York Gum Burl and Gimlet

[J. Hoffman]

Just a couple that I finished.
First is 1/8" 1095 with Gimlet Burl. I was a little apprehensive about working with the Gimlet because it has natural inclusions, but I really liked the figure. I was really happy with the way it turned out. The inclusions were filled with CA. Unfortunately I sanded a little too far on the one side and sanded through one of the copper Corbys.



The next one is a 1/8" 1095 with York Gum Burl. I love the figure of this wood.
Any and all comments or suggestions are welcome.

 

[milesofalaska]

Fine finish polish, good lines. Exciting wood. One thought on the rivet issue mentioned. It's a bit unorthodox by some. I assemble my knife, put the scales on - glue them get down to a middle grit before I drill and rivet. This way everything lines up. And I can look at my wood finish and decide how the rivets might blend in with the pattern (or detract) I may decide on 2 instead of 3 rivets for example, after seeing how the wood pattern plays out. Sanding the rivets then is not 'major sanding and part of the shaping'. For the quality of your work you may want to go for custom pattern rivets. I think the value would go up a lot. Thanks for showing these!

 

[Fishinbo]

This is really amazing! I couldn't imagine the insane amount of time to produce this. Flawlessly done!