Tools
Three main tools are used in leather carving:
- Swivel knife — used to make the bold cuts that define the pattern or image being carved.
- Stamp set — A set of stamping tools used to shape and color the leather to create the final image. Usually contains at minimum a beveler, pear shader, seeder, and background tool, but sets often contain other tools and sometimes several variations on the same tool.
- Rawhide mallet — used to drive the stamps used to mat down the background and create shading and patterns,
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