A build-a-long with J.D. Smith, MS

JD

even without the captions, I think your knife/sheath is an excellent example of the fact that great design and execution trump "fancy" or "complicated" - or to put it another way, you can't "fix" bad design with complicated frippery and 17 different materials. Nicely done :thumbup:

Lorien - congrats.
 
ok, captions added, and all the pics are in the right order
 
First, some embossing with a stamp and mallet. ..



Next, some freehand design work with the swivel knife...





A light coating of "atom wax"...



Buff with a soft brush...



Done!


 
Very nice, both knife and sheath. Love that blade and handle profile along with the Damascus pattern. What a beauty. Thank you for such great WIP photos. Mike
 
Steve Nuckels said:
That package is very appealing!
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it'll be a'peeling apples soon enough!

Thank you all for your kind comments and thoughtful posts. This was a quick and dirty WiP that was totally unplanned. Good practice for what's coming- it's gonna be a doozy! (Wheeler level shit!)
 
Lorien said:
it'll be a'peeling apples soon enough!

Thank you all for your kind comments and thoughtful posts. This was a quick and dirty WiP that was totally unplanned. Good practice for what's coming- it's gonna be a doozy! (Wheeler level shit!)
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oh man, those are some big shoes to fill!!!!

i'm excited to see whats in store :D

and cool knife on JD's behalf :cool:
 
yesterday was a great day! :D
Please forgive the crappy, off the cuff cellphone photos :o




J.D. sent a little guy, too- crazy steel! I love this knife, gonna slap together a sheath for it so I can carry it around everyday. If I can hang on to it, my kid is lovin it too! :)















 
Terrific score Lorien - love them both. Please PM me the deets on the little one.
 
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