Swivel knife box

[Rawhide]

Sure,

Let me get out some leather and I'll try and show visually. This will be hard to see on the photos, but each blade cuts very differently, some cut narrow & deep, some wide & deep, some shallow and wide, etc...

Basically I have a 3/8" hollow ground straight blade, this is what I do most of my traditional carving with on anything 4/5 oz and above. Next I have a 1/4" hollow ground detail blade that has an angle to it. This is used for finer work, sheridan would be an example. Next is a filigree blade (steep angle) this is used for extreme fine detail that has to be cut with some depth. Lastly I have the Peter Main special. It is a blade that is almost straight, but has a slight angle, and it has a wide bevel to it, this I use for accent cuts, and carving on 3 oz or less leather. It will open a cut better without having to go deep, due to it's wide bevel.

[Rawhide]

Here's the Peter Main Blade. (couldn't get them all in the same post)

Marlon

[leatheroo]

thanks for the quick reply...sorry another question...am i right in that the blade is the most important part and the fancy looking A.S brown handle works as well as the basic A.S? If i am looking to do some basic carving in thin leather (2mm) what would you recommend? Probably not sheridan, more like the evil dude i did and other tattoo flash stuff.

thanks again

[Rawhide]

Actually the knife and the blade are most important if you plan to do a lot of carving. However to answer your question, the A.S. you have will fit the bill just fine. It's a ton better than the craftool swivel knife.

As for the blade on thin leather, that Peter Main blade is designed for exactly that. If you remember, there was a carving Peter did with the title Happy Everything (it should be floating around here somewhere). He carved that out on 1mm leather! The Hollow Ground blades won't be very good for thin leather.

Marlon

[leatheroo]

big thanks :hug:

[Rawhide]

big thanks :hug:

You are most welcome

[ClayB]

Marlon,

Peter's Happy Everything picture was a casualty of the big crash I think, so I'll repost it here.

Caroline, Marlon is right about Peter's blade. That is the one you should try if you are going to be carving thin leather. You will have to contact him directly to order one. I have his blade in a regular Craftool swivel knife. I have a couple Robert Beard blades in Craftool knives too. They work ok for me. Someday I'll get a Bob Beard swivel knife because they are really nice, but like I said in another topic, I think you can make do with what you have a lot of times.

[krains]

Hey Marlon, I'm surprised you aren't going to color it a la peter as well Are you going to the embossing workshop he is giving as well?

where did you get the letter from?

-Kevin

[Rawhide]

Hey Marlon, I'm surprised you aren't going to color it a la peter as well Are you going to the embossing workshop he is giving as well?

where did you get the letter from?

-Kevin

Hi Kevin how's it going?

Coloring a la Peter? Naw. I think that Sheridan style has everything too close to color it correctly (at least for me). I do plan to attend the new embossing class. How about you?

The letter came from the cover of Peter's book "The Main Technique..."

Marlon

[krains]

Hi Kevin how's it going?

Coloring a la Peter? Naw. I think that Sheridan style has everything too close to color it correctly (at least for me). I do plan to attend the new embossing class. How about you?

The letter came from the cover of Peter's book "The Main Technique..."

Marlon

CHEATER! why couldn't his initials be KR???? Does anyone know where to get that font from? Craftaid, MSWord?