Letter Opener with some inlay and engraving work

[Mike Fennessy]

I posted pics of this over on Customs but thought I'd show it over here too:

This was ordered as a letter opener but it's hardened and sharpened.

Scroll backbones are copper inlay and the border is brass inlay. This was my first real inlay project. I did a lot of practicing on scrap before/during this build.

Second picture has the most accurate color.

Wood is stabilized curly maple with black liners.

The person that bought it is giving it to someone as a gift. I blurred out the final recipient's name for privacy.


Thanks for looking.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

That is first class work....very impressive!

 

[Bill DeShivs]

Fantastic work!

 

[quint]

Wow someone is going to be happy.

 

[AVigil]

Lovin it. Nice work indeed

 

[Mike Fennessy]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate it

The person that ordered it doesn't know about the inlay yet. They received one as a gift and ordered another to give to someone else. She gave me a lot of leeway on the design and I'd been looking for a project to try out inlay, so I didn't mention it or add it to the price. I'll be delivering it this weekend.

 

[Hengelo_77]

Impresive, I like the combination of the wood and engraving

 

[Salolan]

WoW.....just Wow.

She doesn't know about that inlay? It may be a good thing you put Archie's name on it or she might have changed her mind. lol

Chris

 

[Mike Fennessy]

Yeah, I got the name on there pretty quick so I couldn't keep it either. I took it up to show family/friends for hunting last weekend and I'm pretty glad it had a name on it then too.

 

[HallHandmade]

Oh man, that makes me miss my old knife. I had a spyderco that had hand engraved red, green, and regular gold inlaid silver floral work, on both sides and the clip with my initials. It was given by a friend who was apprenticing as a silversmith when we were in high school, the knife was worked on by both of his uncles who were master engravers, one on each side in a different style, but matching. It was stolen.

This is absolutely beautiful, I love it. I was planning a letter opener for someone special, and this inspired me for sure.

 

[Burton Harruff]

Very fine!!

 

[Cody Hofsommer]

Oh my! THAT IS AWESOME!

 

[Omega Leather Works]

Wow. Not what I was expecting when I opened the thread. Definitely first class.

 

[Frank Niro]

A very lovely piece of work !!! Super !!! Frank

 

[jwesthurl]

Very impressive! If I received that, I'd be tempted to carry it around in a sheath just in case someone needed a letter opened, lol!