I want to introduce my self

[Mark Zirlin]

Good morning!
Myu name is Mark Zirlin, I'm 13 years old and I live in Israel.
My father's name is Rudi Zirlin and he has been profesionaly making
knifes for 20 years and I have been learning his trade with him for the past 2
years. Here are a number of photo's of my recent work. The second knife has recently been sold.

Here are also photographs of several woodcarvings.

I would love to get feedback from professional knife makers
with their oppinions.
Many thanks and happy viewings

Mark Zirlin

 

[Nathan Gould]

thirteen :O that's amazing! i love the wooocarvings too, especially the first one

 

[yiterp]

Mark--you are doing great in your knife making--these are awsome--

 

[gunsto]

hello young man im not a pro i am a craftsman your work looks real good to me nice work dad has shown you well GOODLUCK in your blade making gunsto..

 

[Fishman Michael]

Good and beautiful work, Mark.:thumbup: Little secret -
Mark is now doing Tanto. We are waiting for the end of the work and photographs. Good luck and success:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

 

[Nebulae]

Very Nice work,
I too am young, (16) and have just begun knife making, but even I can see that you do magnificent work. Truly impressive. They are staggeringly beautiful, but perhaps not optimized for function, (at least not the first one) you might consider making some larger hunting or survival knives for everyday use, not that yours couldn't stand up to it, they appear to be of superb quality, but nobody would use something that beautiful roughly which is not altogether bad. By the way are all of those little bitty dots along the top and bottom of the handle pins?

your work is amazing