james m Report post Posted April 24, 2011 Hi there, I've been bitten by the leather bug and have just brought the tandy starter kit. i'll probably be back here soon asking lots of questions! P.S how to you hold a swivel knife, do you hold the blade flat against the work or just use one corner? Thanks Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silver Cloud Report post Posted April 24, 2011 Hi there, I've been bitten by the leather bug and have just brought the tandy starter kit. i'll probably be back here soon asking lots of questions! P.S how to you hold a swivel knife, do you hold the blade flat against the work or just use one corner? Thanks Jim Hi james, welcome. I'm not the expert around here, but you hold it 90 + degrees to the leather, and use a corner point only. There is no way you can do curves trying to cut with the whole blade. Others might have variations on this theme... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silver Cloud Report post Posted April 24, 2011 There is a thread here: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=25991 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
james m Report post Posted April 26, 2011 thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King's X Report post Posted April 26, 2011 Welcome to the forum James! Follow the links provided and you should get a lot of reading information. Good luck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
