Traditional Knives, Watches and / or Pens

Nexus-6 said:
Well, you can't go wrong with either of those. Absolute beauties. I have both pocket watches from my paternal great grandfather's. I'll post them in due time, but I don't have knives that can compare with them.
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Thank you very much and looking forward to seeing yours!
 
sceva sceva You might want to edit the title by adding "Traditional" in front of "Knives". 😇
Some modern knives have been showing up. IMHO it would be horrible if the mods this thread got moved over to General, or worse, locked it.
 
Nexus-6 said:
Well, you can't go wrong with either of those. Absolute beauties. I have both pocket watches from my paternal great grandfather's. I'll post them in due time, but I don't have knives that can compare with them.
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Here is one -
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Heathenhymnal said:
Does a SUPER traditional "pen" count? Whittled it with the GEC and then drew the GEC with the whittled pen.

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I really like this. I do have questions. It appears that you have created a stub point on your dip pen. Did you split it? Are there tines? Also, does the wood have capillary attraction properties (like a felt tip), or do you need to be very careful in avoiding a blob of ink when you put 'pen' to paper?
 
Nexus-6 said:
I really like this. I do have questions. It appears that you have created a stub point on your dip pen. Did you split it? Are there tines? Also, does the wood have capillary attraction properties (like a felt tip), or do you need to be very careful in avoiding a blob of ink when you put 'pen' to paper?
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I did not split it although I have split some before and didn't really notice much difference honestly. No tines but if you whittle the tip thin enough it does have a tiny bit of flex/give to it so it doesn't feel quite as stiff to use. Yep, definitely has some pretty good capillary action. I just dip and dab off excess on the rim of the bottle so I don't get drips. The wood then holds enough to get quite a bit of line work from it before needing to dip again but without just gushing instantly onto the paper.

Here is one I split:
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Here is one where I tried to use the natural pith channel as a bit of an ink reservoir, which worked somewhat:
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The real fun thing is you can try all different kinds of shapes and sizes and "grinds" to see what different effects you get out of them:
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You can find ways to get quite a bit of variation out them depending on your tip geometry... allowing for big fat thick lines and pretty fine lines when using just the corners and edges
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Heathenhymnal said:
I did not split it although I have split some before and didn't really notice much difference honestly. No tines but if you whittle the tip thin enough it does have a tiny bit of flex/give to it so it doesn't feel quite as stiff to use. Yep, definitely has some pretty good capillary action. I just dip and dab off excess on the rim of the bottle so I don't get drips. The wood then holds enough to get quite a bit of line work from it before needing to dip again but without just gushing instantly onto the paper.

Here is one I split:
nEekWsi.jpg


Here is one where I tried to use the natural pith channel as a bit of an ink reservoir, which worked somewhat:
Me5b3q7.jpg


The real fun thing is you can try all different kinds of shapes and sizes and "grinds" to see what different effects you get out of them:
YonspBX.jpg


You can find ways to get quite a bit of variation out them depending on your tip geometry... allowing for big fat thick lines and pretty fine lines when using just the corners and edges
DirO2ou.jpg
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Wow, very cool. Thanks for sharing. My daughter draws (both digitally and traditional). A bit of her own style mixed with Manga. I’m the guy with well over a hundred fountain pens and an endless supply of ink. This is something that I need to show her. Too cool.
 
Nexus-6 said:
Wow, very cool. Thanks for sharing. My daughter draws (both digitally and traditional). A bit of her own style mixed with Manga. I’m the guy with well over a hundred fountain pens and an endless supply of ink. This is something that I need to show her. Too cool.
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That's awesome! I also have a bit of a fountain pen collection myself! Absolutely love them for drawing. I started playing around with the whittled dip pens because I wanted something to really help me loosen up my drawings a bit and boy did it work... plus it then lead me to really get into wider nibbed fountain pens instead of the super extra fine ones and it totally changed the way I draw. Or, well, it ADDED another new way for me to draw... loose and open and bold instead of my default method of really fine lines and tight control. Lots of fun to play around with and the best part is they're just free sticks from the yard!

Edit, I also find that they're a good whittling project, especially for practice, because you have to learn a good bit of control to make a nice, thin, even nib, but it's not like trying to whittle a face or character or something.
 
Heathenhymnal said:
That's awesome! I also have a bit of a fountain pen collection myself! Absolutely love them for drawing. I started playing around with the whittled dip pens because I wanted something to really help me loosen up my drawings a bit and boy did it work... plus it then lead me to really get into wider nibbed fountain pens instead of the super extra fine ones and it totally changed the way I draw. Or, well, it ADDED another new way for me to draw... loose and open and bold instead of my default method of really fine lines and tight control. Lots of fun to play around with and the best part is they're just free sticks from the yard!

Edit, I also find that they're a good whittling project, especially for practice, because you have to learn a good bit of control to make a nice, thin, even nib, but it's not like trying to whittle a face or character or something.
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This is great. I just showed my daughter and she was very impressed. Coming from a teenager, that has to mean something 😏. We’ll give it a try this weekend. I know what you mean about fine nibs. I’m a lefty which makes it a bit harder. Rounded, broad nibs like the old Sheaffer’s from the 20’s and 30’s work best for me. I have a more modern Pilot that works well too.
 
Nexus-6 said:
This is great. I just showed my daughter and she was very impressed. Coming from a teenager, that has to mean something 😏. We’ll give it a try this weekend. I know what you mean about fine nibs. I’m a lefty which makes it a bit harder. Rounded, broad nibs like the old Sheaffer’s from the 20’s and 30’s work best for me. I have a more modern Pilot that works well too.
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Haha that DOES mean something actually, especially if it can give you and your daughter something fun and creative to do together!

Oooh yeah I'd imagine push-writing with a really fine nib might be a less than stellar writing experience.
 
A large Schrade for trapper Tuesday. Found it at Walmart and wanted to see if it is actually as bad as people make them out to be. It's ok... Nothing exciting. I like the flat grind and the size is much more manageable than the chunky/heavy RR bow trapper, even though the Schrade is 4.5". The spey blade has excessive wobble, which was a disappointment. Eh ... I'll stick with Buck or RR for daily beaters. I wanted to really like this thing...

Watch is one I built with a 1970s swiss pocket watch movement.
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