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So this is my first attempt at tooling leather and have to say this is going to be fun getting into. Looks a little rough but still figuring it out. Open to critique on this one!

Also I always see leather workers using about 5 or 6 common tools for stamping that are the go to, does anyone happen to know what are the top 5-6 tools that are needed to just achieve the basic stamping looks?

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Looks pretty good for a first effort. Your beveling looks rough and that may be because your leather was too wet, or you just need practice walking the tool for a smoother appearance. Also, it looks like you missed beveling where the fingers and thumbs of the hands overlap, so you aren't getting the appearance of depth there you could. Also, I would work that background tool right up to the hands to you don't get that beveled halo effect around them. But overall it looks really good. The viewer can clearly see that these are two hands, and the detail you captured is really good.

As far as basic tools go, you need a good beveler or two, swivel knife, shaders. If this is the kind of work you will be doing (which I would call more figure carving) you probably want to look for figure bevelers as they are more suited to this sort of work.

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Looks pretty good for a first effort. Your beveling looks rough and that may be because your leather was too wet, or you just need practice walking the tool for a smoother appearance. Also, it looks like you missed beveling where the fingers and thumbs of the hands overlap, so you aren't getting the appearance of depth there you could. Also, I would work that background tool right up to the hands to you don't get that beveled halo effect around them. But overall it looks really good. The viewer can clearly see that these are two hands, and the detail you captured is really good.

As far as basic tools go, you need a good beveler or two, swivel knife, shaders. If this is the kind of work you will be doing (which I would call more figure carving) you probably want to look for figure bevelers as they are more suited to this sort of work.

Thanks for the comments! Yes I need a lot of practice with walking the tool, I think my beveling was both a combo of to wet and walking skills. Thanks for the clarification on styles also, I am fairly new too leather tool working so any help is much appreciated.

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Along with everything Bob Blea said, use a straight edge to run your swivel knife against on the border cuts and fade your background tool out as you get further away from the carving.

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