My name is Lynne. I now wanna be called Oaklyn. Seriously awesome name.
   I watched a video about a year ago and thought no way. Since then my skill has gone way up by practicing not my friends and family seem to like it.
    Thank you for making other people happy in this world it seems to take a lot lately

Tip: I get a lot of extra life out of my utility knife blades by occasionally stropping them on corrugated cardboard or scrap wood as I work.  Nice demo, thanks for showing this process and what’s possible!

Used the 199 for many years . Many new razor knifes on the market .. Most will not let the blade out to the second notch on the blade for safety .. The 199 holds the blade tight and allows the blade to be extended to the second notch .

This is absolutely fabulous! So many how-to videos utilize hundreds of dollars of equipment that I am unwilling to buy to give it a try. This is something I can try on a shoestring budget. Thanks!

Quite possibly the world's best grandpa

James sure picked some trendy names for his kids

Man, I’ve got to try this..Be nice to do this way then many carving tools.. Thank you for sharing

Good work made to look easy and it can possibly be easy for many due to your video Herrick. With appreciation!
One suggestion I would like to add: all letterforms, such as the O, S, U, J, etc, that are curved along the baseline should, for optical reasons, sit slightly below the baseline. Otherwise those letters appear to “float” along the baseline. Thank-you. L. Seastone

That's Awesome ,Great Job
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Thank you for sharing.This is also a great safety tip.Lets you keep control of the blade movement.

You're an EXEMPLARY Granddad, dude!  I'm more than a little JELLO!!!

I'm sorry I have to make another comment you are genius. Using the 2 hand method keeps my other hand out of the way and it worked. I just did a letter a and it looks fantastic and it was my first time. Thank you. I feel like saying thank you Obi Won Kenobi.
   Not drunk i'm just strange.

Dude that looks so cool! Im gonna have to try my hand at that for sure

Thank you sir!

People are so amazed when they ask me about chisels and how i made this or that and i tell them "a utility knife." I do use chisels and a dremel for all sorts of things. But the sharpness and ease of a utility knife is so freeing.

I'm so going to use this on my wood working projects

You can tell when the project is truly handmade versus a cnc produced piece. There is more sentimental value to real handmade pieces.

Really useful - I'm just setting out doing some volunteer work for a local nature reserve and am planning to carve the name on a piece of wood that's part of one of the stiles we're repairing... always good to watch someone who looks like they know what they're doing !!  All The Best, from Bristol, UK

Very nice!! Thank you for sharing.

Good stuff! Thanx 👍