Oiling cue tip

[asamimasa]

nice if it ain't broke right?, I like the one-sided bevel on my kiridashi, feels like it would be hard to mess up the ferrule

Are you contacting the flat side or the bevel side on the ferrule face? A common misinterpretation of Japanese single-bevel knives for cutting leather is to match the flat face to the flat side for a flush cut. There's some airplane wing aerodynamics analogy here that I can't quite articulate well, but trimming this way is more likely to result in an inward cut as the knife pushes inwards to what is being cut.

The bevel side facing inwards is supposed to be the way to go, with the bevel being perpendicular to the cutting surface, rather than aiming the knife body to be pointing straight up. The idea here is that the spine of the knife gets a bit out of the way to let you see better down the angle of your cut. Here's a video of it (lots of "incorrect" examples out there as the youtube tutorial craze has picked up for leathercraft in recent years) that's a bit long-winded. It's not the biggest deal and sometimes for a final trim I do use the flat face inside, but for the broad strokes, bevel side inside should be the way to go.

Personally, I find the Japanese leather skiving knife proportions to better suit the purpose than the traditional knife aspect ratio. No wrong way of doing it if the results are good, but that's the tool specifically made for the job.

 

[Snooker Theory]

Are you contacting the flat side or the bevel side on the ferrule face? A common misinterpretation of Japanese single-bevel knives for cutting leather is to match the flat face to the flat side for a flush cut. There's some airplane wing aerodynamics analogy here that I can't quite articulate well, but trimming this way is more likely to result in an inward cut as the knife pushes inwards to what is being cut.

The bevel side facing inwards is supposed to be the way to go, with the bevel being perpendicular to the cutting surface, rather than aiming the knife body to be pointing straight up. The idea here is that the spine of the knife gets a bit out of the way to let you see better down the angle of your cut. Here's a video of it (lots of "incorrect" examples out there as the youtube tutorial craze has picked up for leathercraft in recent years) that's a bit long-winded. It's not the biggest deal and sometimes for a final trim I do use the flat face inside, but for the broad strokes, bevel side inside should be the way to go.

Personally, I find the Japanese leather skiving knife proportions to better suit the purpose than the traditional knife aspect ratio. No wrong way of doing it if the results are good, but that's the tool specifically made for the job.

I'll have to give that skiving knife a whirl,when I first started using it, I would star with bevel on inside, then finish with bevel on the outside.
I just start with bevel on the outside nowadays.

My knife isn't like the one in the video, mine has the edge on the side of the blade. I feel like using the one in the video either with the bevel facing in or out wouldn't work that good, the wood handle would prevent you from sitting it flush against the ferule, just how it looks to me, I certainly could be wrong.

 

[3kushn]

When done playing, I clean off the chaulk, and vigorously rub the tip with the palm of my hand. It holds chalk like a magnet every time. And I use a hard tip.

I know several people that use the old Indian trick of using saliva. But that tends to make the tip harder, which is fine for him, because that's how he likes it.

I remember reading an article on RUDOLF WANDERONE (aka Minnesota Fats) that he used to carry his spare pool cue tips in his pocket for weeks. He would put his hand in his pocket and rub them to infuse his skin oil (and swea

t). For the life of me I cant find that article. Would love to come across it again.

I dont recommend soaking the tip with oil though. Especially for a laminated tip. It could degrade the bond between layers.

So I think asamimasa has the definitive answer but in an effort to continue to derail the OP's question:

In the late 70's I was Day Manager of a room in Carbondale, IL which is about 8 miles south of where Rudolph lived. One day he came in and after talking a bit, he reached in his pocket and pulled out around 25 cue tips. He claimed he pulled them off some old cue racks. Claimed they were all fantastic of course.

Some of them were. A couple of them went in my pocket..

 

[jimmyco]

next someones gonna say i use fumuda cheese

First thing I thought when I read the post that would "be done with all this childish bickering."

 

[Maniac]

First thing I thought when I read the post that would "be done with all this childish bickering."

Well....the childish bickering stopped, now didn't it?

I told y'all. :thumbup:

Maniac

 

[straightline]

Old Wives aren't the only ones with tales.

Oiled wives too?

 

[cueman]

Down here in Texas we call it "awl".

I am unsure how I pronounce it in Georgia, but i often have to spell it for my northern customers for them to understand me.

 

[WinterArcher]

Oil would also likely destroy the bond between layers in Moori or Kamui.