Tag Archives: carving

More background removal.  And I thought the front side background removal was tedious.  Look at all of those tiny little nooks and crannies!  Here the background is removed. And everything inked.  At long last, this side is finished! And, finally, … Continue reading →

Here’s the design for the other side of the knife, finally.  A real pain, it took two days to get this right, drawing and redrawing everything…  In case you haven’t noticed, it’s the design aspects of this that are the … Continue reading →

I spent the day removing the background, a fairly tedious operation, but so worth it.  This really makes the whole piece come alive. I generally use an NSK micromotor grinder (35,000 rpm) and tiny carbide burrs to remove the metal … Continue reading →

I finally finished the design to be engraved on one side of the knife.  I’ll be putting in more secondary elements than are shown in this design once these lines are cut – the little doodads will need to shoehorned … Continue reading →