KCSteve
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
I've been keeping an eye out for inexpensive (if not downright cheap) knives to practice on. I figure if it's cheap enough it won't matter if I mess it up because it'll have been worth the small cost for the practice.
Cabelas had a Winchester Commemerative knife for only $5 on a pre-Christmas sale so I figured it would do the trick.
I tried a couple of things on the shading on the front. Fine lines following the contours I like, but trying to do it with the same (Lindsay Universal) graver didn't work out for me - could not keep the lines fine enough. Ah well, that's why it's practice.
On the back side I wisely switched to a proper shading graver. In this case, the 70 degree 'Phill Coggan' point. Great fine lines with it. I also switched shading styles to more of a line-art style where all the lines are (theoretically) parallel.
If you want to see more, there's a gallery on my site here
Cabelas had a Winchester Commemerative knife for only $5 on a pre-Christmas sale so I figured it would do the trick.
I tried a couple of things on the shading on the front. Fine lines following the contours I like, but trying to do it with the same (Lindsay Universal) graver didn't work out for me - could not keep the lines fine enough. Ah well, that's why it's practice.
On the back side I wisely switched to a proper shading graver. In this case, the 70 degree 'Phill Coggan' point. Great fine lines with it. I also switched shading styles to more of a line-art style where all the lines are (theoretically) parallel.
If you want to see more, there's a gallery on my site here