Osprey_Guy
Enlightened
Finally got this one done....
Blade is carved from a wonderful, and quite unique, piece of Eggerling damascus. My photo skills can't begin to capture how great the highly polished steel looks in person. I came up with the new symbol to carve into the blade while looking for something that was ancient Greek, to better go with the elephant ivory "columns" (that I spend so much time carving).
This was also my first time to use inlaid rubies in the stop pins (open position only), instead of my usual sapphires. I'm really happy with the way they worked out....especially against the vivid teal blue liners and white ivory.
Overall length 3 7/8" (open), 2 1/2" (closed).
Sorry my photos aren't better. The knife is leaving here tomorrow by Fed-X to the customer's home (who just so happens to be a fellow flashaholic)
...so I shot the pics on the fly...but you'll get the idea.
For starters here's the finished blade by itself:
The completed knife:
Thanks for looking,
Dennis Greenbaum
Blade is carved from a wonderful, and quite unique, piece of Eggerling damascus. My photo skills can't begin to capture how great the highly polished steel looks in person. I came up with the new symbol to carve into the blade while looking for something that was ancient Greek, to better go with the elephant ivory "columns" (that I spend so much time carving).
This was also my first time to use inlaid rubies in the stop pins (open position only), instead of my usual sapphires. I'm really happy with the way they worked out....especially against the vivid teal blue liners and white ivory.
Overall length 3 7/8" (open), 2 1/2" (closed).
Sorry my photos aren't better. The knife is leaving here tomorrow by Fed-X to the customer's home (who just so happens to be a fellow flashaholic)
...so I shot the pics on the fly...but you'll get the idea.For starters here's the finished blade by itself:
The completed knife:
Thanks for looking,
Dennis Greenbaum
at that price I'd get one for the shelf and one as a user! =) j/k Certainly, for the hours involved that is a bargain. It is unmatched in beauty and precision, even among the best custom knives I've seen...
