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Engraving a Serge Panchenko Bean Knife “Koi and Waves”
Above, Serge finished making the other parts and assembled the completed knife. Photos courtesy of sergeknives.com. Starting another sergeknives.com collaboration on a sweet bronze Bean knife scale, this time with a Japanese-style Koi and Waves theme. There will be a few dots … Continue reading
Engraving a Serge Panchenko Bean Knife “Dogfish”
Starting a new engraving project on one of Serge Panchenko’s sweet little Bean folding knives (sergeknives.com). This Bean knife scale is in bronze, and is a dream to cut. Just a bit under three inches long. Adding in the 24 … Continue reading
“Bad Day at Green River” Pendant
Above images courtesy of Bladegallery.com Starting a new experiment with engraved fossils – the “Bad Day at Green River” pendant. Titanium kupbezrecepty.com , about 2 inches tall, with 24 karat gold inlays. Upper left, inlaid gold with no embellishment. Lower right, … Continue reading
Steelhead and Buckskin Pouch – for Renee
Renee wanted to know if I had any of these little carved moose antler fish for sale. Unfortunately, for health reasons I no longer carve any kind of natural materials, so I don’t have any of the fish for sale. … Continue reading
Posted in Carving, Jewelry, Netsuke
Tagged antler, carving, fabricated, fabrication, knapped
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Russian Grenade Tactical Bead
Starting a tactical bead with a piece of wrought iron anchor chain from the late 1800s. A huge pain to true up this wonky thing in the lathe…lower left, a chunk of the original and the turned piece. I didn’t … Continue reading
Gold Frog Skeleton Dog Tag
Above images courtesy of Bladegallery.com I’m working on an experiment based on the Frog Skeleton key tag I engraved not long ago. Clockwise , rough cut titanium mini-dogtag, my filing setup (Jorgensen woodworking clamp), the tag ready for engraving, and … Continue reading
Posted in Jewelry, Pendant
Tagged engraved, engraving, fabricated, fabrication, titanium
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A Tale of Two Ravens
A Tale of Two Ravens (dogtag pendants by Tom Sterling, March 2015) Top left image by Serge Panchenko (check out his excellent work at http://sergeknives.com) Above is an excellent example of why I’ve been pursuing the press forming process. My … Continue reading
Posted in Carving, Jewelry, Pendant, Press Forming, Steampunk
Tagged carving, engraved, engraving, fabricated, fabrication, Press Forming, steampunk
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Titanium Frog Skeleton Keychain Tag
Beginning a titanium keytag in Japanese shishiaibori style, with very deep outlines and 3d sculpting inside. The top left image shows jus a bit of the first cutting with a wide “V” graver, the middle is twice around with decreasingly … Continue reading
Yet Another Baby Sea Turtle Pendant
Back to work with a baby sea turtle tag. I swear this is the last one! Top left then clockwise – cutting out, soldering on silver backing, and rough grinding… Upper left image Levitra Ohne Rezept Kaufen , deepened the background … Continue reading
Posted in Carving, Jewelry, Pendant
Tagged carving, engraved, engraving, fabricated, fabrication
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William Henry Dragonfly Bolster Knife Scales
William Henry Dragonfly Bolster Knife Scales Work-in-Progress The images above are of the finished knife, and courtesy of the good folks at http://www.williamhenry.com. Starting on a William Henry knife scale with dragonfly theme – this is the back end bolster. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Engraved Knife, William Henry knife
Tagged engraved, engraving, knife, William Henry Knife
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