up to 12.5mm (1/2"), the Ivan French Edge Skiving Tool gives you the flexibility to choose the right size for your project and leather thickness. Smaller sizes are excellent for fine detail work, narrow skives, and tight areas, while larger sizes are ideal for broader channels, wider edge thinning, and bigger projects. Keeping multiple sizes on hand can make it easier to tackle everything from lightweight goods to heavier strap and case work.

Available Sizes:

• #2 – 2.5mm (3/32").
• #4 – 4mm (5/32").
• #6 – 6.5mm (1/4").
• #8 – 9.5mm (3/8").
• #10 – 12.5mm (1/2").

Specifications:

• Product: Ivan French Edge Skiving Tool.
• Use: Gouging, skiving, and channel cutting.
• Handle Material: Wood.
• Sizes: #2, #4, #6, #8, #10.
• Pack Size: Each.

The Ivan French Edge Skiving Tool is an excellent choice for leathercrafters looking for a reliable, easy-to-control skiving tool that works for both left- and right-handed use while offering the precision needed for edge thinning, gouging, and channel work.