My carved/engraved Ladybug
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Pneumothorax
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Very nice work!
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SaturnNyne
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Wow, that is one heck of a nice first attempt. Very nice and tasteful design.
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defenestrate
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:o Thank you all for the awesome compliments. I've carved a couple pendants in SS before, plus lots of practice on rocks, so it's a first on a knife - I was really scared I'd wreck it.
ChapmanPreferred - I've never taken pics of my rocks, but I will soon. I have a few to do and I'll post them. My wife has some nice ones so I'll show them, too.
Cosmo 7809 - I have a SS D4, but I'm thinking something simple for it IF I even do it. More just stippling and some gripping surfaces somewhere. I don't know. I have those 2 Crickets too... aaaahhhh! :p
Simsmac - I used the smallest round tip for the stippling (wore out 2 of them) and the straight, raspy-looking ones for the lines and carving the leaves (wore out 2 and a half of them). The leaf lines and initials were done with a vibrating engraver (like for initialing tools, etc.). Then, 400, 600, and 1500 grit sandpaper and polished with compound on a felt wheel and my Dremel.
- best wishes, Jazz.
ChapmanPreferred - I've never taken pics of my rocks, but I will soon. I have a few to do and I'll post them. My wife has some nice ones so I'll show them, too.
Cosmo 7809 - I have a SS D4, but I'm thinking something simple for it IF I even do it. More just stippling and some gripping surfaces somewhere. I don't know. I have those 2 Crickets too... aaaahhhh! :p
Simsmac - I used the smallest round tip for the stippling (wore out 2 of them) and the straight, raspy-looking ones for the lines and carving the leaves (wore out 2 and a half of them). The leaf lines and initials were done with a vibrating engraver (like for initialing tools, etc.). Then, 400, 600, and 1500 grit sandpaper and polished with compound on a felt wheel and my Dremel.
- best wishes, Jazz.
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defenestrate
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Are those diamond bits or HC/vanadium/tungsten, or what? I have been working with diamond tipped bits on some stone I am working on but have yet to try stainless steel.Jazz wrote:I used the smallest round tip for the stippling (wore out 2 of them) and the straight, raspy-looking ones for the lines and carving the leaves (wore out 2 and a half of them). The leaf lines and initials were done with a vibrating engraver (like for initialing tools, etc.). Then, 400, 600, and 1500 grit sandpaper and polished with compound on a felt wheel and my Dremel.
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Happy, Happy, Happy! Peel, Peel, Peel!
Happy, Happy, Happy! Peel, Peel, Peel!
That is really nice work.
There is another guy on here that does an amazing job with engraving. I asked him why his pictures looked like the knife was black, he said it was because he used a black backdrop to photograph the knife. :)
There is another guy on here that does an amazing job with engraving. I asked him why his pictures looked like the knife was black, he said it was because he used a black backdrop to photograph the knife. :)
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That guy does ridiculously nice stuff. I saw the thread your talking about. So nice. :)Donut wrote:That is really nice work.
There is another guy on here that does an amazing job with engraving. I asked him why his pictures looked like the knife was black, he said it was because he used a black backdrop to photograph the knife. :)
- best wishes, Jazz.
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defenestrate
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Great job on that Ladybug...classy looking!
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NaturalMystic
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I have to agree with most everyone here. That's an awesome job you did there!
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