Tooling Weighted Lines

[Resin]

So Im curious as to how yall tool weighted lines. Im working on a piece that is going to feature the ogham alphabet and after cutting the lines with the swivel knife Im at a loss for what to do. Do I just leave it like that?

[bermudahwin]

Ogham, is a single straight line alphabet, so if you cut it definition becomes harder. I am showing ogham and latin for H, usually they would have been on the corner of a post.

(from Wikipedia)

You could add definition by shaing one side, or both, but having tried that with Runes it looks odd to me. When I did runes I built them up a bit, cut the outline and shaded from the white area to the cut. It was about 30 years back, so I have no photos sorry.

 

[bermudahwin]

If it were authenticity you were looking for, single cut, sharply bevelled would give the shape of cuts in wood or stone.

[fredk]

I would use a groover to cut a, er. . . groove, rather than a cut line. I use woodcarver's V and U chisels for cutting certain grooves. I also sometimes, rarely, use the Tandy V gouge : https://www.tandyleather.eu/en/product/craftool-adjustable-v-gouge-2

[bermudahwin]

37 minutes ago, fredk said:

I would use a groover to cut a, er. . . groove, rather than a cut line. I use woodcarver's V and U chisels for cutting certain grooves. I also sometimes, rarely, use the Tandy V gouge : https://www.tandyleather.eu/en/product/craftool-adjustable-v-gouge-2

That's a good shout, too, I'd have never thought of it,

H

[fredk]

Even tho the OP has cut his lines he can use those to guide a groover. A stitching groover would do the job too

[Resin]

Well I can always remake no problem. Only a bit of leather will be lost as I am doing a bookmark. I may use the piece to test both of yalls ideas and see which one I want to use more