Wow! I am eally impressed with how easy this bone carving is when you have a really sharp and hard blade. I always have preferred a very hard steel for my knives, so much so that I don’t bother tempering them when I’ve heat treated them. I know many knifemakers would pour scorn on that … Continue reading First Bone Carving update
Well, that’s the messy bit all done, both pendants stitch drilled and cut out. I’ve also roughly sanded down the backs to take off the worst of the thickness with the curved walls of the bone. They are still really thick and uneven in shape so the next job is to flatten the backs, thin … Continue reading First bone carving, progress so far
First Bone carving I have wanted to try bone carving for ages and as we have a wedding fast approaching I thought it would be a good opportunity to try out this new medium. I’ve played with jewellery often and have previously carved in tagua nut but never in bone. A while back I took … Continue reading First Bone carving
Those of you who have read previous posts will know that I have a real thing about Kiridashi’s. It isn’t because they are beautiful knives or anything like that, it simply comes down to the fact that I love simplicity of form and function and the kiridashi epitomizes simplicity. This is my latest, it’s basically … Continue reading Kiridashi’s Rule OK
This little chap has undergone a few identity changes since it was first made. I suppose, like any lump of steel it started out as a lump of rock but we won’t go there. I first came across it as an old file. I have no idea what it had been used to shape before … Continue reading Carving baby
Carved by Trev 