My seventh knife....nice simple bit of practice....

[Angst]

needed practice with acorn bolts (copper) so thought i'd do a nice simple knife using croatian oak from a friend thus also enabling me to get some practice in with linseed and danish oils for polishing rather than using polishing mops and compounds....still needs a bit of filework....i've tried shaping this differently than previous ones....was fun....but i officially dont like acorn bolts!!!

 

[brancho]

I think it looks OK

Frankly you need to move the camera back and get some better shots closer is not always better and those angles are not helping
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[plastic-ninja]

I like it with the oak and copper; they always go well together imho. Makes me think of all the Arts and Crafts stuff from the early 20th Century.

I agree about the camera though.Either pull back a bit or close the aperture to give you more depth of field.The focus is a bit tight to let us see very much.
Looks good I think.I was thinking of acorn bolts for my next project...Why don't you like them?
Cheers , Simon

 

[Biker]

I agree about the camera though.Either pull back a bit or close the aperture to give you more depth of field.The focus is a bit tight to let us see very much.

It's called being "arty"

Anyway nice looking knife matey. Well done!

Off to google what an acorn bolt is now.

 

[ex-member Raikey]

Do you make the complete knife or just stick wood to a blade ?

cos if you make the complete thing i,d have to agree on the camerawork ,...its quite frustrating that you cant get a good view of the full knife..

 

[Dannytsg]

Nice work as always. Do you always use liners or do you sometimes just do wood to metal lay?

 

[richardww]

like the oak on this one, not likeing the copper though,just me, can you do another pic, side on with all the blade handle in view, will send you a pm,

 

[HillBill]

Nice one mate. Looks a comfortable handle that one.

 

[Angst]

hi....ok ok ok about the photography...jeeez! yes i just stick the wood to the knife raikey....blades a mora sandvik stainless from ronnie sunshines.....and i always use liners yes danny....and as hillbill recently informed us you should always use liners specifically with oak as it has a high tannin content that can corrupt steel...

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[Totumpole]

Your fairly cracking on at this knife making malarkey! I think the oak copper combo looks good. Good effort once again