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just finished
Just finished this one up this afternoon. Made to a clients design.
9" OAL 5" Blade 1/8" 440C HT'd by canadian knifemaker supply and RC tested at 60 honduran rosewood burl handle scales with 1/8" black G10 liners and stainless pins. __________________ StaySharp Last edited by J.Lec; 03-09-2012 at 09:51 PM. |
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Really interesting design. Did he say why he wanted such a flat tip? Great work on your part.
I love the handle, what kind of finishing did you do to the scales? That wood is awesome, I'll have to try and pick some of that up. |
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He said he wanted a 5" blade with a "Tanto" style tip but a contured wood handle
the wood is realy nice for sure. Super oily stuff, all I did to finish it is sand it to 1000 grit then a quick buff on a loose wheel. __________________ StaySharp Last edited by J.Lec; 03-09-2012 at 09:59 PM. |
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starting the sheath today, I really dislike leather work but it's a necessary evil.
__________________ StaySharp |
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Thought I'd mention to you that your logo is on the 'post' side of your knife. Nothing wrong with that if that is what you intended but if you look at other knives both commercial and custom you'll notice that nearly all of them are marked on the 'mark' side. So, I guess it's a matter of whether or not you intended to be a non-conformist in this particular regard ....
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I wasn't real happy with the cover pic I had made for this knife so I played around with my light box and came up with this. not drasticaly different but looks nicer with the background
__________________ StaySharp |
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Well, that does look nice with the background. Now for the 'my opinion' part: BUT the overall photo shifted to too much yellow and you lost contrast on the knife itself. In other words, the original picture was a better picture of the knife while this one has a nicer background. I see lots of guys try to make artsy pictures of their knives - and that's not a bad thing - but often they get so wound up with the background that a lot of the detail in the knife gets lost trying to make the background look cool. You didn't make that mistake, your background looks good - it complements the knife without looking too busy and over powering the knife. It's just that the subject - the knife itself - is weaker when compared to the original photo. If you had the look of the original knife with that particular contrast, color balance and saturation on top of the second photo's background I think you'd have the best of both worlds.
Another mistake that is often made - and which you DID NOT make - is leaving a huge background around your knife. Your photo is nicely cropped and that's something others should aspire to. If you are submitting photos to a magazine they usually want big background areas behind the subject because it gives them more choices for cropping to fit their pages. Let's not forget though, that the knife is the subject of the picture and that is the part people want to see. The background should be just exactly that -background - it should barely even be noticed consciously. BTW, folks, Photoshop is really easy to use and can often be downloaded for free if you don't have it. Get an old copy like PhotoDeluxe Ver 4 if you can find it, it's small and powerful but not complicated. With that single tool you could easily adjust all of the photo characteristics of these photos that I have been prattling about. Even a truly bad picture can be saved once you get a little practice with the software.... |
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Looks good neighbor ! customer will be very happy !
Rob in Kelowna |
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Beautiful work J.Lec. I love the sheen on the wood. What is G10? Never heard of it...
Ray, I'll run the risk of having to learn something new again, but what's the "post" and "mark" thing?? I stamp my knives on the - I guess - "post" side, because when you draw a knife from a sheath (typical right-handed) you would see the stamp without having to turn the knife over. Doesn't that make sense? i never thought there was a "preferred" side. Doh! __________________ Chris K. Two Mountains Forge Delta, BC, Canada www.twomountainsforge.com |
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G-10 is a kind of fiberglass, very popular for knife handles, especially folders.
'Mark' and 'post' is one common terminology for how to name the sides of a knife blade. Figuring that right handed is most common, when a right hander holds a knife to look at it the blade tip faces to the left. That left side has the maker's mark on it - the 'mark' side. The other side is called 'post'. Another less common terminology is 'obverse' and 'reverse' but that seems less logically descriptive to me ... |
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the program I use to edit my photos is called GIMP it is a freeware program you can dowload online. works good __________________ StaySharp |
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I've worked with Indian rosewood before but it doesn't look nearly as nice. This is very attractive.
Ray, your description of "mark" makes complete sense - I'll hide behind me being ambidextrious - meaning I have two left hands, all with thumbs - and I'll put my mark wherever I remember to put it and claim it was on purpose . Kidding aside, I'll have to pay more attention to these fine details... Thanks for pointing it out! __________________ Chris K. Two Mountains Forge Delta, BC, Canada www.twomountainsforge.com |
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Note on G-10: it is fiberglass which means that you really, really want to be wearing a good respirator when you grind on it. If you can smell it then it's dangerous. The tiny glass particles get into your lungs they don't come out until that glorious day in your future when Obamacare pays for your free lung transplant ...
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