Guest DFogg Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Just so you won't throw me off the forum for not cutting any wood, here is my last handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Palm Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Great Job Don! It kinda reminds me of the Northwest Coast ovaloid art! nice photo too! Rik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Bonham Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Don, The quality of your design and the craftsmanship are wonderful. Great clean lines. Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DFogg Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Thanks. Here is the overall and the part that I do know something about, the blade. My real passion for the past few years is the crystal transition between the hardened and unhardened sections of the blade. It is devilishly hard to photograph, but held in the right light, it is a wonder of formations, highlights and mystery. I have just begun to work with confidence in this area and don't have enough time left in this lifetime to gain mastery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kelso Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Looks pretty masterful to me! I guess you can stay on the forum. Seriously the whole knife exudes an integrated, powerful energy. The rather abstract hamon contrasts nicely with the restrained crisp carving. How did you carve the outlines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry harley Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Looks pretty masterful to me! I guess you can stay on the forum. Seriously the whole knife exudes an integrated, powerful energy. The rather abstract hamon contrasts nicely with the restrained crisp carving. How did you carve the outlines? ok don!!! i been waitn for an answer to that one for days:) tell us howA!!!!! checkering edger?? harley [ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DFogg Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 I used a V micro chisel and reground dental burrs for the cross grain cuts. It was harder than I thought it was going to be, but then I am new to this. One of the interesting things I noticed under the microscope is how greasy the ebony is. There are pockets of black sap or something running with the grain. This wood was well seasoned, I got it from Gilmore and he had cut it ten years ago for a piano order. The cuts didn't look anything like I expected and were almost sticky. They slicked down shiny with a burners or the back of the chisel. Everything looks different under magnification, but this was a surprise. I stablized the piece in Nelsenite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janel Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 I would like to touch the handle! It fits the whole piece very nicely. Now that we have seen your magnifier ! there is a reason why you have wondered what you were looking at in the wood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DFogg Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 I am just starting to incorporate the microscope in the work and it is addictive. You can see the tool cutting. The drawbacks are that you don't have that big a field of view and everything looks huge until you pull away. I did a handle this summer with interlaced leaves. I laid out a paper pattern and cut away the background under the scope. I spent a couple of days working before I took the paper off and I could barely see the outline of what I was doing. Now I switch back and forth from the optvisors to the microscope. It's obsessive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Palm Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Don, whats the process for stablizing with Nelsenite? I'd like to try it. Rik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janel Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Could you answer this question in the Materials forum topic: Nelsonite- What is it? I'd also like to know more about it. Janel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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