Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
skive (
skiving
)
The process of cutting leather more-or-less horizontally for the purpose of thinning it for a particular end use. When performed by hand it is done with a
PARING KNIFE
or
SPOKESHAVE
. See also:
SHAVING (2)
;
SKIVER
.
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