Kenneth Mauldin Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 this is just so beautiful,lol i dont even no where to begin to learn wood carving,etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Stephens Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Awesome, Jake! That bear carving is friggin' scary. Cool . . . but scary. Looking forward to seeing the cast bits. Dave -----------------------------------------------"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly." -- Theodore Roosevelthttp://stephensforge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Powning Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 thanks guys! I'm putting some videos together while I make the fittings for this guy. here's one of carving the sheath clasp in wax... https://www.youtube.com/embed/oqZZTpMtsfw?rel=0"frameborder="0"allowfullscreen> Jake Powning Swords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Powning Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 Here is the rivet block in wax. It's two cave bears facing opposite directions. Almost ready to cast fittings for this piece. Jake Powning Swords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collin Miller Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 That's so cool! I love the deep three dimensional effect you get in your castings. “If you trust in yourself. . . believe in your dreams. . . and follow your star. . . you will still get beaten by the people who have spent their time working hard and learning things, the people who weren't so lazy.” ~ Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen bush Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Its all looking ever so great Jake. I missed this thread or would have said how exited by all this I am earlier. I love animal skulls (anyone who has visited me will know the macabre stuff dotted around the place)and I am a big Fan of the ones you have done on your other recent work.....Bring it on. forging soul in to steel owenbush.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Powning Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 Thanks Owen Jake Powning Swords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis13 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 That is amazing work! If you don't mind me asking what kind of camera do you use to make the video of you carving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Powning Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share Posted November 2, 2015 thanks Travis, I use a Nikon d7100 Jake Powning Swords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 (edited) I am eternally envious and inspired by your ability to draw and carve. It is as if you can just extend your mind out onto the page or into a form. I know the technical skill and sophistication, and I am sort of romanticizing it. Still, you have a true gift, and it is great to see you use it. One of my favorite things in life is watching a truly talented person do what they do best. Thanks for sharing so much of your process with everyone else. Sometimes demystifying something can take away from it, but here, it just adds. The layers of tradition and story behind the work blend art into craft or whatever. Anyway, I love it. This stuff really facilitates the interplay between craftsman and patron that we all hope happens when people buy our work. Plus, the beautiful and technically-challenging blade from Owen, with the great historical-inspiration, and the fact it came from the Nat Geo show group of stuff. This is just an all-around Kick-Ass project. forgive the ramble. I have to do this periodically. I can't help it. thanks for sharing Edited November 5, 2015 by Kevin (The Professor) 2 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...
Jake Powning Posted November 6, 2015 Author Share Posted November 6, 2015 thanks Kevin! most days I feel like I can't draw or carve at all— I'm just muddling through. Your words give me hope. It's a funny business, the more I do this the less I feel that I know about it. Jake Powning Swords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewBerry Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 thanks Kevin! most days I feel like I can't draw or carve at all— I'm just muddling through. Your words give me hope. It's a funny business, the more I do this the less I feel that I know about it. And that's exactly why you are so good at it. We'll keep watching with awe while you keep muddling . www.hopkinsforge.com hopkinsforge.blogspot.com heisenblade.deviantart.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Detrick Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 thanks Kevin! most days I feel like I can't draw or carve at all— I'm just muddling through. Your words give me hope. It's a funny business, the more I do this the less I feel that I know about it. I know this sounds weird, but that actually gives me comfort. I respect your artistic ability a great deal, and to hear that from you tells me that those feelings are normal and that I am not strange for having them. “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer." -Albert Camus http://www.krakenforge.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Powning Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 Almost finished now to build a shipping case. 3 Jake Powning Swords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orien M Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Outstanding! Amazing carving, every little detail is right on. Love the skull-headed rivets! My hand-forged knives and tools at Etsy.com: http://www.etsy.com/shop/oldschooltools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kelso Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) How did I miss this? Fantastic conception and execution Jake and Owen... Edited March 26, 2016 by Jim Kelso My website and INSTAGRAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I thought I'd pinned this a long time ago, d'oh! VERY nice work, Jake. The metal is spectacular, but what I like the most is how your carving works so well with that incredible piece of maple, which in turn plays off the patterns in the blade. A tour de force! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Powning Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 thanks guys! Thanks Alan Jake Powning Swords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Helm Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 This thing is all kinds of awesome. James Helm - Helm Enterprises, Forging Division Come see me at the Blade Show! Table 26R. Proud to be a Neo-Tribal Metalsmith scavenging the wreckage of civilization. My blog dedicated to the metalwork I make and sell: http://helmforge.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jheinen Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Pardon me while I collect my jaw from the floor. Well done. Jeff H. CFI/CFII/MEI KE7ZMH "Give a man fire and he will be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen bush Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Nice Job Jake. I have loved watching this one come together, pretty awsome. forging soul in to steel owenbush.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kelso Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I took a closer look. Lovely blade Owen. Great collaboration with everything tied together so nicely. Jake, do you know of historical examples of European sub-surface carving as you have done on the hilt? It's so effective as you've done here. My website and INSTAGRAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collin Miller Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I've been looking at this for days, thinking that I would soon find the words to compliment this piece of art. I've since come to realize that I just cannot find them.Also, I second Mr. Kelso's question! “If you trust in yourself. . . believe in your dreams. . . and follow your star. . . you will still get beaten by the people who have spent their time working hard and learning things, the people who weren't so lazy.” ~ Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles wu Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 very cool Jake, skull seems very popular for the sword, ring, pendant, and etc. I like dragon, and familiar with that, i hope one day i have a chance try on some skull one. 9 Dragon metalworks - http://9dragonmetalworks.com--- The more traditional, the more modernPast Projects: www.etsy.com/shop/handmademetalworks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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