tool
Racer
The racer serves to cut grooves on the inside of the leather to facilitate
folding. It is also used to draw stitching seams. The tool is always being
pulled towards you. The racer consists of a thick (about 3.5 mm) iron,
usually hook-shaped, blade (about 5.5 by 10 cm) of which the sloping side
is bent to form a cutting U-shaped point. The working part sticks by means
of a tang in a wooden handle (approx. 13 cm) that is reinforced with a
ferrule. Another model consists of a flat iron bar with one or both ends
bent into a scribe (1). The racer may also consist of a steel
tweezer-shaped tool with hooked or non-hooked ends (2). One end is bent and
cuts. The other end serves as a guide. With this model, a groove is cut
parallel to the edge of the piece of leather. A screw adjusts the width
(max. Approx. 2.5 cm) of the edge. To cut arcuate grooves in the grain side
of a piece of leather, a compass race is used. Can be distinguished from
the beam scribe. [MOT] (1) Eg. SALAMAN: 230. (2) Eg. SALAMAN:...