making a big 'ol camp knife WIP

[Phillip Patton]

I know Phillip, I still haven't finished the other WIP!!!

Are you referring to ME?! Why, what makes you think I would say anything?

Actually, I'm way behind on my sword WIP, so I'm in no place to judge.

Seriously though, I've been following along, and as always, I'm impressed by your skill, and your orderly-ness. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

I doubt people are going to see "What not to do" from that WIP Nick....amazing attention to detail....I still drool looking at that beefcake anvil...ugh lol

Mike, I notice you're in Jackson, MI. My uncle lives there. Do you know any Pattons?

 

[NickWheeler]

Are you referring to ME?! Why, what makes you think I would say anything?

HAHAHA!!!

Thanks guys, it's definitely adding a ridiculous amount of time to the project. You set the camera up and then try to do whatever task you're doing and get it in the shot with the 10 second timer. Biggest problem with that, is you end up having to take 5 or 6 pictures of each step to come up with 1 that actually shows whatever it is you're doing. So something that normally takes 10 minutes suddenly takes 30 because you're taking a pic, looking at it, figuring out if it will work, moving the tripod around and taking another one, etc.

I have a lot of pics where my hands were moving too fast, which makes the whole shot blurry. Editing and attaching them to emails to send to Lorien is a big time crusher too.

I made a comment in the thread about it being "free education" but it's actually costing me about three times what the knife is worth- But it's been fun, and fun is rarely REALLY free.

 

[Dixieblade57]

Nick, I have got to say that is probably one of the best WIP's ever! :thumbup:

And by the way you win in the "whose got the most toys" catagory also! Great shop you got there!!!!!!!!!

 

[NickWheeler]

I'm dragging this one back to the top because the knife is done now. I've seen several posts here in Shop Talk with questions in the last couple weeks...where my answer is shown in photos in Lorien's thread.

Of course there are a lot of ways to do something, so I'm not at all intimating that my way is the best or only way--- but seeing PHOTOS of how one person does something works much better for me than a typed post.