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| Synonyms: | skiving knives, skife |
| Material: | leather |
A skiver is used to "shave" leather to a smaller thickness. This is usually done on the rougher "flesh" side. [1]
You might want to do that in a section that will be bent, or to cut sloping ends on pieces that should be joined without adding to the overall thickness.