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Post by lpl on Oct 4, 2019 17:37:29 GMT -5
I’m not a fan of steel because of its cold industrial look. However, Damascus steel is lovely, and your knife is beautiful! Thanks! Thanks Pat! I appreciate the compliment 😊
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Post by lpl on Oct 4, 2019 15:19:19 GMT -5
That is fantastic material and cabs. The RB I have looks like Owyhee but not as nice. Yours has fantastic colors. Thanks stardiamond this is the nicest stuff I have slabbed in quite a while!
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Post by lpl on Oct 4, 2019 15:16:49 GMT -5
Beautiful as is! I wouldn't make it smaller, the parts with the impurities make it visually interesting. Just my .02.
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Post by lpl on Oct 4, 2019 15:13:58 GMT -5
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Post by lpl on Oct 4, 2019 15:13:17 GMT -5
Well done and your first one, too! You should be proud. I have yet to attempt this. Thanks Tela. I took forever to choose a knife blank that would only require using my Cabking to do the work. I didn't want to have to buy more equipment. It only has very gentle curves and the whole thing was surprisingly uneventful. I suppose the next one will be another story.
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Post by lpl on Oct 4, 2019 15:09:30 GMT -5
I'm a huge fan of Damascus, but I've never gotten or done anything with that steel. I think the ME compliments the blade steel quite nicely. That's a pretty knife. Well done. Thanks aDave and I agree, Damascus is beautiful.
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Post by lpl on Oct 3, 2019 21:17:20 GMT -5
Great looking knife, John! The scales compliment the Damascus steel nicely. Are the ends of the brass (?) pins peened over to help hold the scales onto the blank? Thanks Garry. I wanted to peen over the pins, but I was terribly afraid I was going to crack one or both of the scales. In the end, I slathered up the pins and scales with epoxy and called it good.
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Post by lpl on Oct 3, 2019 20:50:38 GMT -5
I've always loved the look of Damascus knives and decided I wanted one, so a couple weeks ago, I got a blank from Jantz and went for it. I wanted to push my lapidary work too, so I gave stone handles a go. I decided that the Mary Ellen jasper I picked up at a show would compliment the blade well. There are a couple things I would improve next time, but all in all it was a fun project, I'm happy with the end result, and I now have a Damascus knife!
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Post by lpl on Oct 3, 2019 17:59:44 GMT -5
Another fan of Rocky Butte. That's a gorgeous piece! Thanks Robin!
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Post by lpl on Oct 3, 2019 17:59:17 GMT -5
Awesome cabs, I am a big fan of Rocky Butte!! Thanks! I've never worked it before but I'm a fan now too!
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Post by lpl on Oct 2, 2019 17:17:32 GMT -5
That's some great Rocky Butte. I picked up a couple of killer slabs of it last year at the Denver show. Ask me if I've gotten around to cutting it yet! Lynn Thanks Lynn! Hope you get to yours soon!
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Post by lpl on Oct 2, 2019 17:16:43 GMT -5
That's some nice rough and great cabs. I really like rocky butte. Thanks rockjunquie it takes a killer polish, easily!
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Post by lpl on Oct 2, 2019 13:36:25 GMT -5
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Post by lpl on Sept 24, 2019 18:44:47 GMT -5
Those are great!
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Post by lpl on Sept 4, 2019 16:49:47 GMT -5
So nice. I really, really like the parrot wing chrysocolla- I could look at it for days! Thanks! I love that material and need to get more. It's beautiful, and nice to work with!
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Post by lpl on Sept 4, 2019 16:48:51 GMT -5
I love that shade of green, what kind of variscite is it? I've struggled with a bit of Lucin, think I'll Hxtal the next bit before I shape it. I'm pretty sure this is Lucin as well, though I'm not 100% sure. The slab has some darker areas unlike most Lucin I've seen, but most of it leads me to think that's what it is.
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Post by lpl on Sept 3, 2019 19:41:42 GMT -5
Thanks Rick! I'm still figuring out what works best on what. If only it was one size fits all.
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Post by lpl on Sept 3, 2019 18:45:02 GMT -5
Finally got back into the shop and did some cutting! Solar flare wonderstone: softest stuff I've ever worked. I'm sure I was removing material on the soft 3,000! I may try to seal with hxtal, I'm not sure. parrot wing chrysocolla: Wonderfully solid and takes a fantastic polish. shattuckite: First time working this and its softer than I expected. May try to polish with one of the oxides...I'm not loving the 50k diamond on it. variscite: I think it's my favorite material. My son got this slab for me for Fathers Day! Thanks for looking.
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Post by lpl on Sept 2, 2019 11:04:15 GMT -5
I'd like to see the pile when you say you finished up a 'lot' of rings! Great job!
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Yay!
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Post by lpl on Aug 31, 2019 10:14:59 GMT -5
Very nice! Have fun with those!
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