Richard Furrer Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Hello All, Just finished this little gem. It is a small knife and the first time I have used pearl. A few years ago I purchased some raw shells of white and black lip and have been waiting to use them on a knife. This design is intended as an eligant neck knife for the ladies, who are often neglected in the knife market. It is the most "jewelry-like" knife I have made, but this may lead to a series of such work in the future. I very much like the play of colors in this piece. The over all knife is 4" with a 2" blade .. small, but useful. --- blade is heat blued checkerboard mosaic --- handle is black lip pearl --- 14K gold pins Sheath to be discussed as to styling Price $350 Richard Furrer Door County Forgeworks Sturgeon Bay, WI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Johnson Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Hello All, Just finished this little gem. It is a small knife and the first time I have used pearl. A few years ago I purchased some raw shells of white and black lip and have been waiting to use them on a knife. This design is intended as an eligant neck knife for the ladies, who are often neglected in the knife market. It is the most "jewelry-like" knife I have made, but this may lead to a series of such work in the future. I very much like the play of colors in this piece. The over all knife is 4" with a 2" blade .. small, but useful. --- blade is heat blued checkerboard mosaic --- handle is black lip pearl --- 14K gold pins Sheath to be discussed as to styling Price $350 Your BLACK PEARL realy turned out nice. How thich is the knife? A neck sheath would realy display this awsome knife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Furrer Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 Your BLACK PEARL realy turned out nice. How thich is the knife? A neck sheath would realy display this awsome knife. Rich, The blade is 180 thousands thick and 270 thou at the handle. The sheath will "lock" the blade in and hang pearl down like a pendant. Ric Richard Furrer Door County Forgeworks Sturgeon Bay, WI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Oh, now that's just sweet! Very nice job on the pearl, and blade, and so on. The pattern in the blade seems to compiment that of the pearl really nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beau Erwin Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Looks like it'll make a nice neckknife as well as look like a pendant when in its sheath. Very cool. Beau Erwin www.ErwinKnives.com Custom knives Bcarta Composites Stabilized Woods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett McCormack Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 very sweet Ric Be sure to show us how it looks when worn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Sexstone Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 richard . that is a real sweet looker....... nice job....... and I agree...... we do ourselves a get disservise by ignoring the ladies in our manly pursuits........ they are half the population and control what is socaily aceptable not to mention the pocket book.ha ha ha good for you to recognize that dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adlai Stein Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 WOW! Ric, That is astonishigly beautiful. How dificult was the pearl to work and what do you use to cut and shape it? Adlai Klatu Baratta Necktie! Macabee Knives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Furrer Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share Posted March 27, 2007 WOW! Ric, That is astonishigly beautiful. How dificult was the pearl to work and what do you use to cut and shape it? I have ten of those raw shells and may never use them again...it is a brittle chippy, cantankerous material which begs to be thrown back into the sea. If it did not polish out with such an interesting combination of depth and color I think it would have never been used for anything but a serving dish for the tasty critter that lives within. In the old days the pearl was huge and large pieces could be harvested for handles. Now we have maybe two year old shells and they are wormy and thin.......not many redeeming qualities there anymore. I used a band saw to rough it out and a 50 grit belt to make it fit the shape. From there to a 150 belt and then 400 grit with hand rubbing at 400, 600 and a buff to bring it to a polish. Wear a mask! Ric Richard Furrer Door County Forgeworks Sturgeon Bay, WI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariah Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I saw this little beauty at the Badger Knife Show in Janesville last weekend and was really taken by it. It is a gorgeous knife! The pearl and the blade go perfectly with each other, and the knife felt surprisingly comfortable when held. Great job, Ric! I wish I had the money to take it off your hands... well, it, and a few other things that I saw on other tables at the show! *grin* Beauty, man, pure and simple. m Ancora Imparo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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