flat graver usage

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it's possable to learn engraving using only a flat graver to start. as slill is gained, other gravers can be used to finalize a design. this is primarily for newbies.
 

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Nice video. What are you using to darken the background? Also, is that a scotch-brite pad (what number ?) being used on the surface? Thanks.
 

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Knifemaker and engraver Harvy McBurnette used a flat graver exclusively for the many knife engravings he did.
 

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Monk, please correct me if I'm wrong (I usually am), of the three gravers you used..............only one was flat?
 

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Knifemaker and engraver Harvy McBurnette used a flat graver exclusively for the many knife engravings he did.
Yes Sam.
And I sure you remember that engraver George Sherwood cut many hundreds of guns, knives and jewelry using flats just about exclusively.
George, great guy, always kidded that when he made a flat graver he got two points for the price of one.
 

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Monk, please correct me if I'm wrong (I usually am), of the three gravers you used..............only one was flat?
n the video a flat graver was used to create the main design. it looks like a 90 was used to do the shade and crosshatch. of the many early engravings i did, i only used flats. i could do quite a bit with them. i began using flats and rounds together. and then added 90's to my arsenal as i gained more experience. i am self-taught.
 

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thanks Monk.............I am also self taught, bad habits and all!!!!
 

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