Knife for my Uncle

[rebeltf]

My Uncle Dave isn't doing to well , his heart is failing and he is pretty down in the dumps. I thought if I made a pocketknife for him it might cheer him up , he is one of my favorite Uncles.
The knife is a kit from Darrel Ralph , if you ever seen them raw , they are very unfinished aside from the sharp blade , the parts are included of course , pretty fun to build and cheap on the pocketbook , a pretty good knife for the dollar IMO. The pics suck sort of , sorry. I get really mad at the camera or my lack of being able to take decent pics , these pics are the only good ones out of about 50 and 3 sets of batteries later.... Enough on that though.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/rebeltf/keep2.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/rebeltf/keep1.jpg

This was also my first try at heat coloring steel (the pocket clip)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/rebeltf/keep3.jpg
Kind of hard to see but it turned out great , sort of blue/purple/gold.


Here is one with clip and simple filework shown
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/rebeltf/keep6.jpg

You can see I fashioned the pivot pins into little Maltese Crosses , they look pretty cool IMO
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/rebeltf/keep5.jpg

The scales have a little story , a few weeks back I got bored on a weekend and decided to drive in the country and find some 'local wood' to use for scales , saw this old downed Eucalyptus tree and hacked off an arm sized branch and this is part of the result. They look pretty nice ! Almost like Oak but with pinks and tans, nice figure I think. Most of the knife is done in a semi mirror with a brass thumbstud.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/rebeltf/keep6.jpg

The lockup is very solid and tight , no play in the blade although it is a hair off center when open , I took it apart and put it together many times trying to correct that but the same every time , you really cant tell unless you hold it open against something flat and even then it's marginal.

I think he will like it .

 

[AwP]

I think he will too, looks great.

 

[RokJok]

Rebeltf, That's a mighty nice gesture you did for your uncle. I hope he's feeling better soon. He's lucky to have a nephew like you. Hopefully someday you two can take a walk together in that woods where the scale material came from.

Taking good photos is a combination of the capabilities of both the camera and the photographer. If the camera doesn't have the versatility to take the pics you want, you can't get decent pictures out of it no matter what you try. All you can do to fix an under-gunned camera is upgrade to a better one. The photographer is easier to improve -- a bit of reading and lots of practice pictures should improve your shots. For tips 'n tricks passed along by knife photographers on how to improve knife pictures, check out the photo link in my sig below.

 

[Reg ELLERY]

Rebeltf

Nice knife. I am sure your uncle will like it. Hope he is well enough to take advantage of it soon.

Rokjok
Thanks for the tips. I only checked out the window so far.
In Western AUstralia the light is very bright in summer. I have a pine tree in the back yard. I lay my knives across a branch and vertically up the bark.

I do it in the morning and afternoon when the light is softer. Some look good some not so good depending on me.

 

[rebeltf]

Thanks folks. I think I just need more camera practice lol

He loved it ! He cant do hardly anything anymore since the diabetes set in but he was happy with it and that's all that matters.