swivelsphinx Report post Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) Hi Everyone! I've got a belt to get through with a Celtic hound/wolf/moon motif. I have carved a few triquetras , and most of them came out nicely . The seahorse was tough at the time. What I am looking for is advice on how to handle my swivel knife, and what order to tackle the lines. I do have the "standard" blade, an angled blade and several others. If anyone has links to directions and tips related to other Celtic style designs, I'd be glad to take a look! I have posted a few samples of what I have carved in the way of Celtic styled pieces in the past, and a rough mock up of the designs I want to do now. - Thanks, swivelsphinx Edited January 15, 2010 by swivelsphinx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyL1 Report post Posted January 16, 2010 Hi Everyone! I've got a belt to get through with a Celtic hound/wolf/moon motif. I have carved a few triquetras , and most of them came out nicely . The seahorse was tough at the time. What I am looking for is advice on how to handle my swivel knife, and what order to tackle the lines. I do have the "standard" blade, an angled blade and several others. If anyone has links to directions and tips related to other Celtic style designs, I'd be glad to take a look! I have posted a few samples of what I have carved in the way of Celtic styled pieces in the past, and a rough mock up of the designs I want to do now. - Thanks, swivelsphinx For some reason I can't see the photos. I have the standard "cheapo" Tandy knife and so far it suits me well. I use it for all my line work. On some finer lines though I will use an X-Acto knife to get into some tiny details that the big blade would cut out. I generally try to do larger, broader lines as I think the knotwork stands out better this way. Cheers, Andy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimKleffner Report post Posted January 16, 2010 Swivel S I don't know what kind of swivel knife and/or blade your using right now. I spent the money and bought a Henley knife. I really like the Henley knives and blades. I have started doing some figure carving and the best blade for that is the angle blade. Henley's blade is thin ... thin. it measures out at .040. I bought 2 blades, the one at .040 and a custom blade that measures .055. Luis Henley is a wonderful man to work with. give him a call 318.631.3545. If your doing a lot of Celtic patterns a good angle blade will pay for it self. Good luck, Happy tooling Tim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swivelsphinx Report post Posted January 19, 2010 I'm going to attempt to re-post those photos here. Please let me know if they are visible. Thanks for letting me know that they didn't post correctly! Swivelsphinx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swivelsphinx Report post Posted January 19, 2010 Thanks for letting me know you couldn't see the photos. I re-posted them further down in the post. I haven't been on this site for awhile, so I'm still getting used to the new posting format! I don't mind the Craftool econo-knives. I am just not very good at maintaining a bevel when using a stone. However, of the knives I've attempted to sharpen myself, my angled C.Tool came out the best because the steel seems fairly soft. The Swivelsphinx [Hi Tim! Thanks for the advice! I'll take a look at the knife brand you recommended! I'm mostly using the standard Craftool knives right now. The Swivelsphinx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
