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Be gentle on me guys. THis will be my first official piece. I am getting ready to make a cuff but wanted to try staining something before I got to the cuff. All I have done is tooled the skull and outlined the coaster? like, dislikes, and tips are more than appreciated.

thanks.,

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hole lee smackers !! that's incredible for a first piece! Can't wait to see your work a year from now. Nice!!

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Thanks very much! I am going to dye this with a tandy oxblood color. Will it still show some of the dark and tighter transitions? or will I have to use something else to get the shadows to come through?

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Here it is after a coat of stain and some antiquing. I wish the stain would have let some of the shadows come through but it didn't O well. All that is left is to Burnish the edges and add the rivets.

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very very cool. I love carving skulls. That one is nice, well done.

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What is the best tool for cutting leather to cave clean sides that are better for burnishing? I am really new to all this and I just used an exacto knife. it didn't really work very well and I spent alot of time cleaning up the edge.

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Nice looking skull. You could use an artist paint brush to bring out the shadows. If you can't put out the money for a head knife you could use a Stanley knife. Just try not to lean the knife to the right or left but keep it upright as you cut.

Panther

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ah very nice....being new myself that looks super cool

my first piece was a skull as well haha

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Nice looking skull. You could use an artist paint brush to bring out the shadows. If you can't put out the money for a head knife you could use a Stanley knife. Just try not to lean the knife to the right or left but keep it upright as you cut.

Panther

Just an artist brush with a darker color dye I guess?

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