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Peter Atwood

Peter Atwood

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Here's a couple of scans of my latest little piece. I don't know what you'd call it, maybe a caping knife. Hope the profusion of pics isn't excessive!

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OAL is 5 1/4". Steel is ATS-34 which has been crudely heat treated( let's not get into that
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) as well as heat colored. Handle is an exotic hardwood of unknown type, possibly Brazilian Rosewood. Pins are brass. Pattern is etched.

This was a good little practice piece for me so I wasn't too concerned with getting everything right, more just trying a bunch of ideas. Let me know what ya"ll think!



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Peter Atwood

email: fountainman@hotmail.com
 
I like it Peter. Nice lines, great filework and I like the etching. What did you do, just draw the pattern with etchguard and throw it in the vat?

Nice knife.

One suggestion though (remember this is from a man with no taste). I think it would look spectacular if you polished the vine a little more as Bruce suggests on his webpage. Your filework is so good on this piece you should really show it off.

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Man that is Totally Kick Butt !!!!!I mean like AWESOME!!!!!!
And those are some really nice scans,I could never get mine that clear.
Keep up the good work and post more pictures please.
Bruce

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Bruce Evans Handcrafted Knives
The soul of the Knife begins in the Fire!!!!!
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I love that knife! How did you get that etch and color? Ive never seen ATS look that way. Bruce B
 
That is one solid, well-balanced looking knife! That etch is unbelievable! I agree you ought to shine/buff up your filework a bit. Great looking knife!

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Bugs
 
Thanks for the nice comments guys. This was just a little piece of practice steel that I was going to throw away since the grind lines were non existent. I wanted to try heat coloring some steel so I threw it in the oven at 400 degrees for a few minutes and then tried the etching technique on top.

The patterning is my signature design in the world of handmade pottery and I'm thinking of doing a lot of my knives with it so I'm glad to hear a positive response to it. It's sort of an alternative to damascus for those of us without a working forge but who still want patterning on the blade. I actually do it by sandblasting.

I didn't want to shine up the filework on this one because the heat coloring goes really well with the handle color. You can't see it too well with the scan but it looks a lot better in person.

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Peter Atwood

email: fountainman@hotmail.com

[This message has been edited by fountainman (edited 06-28-2001).]
 
Tom, you must be reading my mind...
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If only I could put all my clamoring clients on hold for a week and get some serious shop time in! I'm envisioning a framelock with heat coloring on both the blade and frame and etching on each in a slightly different color. I'll do the heat treat right this time though!

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Peter Atwood

email: fountainman@hotmail.com
 
Laurence,

I've been doing pottery as a sideline for 4 years. I throw pots and do handbuilding. I sell my high fired wares at local craft fairs and also out of my studio (which is currently being converted into a machine shop space for my knife making.)

My main business is wallpapering and interior painting and I've been doing that for 15 years. I hang a lot of high end residential wallpapers and fabrics as well as do some commercial work.

Here's the link to my fountain site:

http://www.realrates.com/fountain

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Peter Atwood

email: fountainman@hotmail.com
 
Peter, I hope this isn't a trade secret because I'd love to know how you sandblasted that pattern.
 
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