Persian lines

[wieland]

hello together,

this is my recent knife,
built not on order but as an exhibitionwork for the show in solingen last weekend.

W1 forged
differentially hardened
sculpted bronce
desert ironwood
total 33cm
blade only 20cm
thichness 6,6-2,0mm

gerhard

please note:
THE ENGLISH VERSION OF MY WEBSITE IS ONLINE!

www.wieland-der-schmied.de

 

[wieland]

this knife provoked to play with light and shadow:

 

[D lisch]

thank you the knife is very nice I love the lines

 

[Lorien]

most excellent!

 

[peterinct]

BOTH knife and sheath exude flow and style. Excellent package.

Peter

 

[castor0troy]

amazing work gerhard.
love it.

 

[John White]

Every line and texture of knife, fitting , handle and sheath... lovely...

john

 

[Kevin Jones]

OH Yes, that's a fine knife and sheath on multiple levels.

Thanks for giving us a look.

 

[Peregrin]

That's a wonderful looking knife. I love that blade and the bronze fittings with the ironwood handle are beautiful. The sheath is the icing on the cake. Thanks for letting us see it.

 

[JParanee]

Beautiful

 

[dbl-edge]

Excellent use of textures, Gerhard. Wonderful lines.

Did you carve the bronze itself or carve wax and cast the bronze?

Outstanding artwork!

David

 

[wieland]

thank you all for your kind posts!

@david,
I carved the bronce itself- it was a block of ´bearing bronce´ (hope, it´s the right term?)
unfortunatally I have no possibilty to cast.
this would be so much easier...

gerhard

 

[dbl-edge]

thank you all for your kind posts!

@david,
I carved the bronce itself- it was a block of ´bearing bronce´ (hope, it´s the right term?)
unfortunatally I have no possibilty to cast.
this would be so much easier...

gerhard

Hey Gerhard,

I don't know that carving wax is easier than carving the bronze itself. I've done both. I just got some cast bronze parts back on Friday. I had carved them in wax. Even the hard machinable wax is soft, and being used to carving metals it's easy to be too aggressive with wax. Very different stuff to work with.

Looks like you did a wonderful job on these knives. Hope the DVD helps you, although it looks like you have a good idea what you're doing already!

David

 

[black mamba]

Stunning! Unique and beautiful. Thanks for the look.

 

[Kevin Casey]

Oh Yeah..... love the bronze. Exceptional work! :thumbup::thumbup:

www.kevincaseycustomknives.com

 

[Murray White]

very nice total package. my kind of knife for sure

 

[wieland]

thank you too for looking and commenting!

hi david,
you are right- carving and hot-forming wax is a totally different challenge.
but after 30 years experience in dental technique I miss sometimes the possibility to rebuild too much removed material...

gerhard