{"id":2654,"date":"2014-02-09T21:29:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T21:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2654"},"modified":"2014-03-09T22:49:45","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T22:49:45","slug":"dragonfly-blossom-b30-william-henry-studios-knife-scales-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2654","title":{"rendered":"Dragonfly Blossom (B30) William Henry Studios Knife Scales – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nLately, I’ve been engraving and carving a set of knife scales for William Henry Studios<\/a>, a real challenge for me. \u00a0This is a set of scales for their B30 (Gentac)<\/a> model, and fairly large as their folding knives go. \u00a0The scales are 416 stainless steel, and arrived with a mirror polish and very finely machined – almost like jewelry in their own right. \u00a0You can color me impressed with William Henry fit and finish. \u00a0The challenge comes from the large area of real estate these scales provide, almost intimidating, and the need for an elegant and appropriate design. \u00a0After many false starts along the design trail, I finally came up with the theme of dragonfly, butterfly and cherry blossoms, done in Japanese shishiaibori style.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove is the first step in engraving, cutting the outlines of the design. \u00a0I’ve chosen a \u00a0Japanese-style where all the carved detail (except the inlays) is at or below the surface of the metal (shishiaibori). \u00a0No background is removed. \u00a0Previous to this, I removed the mirror finish with a 900 grit stone, leaving a nice satin finish.<\/p>\n

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\nHere’s how I go about it. \u00a0I (see Step 1) begin with very deep cuts with a 116 degree Lindsay Universal graver. \u00a0This is a pretty wide graver, and I follow up by recutting as deeply as I can with a narrower 90 degree (or square) graver (Step 2). \u00a0Then, I recut even deeper with an onglette graver (Step 3). \u00a0I find the onglette graver is a fairly weak graver point, and is easily broken, so I spend a bit of time on this step resharpening the onglette. \u00a0Each subsequent cutting makes the line deeper and deeper.<\/p>\n

I need a really deep cut here, as it is the key to getting a good three dimensional illusion later on in the shishiaibori\u00a0process.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove, a closer view of the cuts after the three steps. \u00a0Later <\/p>\n

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, I’ll come back with a flat graver and round over the branch inside the deep cuts.<\/p>\n

Thanks for looking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lately, I’ve been engraving and carving a set of knife scales for William Henry Studios, a real challenge for me. \u00a0This is a set of scales for their B30 (Gentac) model, and fairly large as their folding knives go. \u00a0The … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[23,5,39],"tags":[9,3,7,4,26,40],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-GO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3302,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3302","url_meta":{"origin":2654,"position":0},"title":"William Henry “Engraved Longhorn Beetle Knife” Part 7","date":"July 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Well Buy Modafinil Without Prescription , here's Side A finished, following some gold inlay for spots on the beetle. \u00a0Now it's on to Side B. \u00a0No rest for the wicked! 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