My Body Guard

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Piney

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I know it doesn't compare to most knives displayed here, but as a fairly new maker I'll throw it in anyway.

3/16"x 9", 4-3/4" tip to scale, black walnut with oak pins. Thanks for looking.

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Looks good to me.What steel? What are the scales/handles,pinned? Better pics would be better. :thumbup:
 
Steel is 0-1 and the scales and pins are listed. I know, I took 20 pictures to try and get something decent and didn't succeed. I guess I need a new camera, or photographer or something because I know the picture stinks. A real bummer after you put all that time into something and it looks like something out of a comic book. I’m sorry.
 
Looks like a real nice knife. I know exactly how you feel about the picture thing. I can't even get them that good :D
I'm far from an expert on it, but I'm guessing that maybe lighting is your main issue on this one. The high finish on the knife makes it take a special lighting set up to work out. You might do a search on "light tent" or "light box" in this forum. I think there is also a sticky at the top of this forum showing how some of the pros do it. Keep up the good work
 
Try to get a decent photo directly from the side. That always gives the best perspective. From what I can see, the knife looks good. What is the grind?
 
Piney said:
I guess I need a new camera, or photographer or something...
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Piney, check out the link in my sig below on knife photography. There's a ton of info linked in that thread, including some tips by fellows who make their living photographing bladeware. Shiny metal is one of the tougher surfaces to photograph accurately.

The two things I note in your picture are the color shifting of white into shades of blue (even though the brown wood and rocks at lower right look color accurate mostly) which could be an inaccurate White Balance adjustment by your camera and an overall fuzziness that looks like being out of focus. This fuzziness is something of a typical anomoly with digital cameras and many photographers work with the resulting shot in Photoshop or other post-exposure software to reduce the effect.

BTW, I like the look of your knife so far from the pic you've posted. Using wood pins is an unusual feature.
 
Sorry,read right past the scales and pins and don't know much about photography.Hope these guys helped,again,looks good. :)
 
VThanks very much for your constructive comments. I’m going to try them all and see what happens.
Yes, it’s a convex blade and it also has a subtle re-curve that doesn’t show from this picture. When I get home this afternoon I’ll see if I can make some of your suggestions work and take a better picture.
Thanks again.
 
Great sleek design. No wonder you call it your "body guard". Looking forward to the enhanced photos.
 
That's a beauty for sure, and looks very functional as well.

I really like simple, elegant designs that are executed well, and that photo shows that kind of work.
 
This is just another pic that I took for clearance sale I have over on another board. What i did was to duct tape over my flash which seems to help a lot.
Thanks for your help guys I will try the other suggestions and tutorials.

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I'll second that.Your Bodyguard is my favorite though.Nice knife. :thumbup: :cool:
 
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