Keeping Things Moving

[Andy]

Here's one of the latest knives I finished.
Blade is Stainless damascus made by Devon Thomas.
The blade is 3" long for referance. The bolster is 1.5" on the long side. The screws are 0-80 Button heads.

http://www.shinosky.com/images/Knife%20photos/Black-Lip-Dart.jpg

[acsimmons]

Thats a beautiful knife, and I really like the scroll. Keep posting the pics.

[Andrew Biggs]

Andy, that is just plain out fantastic. Your work is simply stunning. I love the way the gold grows into the leaves.

Best wishes
Andrew Biggs

[Jon C. Dake]

Holy Cow. I cannot even imagine ever being able to do anything remotely like that. That is absolutely incredible. You obviously are one of those people who have a gift, not only for engraving, but for art as well. Just out of curiosity, how many hours did it take you to produce such a masterpiece?

[Montejano]

Friend Andy
This engraving is really fantastic and of a great beauty. I have seen engravings carried out by you, but this engraving that shows us one of the better seems me. A very elegant design.

Congratulations friend. :hurray:

Montejano

[Andy]

Thanks,
In answer to the question of time. I believe I had about thirty hours in the actual cutting of the design.

[Don Cowles]

Beautiful, Andy. Is the bolster a layer of steel over a layer of gold?

[Peter]

A masterpiece as your work always is!

Thanks for showing it. I fully agree with Jon Dake's opinion.

Peter

[John Barraclough]

A wonderful piece of art , Andy. Just fantastic work.
An inspiration to us all, thank you.
John.

[Dave London]

Beautifull!

[Randy]

I'd like to see the detail on the spine.

I have a new desktop wallpaper... :patriot:

[j.c.]

Nice! Tasteful….:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Question…how come you did not continue the gold theme on the backbone?
The curly ques at the ends of the pattern would have benefited from the gold and would have provided continuity for the rest of the piece without the overall design going overboard as to amount of gold.

j.c.

[Andy]

In answer to a few questions. The gold under the bolster is nothing more than anodized Tianium. And yes the spine probably would have benefitted from some gold but I was exceeding the budget on this one and had to let it go.


http://www.shinosky.com/images/Knife%20photos/Dart_Spine.jpg

[Jim Small]

Andrew
Again....Amazing work as John B. stated..."Your work is a real inspiration".
Jim

[jdveritas]

Cool stuff man, Great work.... good website too

[ron]

Andy .. As Always Just Fantastic Work Both On The Knife And The Engraving , You Are Now In A League With Steve Lindsay .. Thanks For Showing .. Ron P.

[Andy]

Andy .. As Always Just Fantastic Work Both On The Knife And The Engraving , You Are Now In A League With Steve Lindsay .. Thanks For Showing .. Ron P.
Egads Ron...That's blasphemy!! I am not worthy. Forgive him Steve...:willy_nilly:

[G. Dee Milligan]

Andy, your work and design is above and beyond the "killer" zone. Very nice!

This may be a stupid question but I was wondering how much gold it took?

Thanx,
GDee

[Andy]

I don't usually keep track too close. The amount of gold used is pennies compared with the time it takes to actually inlay and finish it. This obviously isn't always the case. But on the really small inlays it can be slow and tedious.

[G. Dee Milligan]

So if I bought an ounce of 24k wire/sheet would it last quite a while? I know nothing about gold or silver.
Thanx Andy

[Ray Cover]

GDee,


I use a lot of gold and an ounce will last me a long time usually, around 6 months, sometimes longer.


That being said, I have a good quality carbide draw plate and a rolling mill so I can buy ounce ingots or coins and draw out what I need asw I need it. This helps it go farther than having to buy several sizes and wasting by not having exactly the size you need.

Ray

[shonn]

nice knife , it has a nice ballance to it .