Carving

[Gezzer]

Could you post a picture of just a couple of cuts in some scrap  and don't bevel them , just cuts ?  maybe a picture of your swivel knife blade ?

[Pappys Leather]

Here is picture of my practice cuts and my knife.

[Sheilajeanne]

The casing has to be just right. Too dry, and the figure won't have good definition, and your cuts won't be deep enough. Too wet, and the cuts will tend to close up. It takes practice to get it just right.

[Gezzer]

Is your blade hollow ground ?  If not I think you may be ready for a new one or at the very least a trip to the stones ..... but I  may be totally wrong .

Here in your pic it doesn't look like you have much bevel left , I  enlarged about 300%

 

 

Here is a normal picture of mine , but again they would be different if yours is hollow ground .

 

 

[doubleh]

9 hours ago, Pappys Leather said:

Here is picture of my practice cuts and my knife.

The heart looks like a too dry cut to me. Like stated by others, proper case is very important. Personally I would chunk the hollow ground blade. Some like them, I don't. The ordinary straight blade works better for me. Different people like different tools but it wouldn't hurt and might help to try both.

Edited October 25, 2022 by doubleh

[Gezzer]

@Pappys Leather  Got to thinking and I probably was not very clear on what I was trying to convey about the bevel on the blade . This will either be clearer or totally muddy the water , I am not known for my communication skills !

same leather and cased the same amount of time .... cut marked R was a single edge razor other marked S K is from swivel knife . I tried my best to cut with same pressure , used the same beveller again doing my best to keep every thing equal . My thinking is that the width of the "furrow " has more to do with how deep it looks  than actual depth of cut  ( or we would all be using scalpels ) . Cross section of blade  I think makes a difference .

This may all be so much hot air on my part , but I do want you to get it figured out 

 

[Pappys Leather]

On 10/25/2022 at 5:00 AM, Gezzer said:

Is your blade hollow ground ?  If not I think you may be ready for a new one or at the very least a trip to the stones ..... but I  may be totally wrong .

Here in your pic it doesn't look like you have much bevel left , I  enlarged about 300%

 

 

Here is a normal picture of mine , but again they would be different if yours is hollow ground .

 

 

Yes the one pictured is hollow ground. My straight blade like yours is what I started out with but it's cuts were worst