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My carved/engraved Ladybug

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I've been wanting to do this for a long time. Well, I did. It's my first and maybe last engraving a knife attempt. I love how it turned out - it's just more work than I'd like. My rocks are way easier to carve. Here's a before pic with my doodlings...

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Here's some lines scribed on it...

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At this point I'm scared I wrecked a good knife - I carved most of it with carbide tips and my Dremel tool...

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More done, and some background stippling...

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Now, sanding before I put in the leaf lines with a vibrating engraving tip...

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Here it is finished

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Man, it's hard to photograph Stainless steel...

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Thanks for lookin'.

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You should be right pleased with yourself. That is outstanding. I love it and thanks for sharing. :spyder:
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Nice work it looks great!
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Holy cow. That is really nice. Great job. I couldn't imagine doing engraving anything near that nice. I engraved my initials on some tools of mine years ago with an engraver and it turned out really really bad. Could barely make out the two letters.
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Thanks a lot, guys. It really tried my patience, but I like it. :)

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Really nice work.

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That is one **** of a job. Great work Jazz.
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very very nice work, 2 thumbs up! :)
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Awesome job!!
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That looks really nice.
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Great work!
Very cool!
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So classy! Wish i had mad skills too :D
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Very nice!....Jazzy if you ask me!....Doc :D
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It's gorgeous, congratulations and thanks for the eye candy.
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Excellent job! That Ladybug looks really good.
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That really turned out great!
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Nice work. So do you have any recent pics of the rocks you mention you normally engrave?
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Outstanding work Jazz!!!! Looks fantastic :D

Really love the pic of it on the leaf :)
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That looks great!


Cant wait till see it on a SS Delica ;)
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