Many of my tools are from the ‘70’s, you act like it was a long time ago. Oh wait….damn it I got old! 😂😂😂😂

@asmith7876 I used to think, and I'm sure you did the same, old tools were 1850's to turn of the century (20th century for you younglings). Now even mid to late 1900's is old and I never thought that until recently. One thing for sure, getting old isn't for the weak. 😉

Nah...unless we're talking about some kind of physical imparement, its all about practice. It's no different than the 5 year old trying to learn to ride a bike. "I can't...I can't...I can't...oh wow! I'm doing it!" Keep practicing and you'll be riding the trails before you know it! Now, go make something amazing!

Thats a tough one. If you can get your hands on a steep edge bevel, that would be the ideal route. If not, you could try a modeling spoon, but its far from ideal. Sometimes you just gotta have the right tool. Let me know what you decide on!

@@DanielReachCreations Will do! I actually forgot I had a modeling spoon so I will see if i can create the effect before the project is fully laid out and ready to go

Well, a swivel knife does several things that an Exacto doesn't. 1. Not to state the obvious, but it swivels. To get the nice smooth cuts, you really need to be able to turn the blade without stopping its forward motion. 2. The blade is much wider, which opens up the cut. This is really helpful when beveling. 3. A swivel knife blade isn't as sharp as an exacto, which is a good thing. It's realy easy to cut through leather with an exacto, which is not what we're going for. We only want to cut about 1/3 through the leather. Great question though. I'm sure lots of others who are new to the hobby wonder the same thing.

@@DanielReachCreations thank you so much. Your answer and explanation is very helpful to me and pretty sure many others in this community.

​@danielreach5618 they do have swivel exacto knives. They use them in scrap book stuff. Just pointing out that. Otherwise I think you covered the differences.

@@maddawgnoll Interesting. I didn't realize that. Good to know. Thanks!

@@maddawgnollI tried a xacto swivel knife. Blade was very small and flimsy. I put it in file 13.

I am still playing around with it. Out of respect for Chuck, I'd like to stay away from "Element" in the title. Out of respect for Weaver, I probably shouldnt work my channel name into the segment for Weaver. But it's got a nice ring to it!

After you swivel knife it, you have to go back through with a beveling tool and a hammer to stamp down one side of the groove the swivel knife made. This will give it the 3d effect.... if you search tooling leather, there will be tutorials. Hope this helps and good luck

Darkhorse workshop has great videos on it

The decorative cuts add to the flow of the project, which helps pull your eye. As far as giving it a 3d look, Warren had it right. Thats called tooling, which is what gives it that diminsion. We've got some great videos on the Weaver channel geared towards beginners, and I have some on my channel, The LeatherVerse. Good luck!

We will link the angle blade here for you: www.weaverleathersupply.com/products/master-tool-angle-swivel-blade This fits our Master Tool swivel knife.

@@WeaverLeatherSupply , Many thanks.