HEAP of JEEP Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Been a few months since I've really had time to forge up anything new, so when the time appeared, I of course had to go back to my favorite things to make. 1080 and 15n20, 60 layers, twisted, then stretched out and san mai'd it around a 1080 core. So final layer count would be 121. I used some old cow bone from my dogs chew toys, and some walnut as spacers. Its my first time ever using bone and it was so nasty, messy, and smelly, I don't know if I'll ever do it again. My garage still stinks to high heaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Beautiful looking piece there Heap. Light handle with a dark blade looks pretty cool. Pattern turned out wild too. Ah yeah, the smell of bone.... I couldn't say why but I ground a bone with a grinding wheel when I was a kid and the smell was horrible. Never did it again lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoRockNazz Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Looks great! Lovin the contrast and subsurface scatter (translucence) through the bone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEAP of JEEP Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 6 hours ago, TheoRockNazz said: Looks great! Lovin the contrast and subsurface scatter (translucence) through the bone. Thanks, Theo. I've watched a lot of your builds and have been in awe, so that really means a lot to me. On 6/7/2017 at 3:28 PM, Daswulf said: Beautiful looking piece there Heap. Light handle with a dark blade looks pretty cool. Pattern turned out wild too. Ah yeah, the smell of bone.... I couldn't say why but I ground a bone with a grinding wheel when I was a kid and the smell was horrible. Never did it again lol. Thanks, Das. I've heard that working it with hand tools with help prevent the nasty smell, so there might be more bone handles in my future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Well it does look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will W. Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Whooooa... That's a beaut right there! Fantastic work, as mentioned, the contrast between the light bone and dark blade looks stunning, a fact that the pattern weld only adds to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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