Crafting a Grail: Phenn's Vallotton Pimping Journey

[ArchVV]

Wow, very nice!

 

[FriarPhenn]

Steve's all done! (Pics courtesy of the sketch-man himself.)

 

[Armadew]

My jealousy knows no bounds...

 

[A Little Spyder]

What kind of wood is that? It's looking oh so very sexy.

 

[FriarPhenn]

What kind of wood is that? It's looking oh so very sexy.

It's Lacewood. Steve does a great job with all kinds of stabilized wood. But this is, perhaps, my absolute favorite. I can't believe how different the knife looks from stock; in a good way.

It's on its way to G2 for an amazing leather sheath, and then the project will be complete!

 

[A Little Spyder]

I can't wait to see the sheath! This is one heck of a knife.

 

[MMans0311]

Looks great Jed, and amazing craftsmanship by all those involved

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Knife arrived safely will be starting on the sheath this week, sweet work on the knife!!

G2

 

[FriarPhenn]

Oh man, Gary! Excellent photography as usual. Can't thank you (and Josh and Steve) enough.

 

[FriarPhenn]

Double tap.

 

[Zemapeli]

Wow, that cerakote turned out great. I may just cerakote a few of mine as well. Thanks for sharing.

 

[kidcongo]

I love this knife. Tasteful, original, and so cool.

Bravo!

 

[A Little Spyder]

Knife arrived safely will be starting on the sheath this week, sweet work on the knife!!

G2

Those are some smokin' hot photos! Can't wait to see how the sheath turns out.

 

[dax0007]

WOW! Very cool project.. definately a grail!!

 

[Sonnydaze]

Very nice way to personalize your knife. You picked your people well.

 

[SpeedHoles]

Super deluxe!

 

[Surfingringo]

Oh man, Gary! Excellent photography as usual. Can't thank you (and Josh and Steve) enough.

Yup! Those photos relieved any doubts I had about the blade finsish. That thing is HOT!

 

[FriarPhenn]

Super deluxe!

Yup! Those photos relieved any doubts I had about the blade finsish. That thing is HOT!

Thanks gentlemen! It's in the final stages of getting the sheath made, bring an end to a rather long project. I look forward to showing it off and using it well!

 

[Surfingringo]

I'm curious, is that the factory edge or was that rebeveled to a lower angle?

 

[Gary W. Graley]

It's getting much closer, starting the stitching tonight, she's all dyed up so I expect to be able to ship out this week, here's a shot quickly taken during the time I was forming it around the knife, leather was almost dry at this point, before the knife was wrapped in plastic wrap to prevent any moisture from transferring from leather to knife;

Vallotton_start by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

I'll update once she's all finished up.

G2