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The 14th century personal knives completed, with their matching sheaths.
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On the grips, you mean?
Well, its American cherry. So it has a somewhat pronounced grain to begin with.
I finish the wood by hand rubbing a mixture of beeswax and paraffin into the wood, hot.
Then after wiping down the excess, after its well soaked into the wood I give it another run on the felt polishing wheel.
I love using cherry- Its such a pretty wood.
-Badger-
Well, its American cherry. So it has a somewhat pronounced grain to begin with.
I finish the wood by hand rubbing a mixture of beeswax and paraffin into the wood, hot.
Then after wiping down the excess, after its well soaked into the wood I give it another run on the felt polishing wheel.
I love using cherry- Its such a pretty wood.
-Badger-
In theory, I could.
I did some very small scale pattern welding when I was just learning the art in the early 80s.
So I know the basics.
I just have a serious lack of space to set up a forge and a permanently bedded anvil to do the work.
My hammer skills are definitely up to the task.
And hammer control is a huge part of making damascus...Or pattern welding, as its properly known.
-Badger-
I did some very small scale pattern welding when I was just learning the art in the early 80s.
So I know the basics.
I just have a serious lack of space to set up a forge and a permanently bedded anvil to do the work.
My hammer skills are definitely up to the task.
And hammer control is a huge part of making damascus...Or pattern welding, as its properly known.
-Badger-
Ah.
Thats actually due to a very faint grain leftover from hand stoning them flat.
The grain is invisible when looked at under normal lighting...But can be seen under the intense lights of flash photography.
Its really just a super fine series of tiny scratches the polishing phase did not eliminate entirely.
Heh.
I've been making knives for over 35 years now.
I can't imagine myself not making things with my hands.
Its kind of a defining characteristic of badgers, you see.
-Badger-
Thats actually due to a very faint grain leftover from hand stoning them flat.
The grain is invisible when looked at under normal lighting...But can be seen under the intense lights of flash photography.
Its really just a super fine series of tiny scratches the polishing phase did not eliminate entirely.
Heh.
I've been making knives for over 35 years now.
I can't imagine myself not making things with my hands.
Its kind of a defining characteristic of badgers, you see.
-Badger-
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