Relic Wasp WIP *FINISHED*

[Puukare]

I am very impressed by your handiwork

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[irbailey]

You are definitely Virgil England II

Great work and great thread Serge.

Ian

 

[bluejaunte]

Love the design (as rendered in the drawing).

The new lines don't go with the flow of the piece, IMHO.

 

[cbr900son]

Updates?

 

[Serge Panchenko]

Thanks guys, I decided to leave the lines out.

Today's progress:

More curving of the edges with files.

Starting on the copper wing.

Grinding the 3/16" blade to a 1/8" for the wing to go over.

Carved in and cleaned up.

Starting to fit the wing.

Continuing to fit.

Inserted a steel bar inside the wing, so it's not hollow.

Texturing the wing.

Here's where I am now.

More tomorrow.

 

[Call_to_Arms]

Its awesome to follow along with this, a week ago this was a steel blank and a drawing.

 

[Adam Reese]

This pretty much confirms the statement "If you can dream it, you can build it". Great work!


-Adam

 

[penvisser]

I am looking foreward to more pics, this is art!

atb,

Jan

 

[cbr900son]

What kind of bit are you using for the texturing?

 

[Serge Panchenko]

Tungsten Carbide

 

[artificialj]

This is so cool; I haven't been this excited about seeing a WIP in a long time. Thanks for posting this!

 

[dkuhne]

Absolutely stunning!

 

[fast14riot]

Man you are amazing to watch online, I just need to head up to Sacramento and watch you work in person sometime!


-Xander

 

[peterinct]

GREAT work Serge! Your creativity is AMAZING to watch.

I'm thoroughly enjoying this and can't wait to see MORE!!

Thanks for taking the time to post,
Peter

 

[Czechmate]

Stunning progress so far... :thumbup:

Excellent work Serge!

 

[Serge Panchenko]

Thanks all.

Materials cut out; brass and steel.

Annealing the brass.

Flattening the steel on a granite surface plate.

 

[Adam Reese]

Please tell me you are going to post more tonight! I don't think I can wait until I get off work tomorrow.

-Adam

 

[Mike Davis]

Serge, that is incredible! Love seeing the progression of this one, cant wait for the finished piece....Great work!

 

[ddd]

Having the wasp-like body inspire the shape of the handle
really needs a high level of creative imagination.

But taking the image from there, a shape often seen in nature,
and applying it to your knife also calls for real talent!

Beautiful WIP display, Serge, of a piece of true art that is a knife!

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)

 

[lolgm213]

Looks amazing. can't wait for the next batch of pics!