Copper danglers.

I was at an artist blacksmith hammer-in a few weeks ago, and saw a demonstration on copper fold forming. Thought it was interesting, so I made these two abstract copper pieces for my sisters to hang from their car mirror.

Etching

I always love etching a patternwelded knife. It's like a modern day alchemy. You put it in blank and boring... Pull it out a little later, and it's changed amazingly.

New leather knife

Well, I've been trying to learn better control at the grinder, so I'm making some small stock removal knives, to help practice that control.

This one is the first, I made it with intent of being a nice little knife for cutting up leather. A nice small blade, with an almost squared off point for cutting down into the leather. You'll notice the bevels aren't the same on both sides. That was intentional, I like the look of a flat above the bevel, so I stopped the bevel partway on the side I put my mark, and on the other ran it all the way up to help thin down the blade more (not traditional I know, but I wanted to try it).
Any thoughts/critiques are as always desired.

1084 blade
Stabilized mesquite burl handle (found it in a bargain box at Blade last year, can't believe how nice it looks)
and a kydex sheath to keep it safe with my other leatherworking tools (my first kydex working, nice stuff).

New Toy!!

Saw Wayne Coe at a hammer-in, and picked up this baby while I was there. The little one on top is my old one. The bottom one is the new one, a 140 LB Trenton.







Also got this from him while I was there.

Now on FB!

Well, since Facebook seems to be where a lot of businesses are migrating for keeping people informed, I went ahead and started a page there in addition to the blog.

Keep an eye on the page there, cause sometimes I post something there and don't post it here, or the other way around.

Kitchen Peppers finished!

All done!


Mums in use





And some pretty pictures of the other two.


First - (and yes, the herbs were chopped with the pictured knife)













And second -














Then the accessories to be included with the knives when they're sold. A display block and a magnetic wall hanging block. Both made from curly maple to match the knives.

Rush job

So last night I get a call from my brother, wanting to know how quickly I can make a set of earrings shaped like my raptor tooth necklaces. So, I put my herb choppers on hold for the day, and worked on these.

Made them from 416 ss, with copper accents, and hooks.

The only parts on these I didn't make was the part that hooks into the ear found them at a local crafting store. I took those, and used a twisted copper wire ring to attach the dangler to the hook.