umbo Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 here is the first of 5 knives, the subject is "the five elements". Each element has a different damascus pattern, a different shape for the blade, a color a gemstone. "water" represent winter and ice, her color is blue, with a sapphire,and blue amber (photo doesn't show the color of the amber...) Woman is carved on white mammoth ivory. 1 Greg www.elfic.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hawk_shaman Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Just amazing. You never cease to impress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeTheTyro Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Man, your work is amazing. I see the artistic potential in this piece, but how solid is it in terms of the different materials and how they are fitted together? Just curiousity, in no way a critique. Joe - the Student Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 That's crazy beautiful. Let not the swords of good and free men be reforged into plowshares, but may they rest in a place of honor; ready, well oiled and God willing unused. For if the price of peace becomes licking the boots of tyrants, then "To Arms!" I say, and may the fortunes of war smile upon patriots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Kettell Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Beautiful. wonderful details. I eagerly anticipate the next one, I wonder witch element it will be. Thank you for sharing. ~Herb The few surviving Samurai survey the battlefield. Count the arms and legs and heads and then divide by five. TMBG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrassett Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 (edited) Beautiful work! The blade looks great too Edited April 25, 2009 by jrassett J Anderson R " Fools live to regret there words, wise men to regret there silence"- Will Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beau Erwin Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 That's awesome. I think your carving is getting better each time as well =] Beau Erwin www.ErwinKnives.com Custom knives Bcarta Composites Stabilized Woods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Abrera Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Lovely work How bout a close up of the blade/pattern-weld. Is it chatoyance in the pattern-weld or is there a "knapped" texture on the blade? Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent L Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 For a cold thing like Water shes Hot Sorry I had too! Really beautiful work, I can't wait to see the rest. Alba Ghu Bra Brent LaCroix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbo Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 Thanks at all! how solid is it in terms of the different materials and how they are fitted together? the solidity is always the solidity of ivory...but the blade is fitted like a "classic" knife, with forged tang. The tang goes through the hands of the women. Is it chatoyance in the pattern-weld or is there a "knapped" texture on the blade sorry , I don't understand "knapped "... For the pattern, I made a 250 layers blade, then I ground the crisal pattern with the belt grinder, and I re forged the blade. The blade i realy flat , the pattern is "inside" the damascus...(sorry, I don't find the good words in english) here is a view of the two sides of the blade Greg www.elfic.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Arthur Loose Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Lovely! jloose.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Thomas Obach Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 very interesting piece.. excellent talent the carving is a joy to look at wow North Shore Forge & Ironworks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Oh, wow! It all just makes a perfect package! That's VERY cool (pun intended ) how you did the pattern in the steel. I'd have never thought of that. Of course, it took me a long time to get around to looking at the steel instead of the ivory... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Sorrells Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 That's amazing work. Like Alan, I didn't really notice the steel because of the ivory carving. But that damascus is really beautiful. Fabulous work. Check out Walter's instructional videos: Forging Japanese Style Blades Making Hamons Japanese Sword Mounting Polishing Making Japanese Sword Fittings www.waltersorrellsblades.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeTheTyro Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Excellent. Thanks, that looks pretty solid. Again, beautiful work. Joe - the Student Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Abrera Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 sorry , I don't understand "knapped "... For the pattern, I made a 250 layers blade, then I ground the crisal pattern with the belt grinder, and I re forged the blade. The blade i realy flat , the pattern is "inside" the damascus...(sorry, I don't find the good words in english) "knapped" would be roughly/deeply textured effect like a stone knife http://www.bladesmithsforum.com/index.php?sh...&hl=knapped But I now see what you have there is some nice deep chatoyance IN the flats of the blade. Very nice, Greg, very beautiful, skilled work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beau Erwin Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Greg, knapped refers to the appearance and texture of stone blades like an arrow head where the rock is chipped away. As for the blade, you can say the way the pattern looks in the image is because of the chatoyancy, which is how the pattern appeares to move on the blade - the shimmer. Great looking knife =] Beau Erwin www.ErwinKnives.com Custom knives Bcarta Composites Stabilized Woods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Sexstone Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 You don't need good english to describe your work..... It speaks for itself..... TRES BIEN !!!!!!!! sorry for my lack of good french ..... your website is TRES BIEN as well.... thanks for the peek dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen bush Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Your work is beautifull ,the blade, the lady and the whole thing lovely . forging soul in to steel owenbush.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard van Dijk Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 That is really lovely and I really like what you did with the steel, great idea. Richard Richard van Dijk My link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Beautiful. That is a wonderful expression of your concept. I really thank you for showing it. Most people dont realize that those of us who are into making knives generally have as much in common with a sculptor as a martial artist. Or at least, we mix a lot of art into our craft. thanks, Kevin please visit my website http://www.professorsforge.com/ “Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” E. V. Debs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbo Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Thanks at all! and thanks for the explanations about "knapped" I think I have pictures of the step by step of the blade if someone want... Or at least, we mix a lot of art into our craft. yes, knife can be a lot of things...weapon, tool, sculpture. Today, we dissociate all this fonctions, 10 centuries ago, it was the same thing...a knife was used for a lot of things and could be carved ..."Art" is a modern concept... here is the beginning of the blade of the second element :Air Air, wind, automn, yellow... it's a single twist on 120 layers damascus. Greg www.elfic.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacklionforge Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 woot!!!! a metal shaman!!!! that blade is art and energy !!!!! amazing! All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart,and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillG74 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Uhm, Wow!!! Those blades are awesome!! I can't wait to see them finished. I love your ideas and your work. I am gonna have to show this to my wife she will love it. Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adlai Stein Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Greg, Every blade you make just blows me away. Spectacular as always. Adlai Klatu Baratta Necktie! Macabee Knives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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