Abstract: Provided is a compact and lightweight leather skiving machine capable of skiving both hard leather and soft leather through oscillation of a flat blade. The leather skiving machine is characterized by comprising at least a table upon which a piece of leather is placed, a roller for moving the leather, a presser foot for pressing down the leather, a flat blade for skiving the leather, and a drive mechanism for moving each of the roller and the flat blade, wherein the leather is sandwiched from above and below by the roller and the presser foot at a pressing point on the table while being moved, and the flat blade is provided at a position 0-5 mm in the movement direction from the pressing point and skives while oscillating the leather.