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Wicked looking geometry Tai, just freak'in wicked !! I love it ! I'll bet that baby will flip a chip :thumbup: :thumbup:
 
Good one Don!

I sound like a broken record, huh? :D

... intuition, concept, perspective, ball bearing reality, etc... LOL

Thanks man. :)
 
wow it's all very very nice but I'm drawn to that handle like a moth to a flame..:thumbup: I love knots :)
 
Thanks again folks. :)

The hard part was trying to figure out where to slide my "Y" scale, how and why,... and figure out when?

I finally got 'er done! :D

Thanks for looking.
 
Some people make knives and othere make art. you have somehow intertwined the two! Great stuff brother you are a true craftsman.

Thanks for sharing.
 
way cool! are the turks head knots all one piece, just knot after knot with the excess worked through till its tight?....willy:):)
 
They are individual knots. It's much easier to get them all lined up and tight this way. I slide them back on the tapered handle to get them super tight. In other words, I start with the largest knot, the one towards the butt, tie it forward of it's final position, just about a 1/4 inch, as tight as I can and then slide it back into it's final position. The rest of the knots follow this same method. Also, being that they are individual knots, I can rotate them to get them all to line up the same without worrying about the slack between knots of a single strand. I also used just a bit of super glue on the outsides of the two end knots, so they can never slide. Then I used several coats of a thin shellac to penetrate the woven cotton cord through capillary action, which bleeds through and fixes them to the handle, and forms a super tough composite with the cotton cord. It's hard like hardwood, but lots tougher. Then I used a frankincense rosin varnish as a top coat, which gives it a little better grip, and a bit nicer look.
 
Tai those knots are amazing. Is there a tutorial on how to do them somewhere?
I'd love to try something like that, but have never done anything like that....
Thanks for sharing this piece, its a beauty!
Ed
 
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