keyhole integral

Del Raso Knives said:
Totally agree Keith, since Danae got her microscope her work has made a massive leap forward. She is definitely a natural.

I use to use pot belly black to colour the engraving, a tip given to me by the late Harvey Mc Burnett. Danae uses block printers ink to fill her work. Freakishly it survives going thru the vacuum furnace ay Hills heat treat and seems to bake on.

I've forgotten the brand name but it is made in the States. Only drawback according to Danae is it takes a few days to dry.
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Cheers for that. I was talking about the grey area, forward of the engraving. Interesting seeing that is on 440c. Is it etched maybe?
Cheers Keith
 
I'm with you now mate. Yep that area was etched with straight ferric. Used permanent marker as a resist either side and painted the ferric on with a small brush. Took all of two minutes. The area was taken to a mirror polish before the etch which has produced a very even mat grey etch.

I dip 416 fittings in ferric quite often to give them an antique look or for contrast between parts. Only thing to remember is have the same finish on parts to be etched to ensure a matching finish.
 
It's been a while I had not seen such a beautiful integral. I'm usually not very fond of this keyhole design but you made it gorgeous. Congratulations from an integral collector.
 
Beautiful, innovative work all around. The engraving complements your work well. Congratulations.
 
Fantastic looking knife. The engraving is the icing on the cake.

It's. got me thinking now.I have a couple of keyhole knives from Ken Hall and have just had some engraving done by Peter Ashford who engraves for some of England's finest gun makers.
 
I haven't found Keyhole designs as appealing as some, however this one is exceptional.
I like everything about it. Thanks for the 'work in progress' photos as well. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
 
DesRosiers said:
Really fantastic Peter! You have taken things to a new level!
Stunning piece.
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Thanks again to everyone that has posted, your comments are very, very much appreciated.


Congratulations again on the chop and bend Haley, my heart was in my mouth during the bend. Watched it again with Shawn, your squeal of delight was infectious.
 
that is a wonderful knife.
I have a question - did you change woods, or was the black wood in the beginning part of a jig or something? I am a little confused (nothing new).
the knife is very clever, and both the blade work and engraving are great.

thanks for showing the wip.
 
kevin -the professor said:
that is a wonderful knife.
I have a question - did you change woods, or was the black wood in the beginning part of a jig or something? I am a little confused (nothing new).
the knife is very clever, and both the blade work and engraving are great.

thanks for showing the wip.
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Thanks Kevin, the black scales were micarta and used as you described, to help grind the taper onto the keyhole bolster.
 
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