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Engraving Dragonfly .
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:42 am
by Montejano
Hello friends:
I have finished 4 engravings of a knife Spyderco.
I show you the photos.
Antonio
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Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:58 am
by The Deacon
As always, beautiful work Antonio!
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:25 am
by defenestrate
Wow.
Very nice - love the detail.
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:39 am
by SmoothOne25
what is the black material?
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:55 am
by Jazz
Simply beautiful! And yes, what is your black background?
- best wishes, Jazz.
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:01 pm
by Montejano
SmoothOne25 wrote:what is the black material?
The material is steel Spyderco himself. The steel is polished to high gloss and take this approach to light, that it is dark steel.
Antonio
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:05 pm
by Montejano
Jazz wrote:Simply beautiful! And yes, what is your black background?
- best wishes, Jazz.
As I said there is no black color, the handle is steel used by Spyderco. Placing a black card about the piece when you take the picture, you get the surface appears black and is very well appreciate the contrast of the engraving.
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:08 pm
by Jazz
Montejano wrote:As I said there is no black color, the handle is steel used by Spyderco. Placing a black card about the piece when you take the picture, you get the surface appears black and is very well appreciate the contrast of the engraving.
Very impressive! So, you didn't use any paint of any sort?
- best wishes, Jazz.
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:27 pm
by brandonreed2008
Very nice work. I'm a little confused with the black. You're saying it's mirror polished and the black is just reflection from a black object?
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:44 pm
by tonydahose
very nice and nice pics as well. i could have sworn that it was painted black.
Nice
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:58 pm
by RockyMatt
Very nice work, great detail!
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:12 am
by Montejano
Jazz wrote:Very impressive! So, you didn't use any paint of any sort?
- best wishes, Jazz.
Admittedly, I have not used this painting to printmaking. His friend Paul (the forum) has some pictures of an engraving on its website and you can see that I did not use paint.
Montejano
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:15 am
by Montejano
brandonreed2008 wrote:Very nice work. I'm a little confused with the black. You're saying it's mirror polished and the black is just reflection from a black object?
Yes.
Attempt to take the picture that reflects the black color of the cardboard on the polished steel and so can see the steel surface black.
Antonio
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:23 am
by canallabites
Once again Antonio shows us incredible jobs. When he touch a knife this knife turns into jewel.
Saludos, Carlos
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:21 am
by bh49
Absolutely stunning.
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:58 am
by Montejano
thanks for the comments :)
Antonio
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:03 pm
by VashHash
That is truly amazing you even did the blade on that kiwi.
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:44 pm
by SmoothOne25
is the black part g-10?
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:14 am
by Montejano
Thanks for the comments.
The handle is stainless steel, but the photos became obscured the merits of the knife.
Antonio
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:18 am
by The Deacon
Montejano wrote:Thanks for the comments.
The handle is stainless steel, but the photos became obscured the merits of the knife.
Antonio
Antonio, I think it more a case where you have both delighted our eyes with the beauty of your craftsmanship and provided us a valuable lesson in knife photography at the same time. I suspect that most here, like myself, know we could never match your skill at engraving, but the photographic technique with the black cardboard is something we may now want to try ourselves. I know I'll be trying it very shortly.