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 karat gold inlays in the undulating bull kelp fronds. L to R
, undercutting the pockets, pounding in the gold wire, trimming it back.
Spent the day doing ophthalmology and dentistry on sergeknives.com collaboration NW-style Dogfish. Upper left, undercut and heavily stippled with a little trick for inlaying gold wire in round spots. Then, various stages of pounding in and trimming the inlaid gold.
Finished trimming out the gold inlays today. Next, background removal and stippling, and then it will be back to Serge for assembly…
serge knives.com Bean folding knife NW-style Dogfish finished! Left image before detailing and inking, right side finished.
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Tom Sterling
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