Harry Marinakis Report post Posted April 13, 2018 (edited) Recently I read an old tutorial by someone who does really nice, fine, detailed, and ornate leather tooling. He described using a "hot scribe" to deepen the lines that he cut with a carving knife, and "hot awl" for embossing. What exactly is a "hot scribe" and "hot awl?" Edited April 13, 2018 by Harry Marinakis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harry Marinakis Report post Posted April 14, 2018 Never mind!! Found the answer: A "hot scribe" is a home-made leather carving knife heated with a torch. Simple to make. Same with the awl. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JD62 Report post Posted April 14, 2018 Can you give the name of the tutorial or the name of the author? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted April 14, 2018 3 hours ago, Harry Marinakis said: Never mind!! Found the answer: A "hot scribe" is a home-made leather carving knife heated with a torch. Simple to make. Same with the awl. Yes, share some more info with us. Text, photos, whatever. Thanks Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harry Marinakis Report post Posted April 15, 2018 (edited) Post beginning April 27, 2017 https://www.bladesmithsforum.com/index.php?/topic/35179-two-swords-in-progress/ EDIT: on page 2 Edited April 15, 2018 by Northmount location Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JD62 Report post Posted April 16, 2018 Thank you , very interesting.He sure dose some beautiful work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sanch Report post Posted May 8, 2018 Very beautiful work.. and i'm sure the technique has its merit, although hardening the edges of a cut wouldn't suit my style of tooling in most cases. I can see where it would be worth the added effort, and it obviously works! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
