robert weinstock Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Well, here's a recent peice. It's steel I made at Ed Schempp's, and had Ric Furrer help out with, but the knife is all mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert weinstock Posted November 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Oops. I don't know how I got half a picture . Here's the whole picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Bonham Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Robert, Nice piece. Great sculptural quality. Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janel Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Very nice Robert! (The knife showed up as a whole picture for me in both messages) Happy T-day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Delaunay Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 nice knife! I like his look particularly when it is closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekrem Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Well, here's a recent peice. It's steel I made at Ed Schempp's, and had Ric Furrer help out with, but the knife is all mine. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Robert, That is a beautiful knife! I don't know much about knives, as there are experts here, but the carvings on the knife are well done, I can only apreciate that. What I would like to know is: Where did you get the ornaments on the knife? They look superb, and did you carve them by the use of an air chasing type graver or by hand with a hammer or a push graver? Best regards, and wish you a very plesant THANKSGIVING, dagistanli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sanders Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 was that the one we saw at the netsuke convention; half-finished? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert weinstock Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Hi everyone. Thanks for the copliments. Greg, I didn't know knives had gender. I'll have to remember that when I name them as I occaisionally do. Dagistsanli, the ornament is pretty much my interpretation of classic European ornament. I've studied it for many years, and usually come up with some incarnation of it. I use a reciprocating handpeice for roughing out heavy cuts, and then go to hand gravers from there. The surface it chased with a hammer and punches. That's the finish you see. Hi Doug, That could be the one I had partly finished when you were here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kelso Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Hi Bob. That's a beauty. Lovely melding of traditional and contemporary. It expresses something something Wintery to me, perhaps the pattern suggesting ice crystals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janel Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Hi Bob, I remember the numerous pins on the skeleton of the blade and handle, but not the shape of the finished piece. I agree with Jim about the wintery look (as I am wringing my chilly fingers up here on this snowy day). This is very beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergey_osipov Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 This looks like night butterfly when it is closed. Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekrem Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 Hi everyone. Thanks for the copliments. Greg, I didn't know knives had gender. I'll have to remember that when I name them as I occaisionally do.Dagistsanli, the ornament is pretty much my interpretation of classic European ornament. I've studied it for many years, and usually come up with some incarnation of it. I use a reciprocating handpeice for roughing out heavy cuts, and then go to hand gravers from there. The surface it chased with a hammer and punches. That's the finish you see. Hi Doug, That could be the one I had partly finished when you were here. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello Robert, Thank you for taking the time to explain how you've done the nice carving , from which I've learned a few things I might use in the future. Regarding the ornaments, you've really carved them well, haven't lost the meaning of the curves while carving, and what I enjoyed the best was those little round, I guess silver, inlays, on the surface of the blade and the handle. I haven't seen it done before! Very nice work. Thank you for sharing. Best Regards, dagistanli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert weinstock Posted December 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 Hi folks, Thanks again for the kind words. I think I can explain the wintery look, and the "silver" inlays. It's all in the photograghy. It's not really that cool color wise, and those silver inlays are really 14kt gold. They are just pins in round holes, not too complicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Twilbeck Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 Beautiful Knife Thanks for sharing the pictures. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janel Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 I did a little Photoshop adjustment to the gray/white balance... is the closer to the real thing? The gold is still not deep gold... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert weinstock Posted December 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Much better Janel, Where do you get the time to work on other people's stuff? Thanks for taking the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janel Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 It only took a moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kelso Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 It still makes me think of patterns in ice. Especially up here these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert weinstock Posted December 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 That's why I live in San Fran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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