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Beveling & White Lines

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Good day all

Hope I got this in the right spot.

When I do any beveling I get a nice burnished finish except right at the bottom of the cut, i always seem to have a white line.

1) am I making my cuts to deep

2) is the leather to wet

If my cuts are to deep what do I do to get nice deep bevels, just strike the tool harder?

Thanks Al

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I think if I remember correctly that this is usually from not casing the leather long enough. Basically the moisture is penetrating only so far but the very center of the leather is basically dry or close to it. Pretty sure this can be solved by doing the casing overnight or atleast a afternoon or some such.

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I think if I remember correctly that this is usually from not casing the leather long enough. Basically the moisture is penetrating only so far but the very center of the leather is basically dry or close to it. Pretty sure this can be solved by doing the casing overnight or atleast a afternoon or some such.

Guess I will have to re-read Hidepounders cassing post & figure out what step I am slacking on. Thanks for the reply.

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Bob's guide is about as good as it gets. I could be wrong also, could be just the leather or maybe any number of other things. Maybe the more experienced guys will chime in. I just had issues before when casing and not letting it sit long enough the cuts would show how you describe and or would kind of split sort of down inside the cut (hard to explain) and just not look good overall.

Good luck figuring it out. Maybe post a pic if you can, pics usually help alot in figuring this kind of thing out.

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