Ondřej Borský Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Good evening everyone! This is the latest knife I am making, and I´d like to share the process with you I decided to focus more on making knives as a whole, not only blades. That is not to say I am stopping blades, but I deffinitely want to finish more pieces It all started with me having a blade I really liked, and a piece of curly maple: I really wanted to do something in Urnes style which... I didn´t Somehow I am always drawn to the Ringerike style! In this case, the brooch below, particulary the beast portraited there, caught my eye... And so it began... I am still uncertain as to what the animal is, but for me, it resembles a wolf... I started drawing it, to get the details as close to the original as I am able. I changed one thing - I really didn´t like the legs of the beast in the brooch, so I looked at other ringerike animals and changed them a littlebit... Also, I tuned the tail a bit so that it fits the frame of the handle better: I decided to carve the beast first, it being the most difficult for me to carve, and therefore the most likely to be ruined. So, if there should be a ruinage, i wanted it to be as close to the beginning of the handle as possible... but, everything seems okay (well, there are always the little things that bug you, aren´t there ) and i finished the main carving just as the sun was setting... I found it rather poetical... and then I remebered a story from Northern Mythology, about a warg who chases after the sun, named Sköll. The dusk came, and the warg appeared in the handle... I ensnared it! No more chasing the sun, now it will serve the user of the knife! I apologize for the bad uality of the last shot... Well, I wanted to make sure that Sköll will not break out of his prison, so I added cage around him (also, there is a flattened and ground piece of wrought I intend to use for a buttcap): And this is where I finished today - now I am grinding micrometer after micrometer so that the buttcap fits as well as possible . Yeah, I could have done it before the carving, but I was never much of a planner : Goodnight! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C-S Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Lovely. Thanks for sharing it with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles dP Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Nice Ondrej (sorry, can't do the accent on the r). The blade, of course, is very nice but the handle and carving really complement and complete it. Personally I also prefer the leg design you used compared to that on the brooch. "The way we win matters" (Ender Wiggins) Orson Scott Card Nos qui libertate donati nescimus quid constat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Keown Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 9 hours ago, Ondřej Borský said: And this is where I finished today - now I am grinding micrometer after micrometer so that the buttcap fits as well as possible . Yeah, I could have done it before the carving, but I was never much of a planner : I had a chuckle at this. No matter how carefully I try to plan out a project there is often some little area that I have to "work back". Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 6 hours ago, Garry Keown said: I had a chuckle at this. No matter how carefully I try to plan out a project there is often some little area that I have to "work back". Me too! Nice one, Ondrej. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Liebel Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I absolutely adore that one I have to make a similar one in the future... Did you use a rotary tool or a carving knife for the carvings? >>> Check out my Youtube channel <<< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Craft Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Love the knife and the story! Planning uh.................yes sir, I always plan...................on how to get out of the corner I worked myself into! My wife tells me after 40 years I am getting much better at it!! C Craft Customs ~~~ With every custom knife I build I try to accomplish three things. I want that knife to look so good you just have to pick it up, feel so good in your hand you can't wait to try it, and once you use it, you never want to put it down ! If I capture those three factors in each knife I build, I am assured the knife will become a piece that is used and treasured by its owner! ~~~ C Craft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondřej Borský Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 Hello gentlemen! So, I finished it today I pre-dremeled the lines, just to have it drawn (I don ´t like using pencil) and then I carved everything by hand using a V-chisel I patinized the whole handle, and then sanded it... the dye created a bit of a blurry effect, which makes, at least in my eyes, look it a bit older... Please, tell me your thoughts! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Lester Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Very well done. The dye really makes the carving stand out. Doug HELP...I'm a twenty year old trapped in the body of an old man!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondřej Borský Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 Thank you! Today, things moved forward a bit. The leather for the sheath has been formed, plus I prepared, sanded and carved a reindeer antler plate that will serve as one of the mounts. It is carved in the same - ringerike - style, this time I took and fitted the design from a weather vane found on Gotland 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Liebel Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Absolutely beautiful. What tool did you use for carving the antler? >>> Check out my Youtube channel <<< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh A Weston Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 I absolutely love this knife! You did a great job. I can't wait to see the sheath. I really like the butt cap and ring. The Pixel Smith Facebook Etsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondřej Borský Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 Thank you! I added a few things to the antler plate Jonas - I used a hand graver, will take a photo later 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEzell Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Very nice work! The handle really came alive when you stained it. George Ezell, bladesmith" How much useful knowledge is lost by the scattered forms in which it is ushered to the world! How many solitary students spend half their lives in making discoveries which had been perfected a century before their time, for want of a condensed exhibition of what is known."Buffonview some of my work RelicForge on facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondřej Borský Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 Thanf you George! The knife is finished now, and offered in knives for sale I must make one correction: the handle is ash, not curly maple... stupid me! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Detrick Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 That turned out beautifully! “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...
Chris C-S Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 +1 - Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karim Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Very nice all in all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondřej Borský Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Thenk you gentlemen! I decided to make a short video about it, I hope I can make it soon Next I have an itching to make a smaller brokenback... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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