Ondřej Borský 29 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris C-S 98 Posted June 19, 2017 Lovely. Thanks for sharing it with us. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charles du Preez 307 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garry Keown 304 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". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 1,581 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonas Liebel 30 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? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C Craft 160 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!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ondřej Borský 29 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doug Lester 159 Posted June 23, 2017 Very well done. The dye really makes the carving stand out. Doug Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ondřej Borský 29 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonas Liebel 30 Posted July 3, 2017 Absolutely beautiful. What tool did you use for carving the antler? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh A Weston 32 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ondřej Borský 29 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GEzell 131 Posted July 3, 2017 Very nice work! The handle really came alive when you stained it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ondřej Borský 29 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wes Detrick 471 Posted July 7, 2017 That turned out beautifully! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris C-S 98 Posted July 7, 2017 +1 - Beautiful. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karim 56 Posted July 7, 2017 Very nice all in all Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ondřej Borský 29 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... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
