I hate sunlight!!!

[jdm61]

How does it manage to totally wash out the color and figure of the wood and the contouring of the handle, yet show every fingerprint on the blade? Sheesh!!!! AEB-L Peters 61-62Rc, 240mm, 51mm at the heel, around .95 thick at the handle junction. Very subtle convexed 2 plane compound grind. Stabilized amboyna with SS micro-corbys, blue .060 G-10 liners. Stoned to 8000 the stropped with Smurf poo.

 

[i4Marc]

Nice looking knife.

 

[REK Knives]

Sweet knife!! Try taking the pics on a cloudy day instead

 

[jdm61]

Sweet knife!! Try taking the pics on a cloudy day instead

Better figure something out. It's sibling-in-progress is a 270mm suji with a rather dark set of Honduran rosewood burl scales. That will be even tougher.

 

[jdm61]

Thanks. Marc. The basic pattern came from a JCK Carbonext 240 gyuto That I bought in like 2009. I made the handle a bit more swoopy as the original has the traditional slab sided modified Sabatier look. . A number of my patterns start with that knife or a Hattori suji scaled to suit. Why reinvent the wheel......unless it's something really cool. Working on that next.

Nice looking knife.

 

[kuraki]

Just before dusk seems to be hard not to take good knife pics

 

[milkbaby]

Can you remind us what color G10 those handle scales are again? Murky mud? Totally sweet looking profile and handle shape tho

 

[Mahoney]

It's all about the angle of the light in relation to the surfaces of the knife and the angle of the knife to the camera. Bring the knife indoors and light it with an adjustable desk lamp to find the "sweet spot". If you still want to use the sun as the light source try to duplicate the angle you had with the desk lamp.

 

[REK Knives]

overcast or right before dusk is an excellent time to take outside... I took these in one of those 2 settings. It really brings out the detail and prevents washing out, I also lightly edit the pics to maximize the natural look (can't stand over-enhanced pics that don't mimic reality).

 

[jdm61]

The LINERS are blue G10. The scales are amboyna.

Can you remind us what color G10 those handle scales are again? Murky mud? Totally sweet looking profile and handle shape tho

 

[Rhinoknives1]

As Mentioned, overcast or under a tree can work well too, also use a Red or Blue, even black back rounds works better than white for me! For finger prints? Wipe the darn blade of with windex & a clean cloth..

 

[milkbaby]

The LINERS are blue G10. The scales are amboyna.

Just jokin on ya because I can't tell anything about the handle from the pic!

Some folks take the weather out of the equation by building a cheapo lightbox setup.