YouTube video by Kotaro Murayama
Notes
- 2mm thick leather ideal
- has 3mm, not 2mm, so using the same as for the heel counter
- traces pattern piece with silver pen
- cuts with Japanese leather knife
- thick enough that can’t cut in one go
- notches the tip
- breaks glass to remove grain
- if glass stops cutting, break a new piece right away
- dunks in water to make easier to scrape
- bends the soaked puff in hands soften
- skives over glass plate
- since 3mm thick, need to skive down more
- push skiving
- Once skived, can see whether water soaked to core. If not, brush more on cut skive.
- hold knife in front of hand holding leather and push away