Re-uploaded to this new account from the old one which is now only used for commissioned artwork.

A knife I was commissioned to make, based on the shape and design of my personal woodcarving knife - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3876610.

This knife is named Bleikjan, or "The Arctic Charr". I realised now how much I hate naming these things, but I suppose it helps remember which one is which. Bleikja are very common fish around Iceland, and have a distinctive pink colour very similar to salmon. The name is almost a play on words, where "bleikt" is the word for pink.

The wood for this handle is from the Pink Ivory tree, native only to very few parts of Africa, and it's easily the most dense wood I've ever worked. I actually broke a specialised drill bit on the first blank and had to go buy another of each, which sucked. This is also an extremely rare wood. It's very hard to get hold of, and quite expensive too, but the colouring is all natural, and the photo sadly does it little justice.

As per the commission request, the handle shape is based on my "leopard" woodcarving knife, but I added some new features and had to adjust the size and shape to fit a small woman's hand. the most noticable difference is the right-hand-only grip, with the finger grooves for each finger and a more rounded thumb-groove for applying pressure to the spine of the blade.

Again, I've used an 8cm carbon-steel blade by brusletto of Norway.