Giraffe bone hunter

Will52100

Will52100

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Just finished this up, between working on a couple of orders and rearanging the shop after moving it I've been trying to finish up some blades that were aready heat treated and ground.

This ones got a 4" blade of S30V hand rubed to a smooth 400 grit finish, 8 3/4" overall length, stabilized Giraffe bone handle, nickle silver pins and thong linner, the sheath looks a little darker than it is, but it's just a deep burgandy
 

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Having seen your other work, I'd say it's probably a nice knife, Will! Without a foto, it's hard to tell!! :p Just joshing, I'm sure you're working on that as I write this....
 
Will ,

Take that pretty knife outside in the shade and take a better picture.

What I can see looks real nice.
 
Good looking knife Will. I like the shape and the handles are perfect on it.
Will it fit in the barrel of that 1860? :D
 
Thanks guys, that was the best pic out of a dozen or so, been raining pretty stedy and haven't had time today to get a pic.

Peter that's a 51' navy, err a cheap copy of a 51' navy, can't afford the real thing, and no it won't fit down the barrel :p
 
Will52100 said:
...that was the best pic out of a dozen or so, been raining pretty stedy and haven't had time today to get a pic.
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Will, Check out the l-o-o-o-n-g thread linked below for photography tips on getting decent evenly lit photos with super simple "no frills" lighting setups. The pic below the link is from the initial posting of that thread, showing both a simple 2-envelope reflector setup on a desk top and the resulting knife photo. (Obviously the resulting photo is a composite that was composed in Photoshop or other graphics program on the computer.)

The upshot of the thread is to use natural "available light" with reflector(s) to achieve even lighting of the knife and use very simple backgrounds to avoid distracting the viewer's eye away from the knife.

Getting evenly lit photos in rainy weather is actually easier than in sunny weather because the whole cloudy sky acts like God's oversize light diffuser for you. ;) However, it may be necessary to either mount your camera on a tripod or brace it on a solid object to compensate for the slower shutter speeds that can occur when shooting with available light only.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=306402

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It's stabilized Ray, good looking pic and knife RokJok, thanks for the link. I only have a cheap digital camera, was thinking about up grading to a better one that can take close ups without blurring. Eigther that or see what I can do with my old SLR 35mm and just scan the pics
 
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