Okay so, what we're doing is

With three hides crumpled n his jaws, Kvasir wandered along the river until he found a relatively snow free patch of ground beneath a tree and settled down with the materials he'd gathered. He also had an item he was quite proud of which he took care not to cut himself with as the items hit the ground. A stone knife he'd happened to dig up a few days ago was partially wrapped in one of the hides and he planned to see if he could actually figure out how to hold it and use it just right so that he could make cleaner cuts of leather. The first hide was meant to practice this with, that way if he screwed up a few times it wouldn't be a huge deal.

Settling down to work, he grabbed leather-wrapped handle in his jaws and practiced rolling it across his mouth a few different ways in an effort to find the best way to hold it. Once he was satisfied, he set it aside and pulled the first hide away from the others so he could get to work.