Not a knife but a 10x loup. These will go to two different clients. The engraving is similar to the engraving on each of their knives. I want them to have a nice experience when looking at the engraving at 10x, so even the loup they look at it with will be nice. . A lot yet to go on the one that is not blackened. It will get a row of beading on the border then it will have to have the background removed. The technical part. This is engraved with a 90-degree ground chisel. The shading lines are cut with a 100 degree chisel. The background is removed with a flat ground chisel that has a 20 degree lift then the background is textured with a sharpened single point chisel so that it holds the black lacquer. Yeah, this takes a while. All 8 of my grandaughters have one for finding splinters, starting fires etc., they keep theirs in their go bags.
Man. ,, that's some really nice work you're doing ,, you've definitely got a talent. Just curious,, hope I'm not out of line asking ,, but, about how long does it take you to do a job like that ?
It's some intricate work for sure. That takes a steady hand . In the top pic ,, it almost looks like a face in there ,, am I imagining that ?
. The the thing is in reality i have zero talent for drawing, what you are seeing is a determination to learn something. Over and over until it is teadonable. So, i most time have a bit of fun. Most of the time i also hide old Hobo signs in the engraving. The top photo also shows my initials in Braille, which is how i sign my engraving and even then sometimes you have to look hard. Just having a bit of fun while working.
