JPH Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Hello: Here's some more new stuff that was done this last week...made by an old man in his front yard.. One piece worked..the others are what I call a "pattern fail"...The one that worked is that wavy "feather pattern" and I wasn't sure it would turn out OK but it did.... Now the others, while they are OK as far as knives go..are not what I was going for in this pattern..Oh well..as I said before...experience is what you get when you don't get what you want... Materials are 1095, L-6 and a small amount of meteoric iron.. Bovine ivory or exotic hardwood grips..all have phosphor bronze fittings.. Even with the failures..all in all the knives are OK I guess..all but one was a fail..Oh well.. At least that one came out as I wanted...sigh Hope these pics come out alright.. Well this old man needs to get back to work... JPH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 What a total load of crap. Send them all to me, and I will dispose of them properly for you. Seriously, nice work. I do love the bovine ivory, especially with the pins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Absolutely love that double edge dagger with the feather pattern. My favorite style with my favorite pattern. Well since I don't have money all I can do is drool a bit. The others all look great to my untrained eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Oly, WA Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 They may not have "worked", but they sure look good! Only a mistake in your eyes cuz you know what you were wanting to get out of them. The wavy feather pattern is especially beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heelerau Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 I would be happy with such failures !! Lovely patterns and knives . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzkill Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 The wavy feather pattern is stunningly beautiful to me. I'd be happy to own any of the others as well. This does bring up an interesting topic though regarding "failures." Several times I've shown someone what I have done and they don't see any mistakes or problems. I see a lot of them. Upon reflection I think it's really the difference between what I had intended to do (the picture in my head) and the final product. It is a mistake or failure in the sense that I didn't get the desired results, however, other people don't know what I intended to do so to them there is no failure at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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