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Category: knife cut shavings

I heart shavings

February 12, 2016

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Filigree

February 11, 2016

← back knife cut shavings Its hard not to see the scroll volutes in these tight spirals

Corner Carve

February 11, 2016

← back knife cut shavings Trimming the margins of a violin, Cuts with the knife square to the work rolls off tight scrolls.

Lining Trim

February 11, 2016

← back knife cut shavings Repeated knife cuts add further flourishes to this arabesque.

Chamfer

February 11, 2016

← back knife cut shavings There is a lot of chamfering involved in finishing the edges of a violin, Cutting small face with a consist […]

Conical spirals

February 11, 2016

← back knife cut shavings Formed by holding the trimming knife at an oblique angle to the plate edge. If I hold the blade square […]