#chiseled

[misterlemonzmen]

11-19-24 | Atlas, Herb Ritts. MisterLemonzMen.tumblr.com/archive

[misterlemonztenth]

08-21-24 | seven-sky-paris. Misterlemonztenth.tumblr.com/archive

[dexfantasyimages]

Chiseled Sculpture

[thememoryofadream]

Good morning and welcome to your Daily!Tom!

I thought I had posted all of this shoot, but it would seem not. Love the artistry in this set. And he's perfect for that sort of thing. That beautifully chiseled face is just...whew. Stunning.

Have a great day.

[sectumsempra31]

His side profile eats every God damn time. 🥵

[roughbuddy]

mikey way’s jawline.

that’s it that’s the post.

[curledupfox]

Could you please talk more about the failure there? All the videos that i saw where they trimmed the book with a chisel made it seem so easy, but i got a cheap chisel and im scared of trying to even sharpen it to try it out 😭

Hi Anon! 💜

Absolutely, very happy to complain a little bit more about the shortcomings of wood chisels and my own massive fails - especially because I also watched *all* the videos... 😅

Here is a closeup of what the text block looked like after chiseling and before sanding (which btw only made it marginally better):

Full analysis of the mistakes made below:

First of all, handling this contraption and using the chisel is damn hard. Even lining it up straight was a total nightmare without another pair of hands. I had a carpenter show me how to sharpen the chisel on a sharpening block, but I honestly had no idea what I was doing, so it was a little hard to tell whether the chisel was sharp enough.

To my credit, I did test it out on a cheap paperback and it worked pretty well, which is why I felt emboldened to use it on my book.

Important realisations during my failed attempt:

1. Chiseling requires a really steady hand and a thick enough piece of wood to rest it on. The videos I watched gave me the impression that it was easier than trimming the text blocks with a ruler and box cutter (which I had also tried and couldn't do well), but I would say that it is only marginally easier. If the piece of wood that you rest the chisel on is thick and straight, you will get a good straight edge, but only for the first 100-200 pages, because it'll get harder and harder to cut evenly. I should have used a thicker piece of wood to rest the chisel on and gone a lot slower than I did!

2. The chisel needs to be re-sharpened during the trimming process. I was in a bit of a hurry to trim my text block because I didn't want the glue to get too dry so I just steamed ahead without sharpening the chisel again between passes. As it turns out, trimming thick text blocks (my book was 700+ pages) is not very easy, especially if the paper is on the thinner side (I used 70gsm Munken paper). If you look closely in the image above, you'll notice the little "bobbles" on the text block. These were created by the blade snagging on the paper and creating rips and swirls that were then impossible to fix and have sadly irreversibly ruined this book (I'll still bind it, but I've been kicking myself so hard for this!!!).

3. Chiseling is hard, physical labour. I underestimated how extremely physically challenging this process would be - it takes considerable stamina to chisel, and I was sweating like crazy by the end and my arms were numb. Taking breaks would be highly recommended.

Having said all this, @spitking sent me an amazing list of tips that will hopefully make my next attempt much better, I've reblogged the reply below!

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

VINCENT PRICE - DANGEROUS MISSION (1954)