Sami Antler carving Basics

Here i show the fundamental simple techniques used in Sami Duodji carving or Scrimshaw.

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[@HARM633]

if you make an erroneous line, you can fill it with white pigment and glue and don’t have to sand it

[@tombrown879]

Thank you for the wonderful tip. are you using a white liquid pigment? or very fine antler filings? also are you using clear epoxy? or white epoxy? or hide glue?

[@HARM633]

@@tombrown879 A drop of cyanoacrylate on the tip of a needle. But before that you need to remove all the black color. If you want white, place a very small drop of water on top of the CA. Liquid CA turns white with water.

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@@HARM633 What a great work around. thank you for sharing.
Would you do a video on carving a line of triangles sometime. With a look at the tool, you are using and angle deg. of blade. i still struggle with this technique and think that my blade angle is too steep that my triangles would have to be very tiny to work. I will defiantly need to try and make a barrel knife sometime. the ones you have created are amazing. Thank you again for your knowledge.

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@@tombrown879 I didn't understand about the line of triangles.
I have a cutter like yours, I sharpen it at 10-40 degrees. V - shtikhel (graver?). And a set of chisels from 1 to 4 mm from drill shanks. I do small triangles in 3 movements, not in one.

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@@HARM633 thank you for all of your great info. This will help me.