My first Fiddleback knife - The Leuku

[Dman3d]

It looks like the background to me. The Bullseye is large enough that if it is close enough to a lighted object behind it, the detail will be picked up. Sometimes in shooting closeups of the bullseye I will focus through it in the process just playing around see what shows up in it. In these shots you can see how easy that would be. I have a few saved somewhere I played around with, I'll try to locate them.

Yeah I got totally lucky. Hopefully when time permits I can explore the shape more.
Those are some great shots.

Thanks necro, he is a catahoula mutt with some Australian cattle dog and who knows what else. At least that's what we think. We got him when he was about 4 months. The rescue said he was a catahoula but that coat is blue heeler/cattle dog. So he's some kind of mix.

 

[VANCE]

Vance,

This brings up a few questions.

How many man hours would go into a Leuku, or on average any knife? I imagine something like the convex on the woodsman to be a super pain as Andy pointed out.

How many total years of experience went into it, for each person in the process touching/contributing to the knife (all in, design, cutting stock, handles, glue up shaping, blade shaping etc.) start to finish?

How many knives on average don't make the cut and end up stuck in the wall of shame (that corrugated metal wall we see in some shop pics with gashes and knife blanks stuck in it)?

Iirc I think someone else asked Andy the same question. I believe his answer was about 4-5hrs to complete one knife

Also
I would say most of our knives are lost during the heat treat process. Those usually end up in a drawer or trash can.It's when Andy is doing the final or near to final grinds where they have a potential to become projectiles

 

[Dman3d]

One more. Still figuring out how to best shoot a knife. Ive done tons of consumer products 3d renders and this is quite a bit different. Tough getting that geometry of the convex to show well. i have a piece of foam board with aluminum foil taped to it to use as a reflector, window in my office for light source.


sent those to the Fiddleback Instagram account

Cheers
-d

 

[Dman3d]

ok finally got out into the woods with it. Tried to capture a more even reflection over the length of the blade to make it all read at once rather than very hot or dark areas.

 

[Ed G]

One more. Still figuring out how to best shoot a knife. Ive done tons of consumer products 3d renders and this is quite a bit different. Tough getting that geometry of the convex to show well. i have a piece of foam board with aluminum foil taped to it to use as a reflector, window in my office for light source … "

Dman, nice pics and a beautiful subject!

When I went through a period of having to post many knives quickly, I built a cheap light box* from 'foam board' and white kitchen trash bags, with a little duct tape thrown in … sounds pretty tacky, but the pictures look much more professional, and it "frees" you from having to find a good day for your 'open shade' pics - this takes the specular light sources out of the picture, allows you some creative control, and a better chance of catching the blade geometry without distracting reflections … it's not a perfect system, but it's a heck of a lot easier and provides some consistency ...

* pretty sure there are some decent videos out there that show you how, if you need more info, feel free to contact me.

~ edge

 

[Dman3d]

Great idea
I built a light box out of a big cardboard box and cut windows into it then put vellum sheets over the openings and used clamp shop lights. Worked like having soft boxes. We have a few at work just have not had time to grab them.