tooling and carving leather here is a pattern i drew out with a pencil that is the shape of this saddle skirt i used a saddle makers awl saddle makers awl to transfer this pattern to the wet leather (which has been cased)
wood branding irons for sale, draw that on there like that then comeback with a barry king swivel knife (swivel tool) this is the swivel knife i use it has a 1/4" hollow ground blade in it 1/4" instead of a 3/8"
this is a solid brass barry king swivel knife with a heat treated steel blade swivel knife i lay the dry skirt right on top of the wet skirt the wet saddle skirt using a cobblers hammer i will tap off the design onto the wet and cased leather to transfer the leather design make sure that it is lined up tooling and carving leather with bruce cheaney cutting the leather design into the wet leather with a swivel knife
now i am going to use a craftool a888 for the background matting tool the bevelers i will be using are craftools b802 and craftool b803 available from tandy leather factory in ft. worth texas craftool b802 medium size beveler the one background tool i will be using the most is a craftool b803 i like the crosshatch on the bevel tools it is somewhat course and i really like the look it produces on the leather design somewhat course but looks great! and then this is a vintage leather tool called a pear shader similar to a craftool p207, p209 or p215 craftool pear shader with straight lines that i will be coming in here to detail these leaves out with
i will mash that down and bruise the ends to give the tooling and carving some rich detail and depth the first thing i do is to bevel around all the stems leaves and flowers with the craftool b802 and b803 bevel round everything and then comeback then shade and bruise my leaves then come back with my swivel knife and put my decorative cut marks on the flower leaves and stems and then do the background work with the craftool a888 that little matting tool with the crosshatch craftool a888 stamping the background with the craftool and a leather maul that weighs 22 oz. detailing and backgrounding to give the tooling and carving depth
tooling and carving with bruce cheaney thanks for watching you are welcome to subscribe to my youtube channel...i would appreciate a thumbs up! a picture of my leather tooling and carving and stamping tools leather mauls i use you are welcome to watch my other leathercraft and leatherworking videos
