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Good Morning, I'm very new at this and even though I've only been at it for 6 months I'm hoplessly addicted. You guys and gals are doing some amazing things that really blow me away . My question this morning is when using a beveler on my knife cuts the edges of my cuts are pretty much 90 degrees. Some of the work I see from the folks that know what they are doing is different. The knife cut edge has a very attractive roumd shape to it or eased edge. It is like that nice round edge you get when a 3/4 inch board has had a "Sure Form" file taken to it. Is that a matter of technique or is it the type of beveler being used. Would appreciate your thoughts on the matter as well as any helpful guide lines to using this forum i.e. ediquette, length of post, content, etc. Thank you in advance for any help. BTW what are topic tags?

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Thank you Aaron, I have an errand to run and when I get back I'll put it together and post it.

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The rounded edge is a result of a process. When you first cut the leather, it should be at around 90 degrees. Then, an edger is used to 'shave' the corner off of the edge. Once that is done, the edge is further dressed by dampening and 'slicking'. A tool with a concave face is used to reshape the leather to the rounded edge. But wait, there's more! Once the initial slicking is done, the edge is then burnished (friction and pressure) to make the edge keep that rounded shape. After that it is dyed, and sealed. A very detailed description of this is available here: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=18101

Mike DeLoach

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  On 6/15/2013 at 4:04 PM, TwinOaks said:

The rounded edge is a result of a process.

Hey Mike, I think he was referring to the edges of our tooling. If you just cut a line and bevel it, you're often left with a 90 deg edge on your artwork.

There are a couple of ways to take care of that. One is to make a second pass and tilt the beveler back and hope it does what you need - I'm not a fan of that one. My preferred method is to use a modeling spoon. I go over my line once at a 45deg angle to knock off the corner, and then run it over the top real quick to knock back that ridge that was just made, and then sometimes I'll need to go one more along the side (near the cut) to get a nice rounded profile. Once you figure out how to hold the modeler it's just a couple quick swipes.

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After re-reading the OP I see that now! oops. Nice catch, and I agree with the above.

Mike DeLoach

Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem)

"Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade."

"Teach what you know......Learn what you don't."

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  On 6/15/2013 at 4:57 PM, TwinOaks said:

After re-reading the OP I see that now! oops. Nice catch, and I agree with the above.

Hey, it's Saturday morning - I'll give you a pass

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Well Aaron I found some examples and pasted them into this but got an error saying that jepg wasn't allowed. Do you now how I can get these pics to you? Could I put them in a word document and attach it?

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Thank you folks. I will still work on getting the examples to you Aaron. Twinoaks, go guitar been playing professionally for 35 years. Thanks gang.

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