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- Thread starter Tai Goo
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Beautiful knife, well done.
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Very nice my friend!!! 
I love what YOU can do with a "simple" quench line!
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I love what YOU can do with a "simple" quench line!
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Neat! :thumbup: Interesting design, the rosewood shines.
- Joe
- Joe
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I love watching your stuff and this is no exception, inspiring indeed.
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Tai's work always catches the eye, and then rewards attention to detail. This is a delight!
John
John
Tai Goo
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Thanks guys!
The bronze (2) and silver (1) rings of the ferrule are actually fitted around the end of the oval cross sectioned rosewood handle, in order to function as a true ferrule. I had to carve the end of the handle down, so they would catch in the shoulders between the oval cross sectioned bolster and the rest of the handle. Getting it to all fit, line up and "flow" was the tricky part.
A few of the design ideas were, to use mostly lines and segments derived from the “torus” form, not to use any 90 degree angles on the exterior surfaces of the knife, ( though some 90s are “implied” and/or used on the interior for construction purposes), and to shape the shallow relief carving on the butt end to stop the eye at the end and send it back to the blade/point,... So, it would look like the knife was sort of “growing” out of the butt end.
Nick, I finished the blade with one quick dip in FC and some of those lapidary “tumbling powders/grits” I was telling you about.
Joe, on the rosewood, I used many very thin coats of shellac, sanding with fine grit paper between coats, then just some hand buffing. I was shooting for that semi gloss natural looking finish to go with the rest of the knife… shiny, but hopefully not too shiny or plastic looking.
The bronze (2) and silver (1) rings of the ferrule are actually fitted around the end of the oval cross sectioned rosewood handle, in order to function as a true ferrule. I had to carve the end of the handle down, so they would catch in the shoulders between the oval cross sectioned bolster and the rest of the handle. Getting it to all fit, line up and "flow" was the tricky part.
A few of the design ideas were, to use mostly lines and segments derived from the “torus” form, not to use any 90 degree angles on the exterior surfaces of the knife, ( though some 90s are “implied” and/or used on the interior for construction purposes), and to shape the shallow relief carving on the butt end to stop the eye at the end and send it back to the blade/point,... So, it would look like the knife was sort of “growing” out of the butt end.
Nick, I finished the blade with one quick dip in FC and some of those lapidary “tumbling powders/grits” I was telling you about.
Joe, on the rosewood, I used many very thin coats of shellac, sanding with fine grit paper between coats, then just some hand buffing. I was shooting for that semi gloss natural looking finish to go with the rest of the knife… shiny, but hopefully not too shiny or plastic looking.
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Tai, I think you got the natural finish you were looking for. I was refering more to now nice the piece of rosewood looked, and excelled on the piece. A semi-gloss finish on nicely grained wood lets the wood speak for itself. Looks great!
- Joe
