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Hey all,

I am wondering....on any one project do you use different swivel knife blades for your purpose of stand out lines and such?

For instance do you use thicker blades on outline of image to project it more? or anything of the sort?

and what types of reasons would you do this and what blades for which type of lines.....if this is clear question...(i hope it makes sense....often I understand what I am saying but no one else in room does hahahaha)

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Hey all,

I am wondering....on any one project do you use different swivel knife blades for your purpose of stand out lines and such?

For instance do you use thicker blades on outline of image to project it more? or anything of the sort?

and what types of reasons would you do this and what blades for which type of lines.....if this is clear question...(i hope it makes sense....often I understand what I am saying but no one else in room does hahahaha)

In general, for carving, the thicker blades are used for thinner leathers & the thinner blades are used for carving thicker leather. You're carving to about 1/3 to 1/2 the depth of the leather +or - approximately, so a thick blade on thick leather gives too wide of a cut for the purposes of beveling. A thick blade on thinner leather can be used for decorative cuts, however, since you would want the cut to spread apart & show, whereas a thin decorative cut on thin leather wouldn't be as pronounced . Filigree blades are the thinnest of the swivel knife blades & are used to filigree out parts of a carving- but most people either use an xacto knife or a surgical scalpel.

The reality is that many people get lazy & tend to stick with a blade they feel comfortable with & use it for both thick or thin leathers regardless.

russ

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this answers my question about the thin blade on thin leather....it did exactly what you said the other day....makes sense once thinking about it.

What about these Hair Blades?

what are they for/?

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this answers my question about the thin blade on thin leather....it did exactly what you said the other day....makes sense once thinking about it.

What about these Hair Blades?

what are they for/?

They are for making hair textures on animal carvings (like on carvings of bear, deer, elk, mountain lions, etc). Someone here (Clay???) did a tutorial on carving a haired creature of some sort. Look through the tutorials on carving (animals) or use the search feature. Someone on this forum also made the cover of Leathercrafters Journal with a carving of a bear (sorry, I don't remember who- Dale Hialeta [sp]???). That should give you an idea about what you can do with them.

Don't try this on yourself if you are balding, though. :youwish: All it'll do is give you lots of scratches on your bald spot... :lol::rofl:

russ

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