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[JustBeachy]

Well color me weird, but I really like it. The one on the left looks like a grassy road leading through the snow. I certainly wouldn't put it on the "walk of shame" ugly soaps thread.

Yeah, I can see that now that you mention it. But I "swirled" with the blade at 4 different levels coming up from the bottom. Nothin. haha.

 

[JustBeachy]

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=40276&highlight=aluminum+swirl

Nice! Thanks Newbie.

 

[newbie]

Is that the kind of thing you were trying for? YOu could always take tin snips and make some teeth in a flat blade, if the serrated part was of particular interest.

 

[JustBeachy]

Is that the kind of thing you were trying for? YOu could always take tin snips and make some teeth in a flat blade, if the serrated part was of particular interest.

Yeah I was thinking along the same lines after I looked at the thread you linked. Use some thinner gauge metal, cut some teeth in it and then offset them. Like on a good tree saw.

 

[newbie]

I wonder if you would then have to cut the loaf differently to see what effect the teeth had. If you cut your teeth along the edge of the blade, that would end up being perpendicular to the cut from the loaf and you may not see its full swirling ability. Or you could cut a couple bars from the loaf the normal way and a couple bars so they are face up and compare. I have no idea if I am making sense in words, but if I could draw a picture....

 

[JustBeachy]

I wonder if you would then have to cut the loaf differently to see what effect the teeth had. If you cut your teeth along the edge of the blade, that would end up being perpendicular to the cut from the loaf and you may not see its full swirling ability. Or you could cut a couple bars from the loaf the normal way and a couple bars so they are face up and compare. I have no idea if I am making sense in words, but if I could draw a picture....

Well you're either making perfect sense, or we both have warped minds, because I understand exactly what you're saying. I have seen some people cutting the loaf differently, but I'm trying to avoid that. Still formulating some idea's with different sized, "blades" and some different techniques, to allow the swirl to be evident in a typical loaf cut.