Erin Burke
KnifeMaker...ish
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- May 19, 2003
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Good morning folks.
This is little vest Bowie that I recently finished up. The handle is a beautiful chatoyant piece of stabilized Ringed Gidgee. The W2 blade shows an active hamon in the forced patina... not an easy trick.
During construction, this piece of steel fought me at every turn. It was originally part of a much longer "chopper" design, but a quench crack near the tip took it back to the drafting table for redesign... thus the name "Gidgee Mistake".
The mild steel fittings are a rich dark brown that came about by experimenting with bleach, gun blue, motor oil and a torch. I am very pleased with the results.
Once again... photos were taken in a dark room using light painting techniques. I am becoming quite enamored of this method of photography.
[video=youtube;lG0ANeroPVs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG0ANeroPVs[/video]
Thanks for looking. As always, feedback is welcome.
Erin
This is little vest Bowie that I recently finished up. The handle is a beautiful chatoyant piece of stabilized Ringed Gidgee. The W2 blade shows an active hamon in the forced patina... not an easy trick.
During construction, this piece of steel fought me at every turn. It was originally part of a much longer "chopper" design, but a quench crack near the tip took it back to the drafting table for redesign... thus the name "Gidgee Mistake".
The mild steel fittings are a rich dark brown that came about by experimenting with bleach, gun blue, motor oil and a torch. I am very pleased with the results.
Once again... photos were taken in a dark room using light painting techniques. I am becoming quite enamored of this method of photography.
[video=youtube;lG0ANeroPVs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG0ANeroPVs[/video]
Thanks for looking. As always, feedback is welcome.
Erin
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