Not simple anymore

JTknives

JTknives

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ok i have now compleated the handle of my simple knife. i dont think it is simple any more but thats where all the fun comes into play is using you mind and dooing somthing cool. here is the total knife

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And this is the inlay that i did, i made the inlay meterial my self. if you like it i can tell you how i did it. i love it

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, thanks
i still have a lot of work to do on the blade but now that i got the handle done i can get on that. let me know what you think
 
Looks good! I going to guess you twisted some copper wire and put it inside some copper tubing and then melted either silver or pewter and filled the tube. Then used a section of it. Close?
 
close, i twisted copper wire then put a strait pice of wire on both sides the wraped the whole thing togather with lead free solder. i then started at on end and started melting the solder and worked my way to the end. so when i was done the wire was incased in solder. i then grind away the solder to revile the cool pattern. i like to use the leadfree solder because it darkens with use so you get a sweet contrast with the coper and it does not rub off onto your hands like the lead stuf does, its also hadrder when cool. dont use lead solder unles you have a way to seal to from your hands. Im working on other patterns that will be wider and have diffrent looks. i will take pictures of the process
 
here is some new stuff i made, its wider and longer. i dont know if im going to use it, so if some one wants to buy it thats ok. im thuinking of making this stuff and selling it. what do you think. im working on other patterns.

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here is a close up

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if you want a cirtin size or pattern let me know, i love making this stuff
 
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