Kowhai ~ Another William Henry knife

[Andrew Biggs]

The Kowhai tree is a native of New Zealand and the beautiful bright yellow flower and unusual leaves are the inspiration for this knife. The flower produces a wonderful sweet nectar that the native birds love to feed on. If you look closely you will see the native Huia bird that was highly prized amongst early Maori for its feathers. Sadly, the Huia is now extinct....................And who better to watch over these plants and birdlife than their father Tane, the God of the forest.

Tane is carved in pure silver and the background cut out to about 0.75mm deep. Then antiqued to give some extra depth

Kowhai is pronounced........Ko-fai. The wh is an f sound


Cheers
Andrew

 

[FANCYGUN]

Andrew.........you have been a naughty boy.

Great layout and movement.

BTW.who took the pictures??????

 

[Sandy]

Andrew,
You are amazing.

Sandy

 

[fegarex]

You have learned to engrave SO well in such a short time!! Fantastic!!
Now.. when are you going to learn how to talk????

Seriously, it is a really cool design and the combo of several styles of engraving makes it even cooler!

 

[FANCYGUN]

Learn to talk???????? Rex , how can he ever learn to talk when he pronounces an F with a WH?

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Thank you

Marty: the top photo of the complete knife is by William Henry and the bottom two are mine.

Rex & Marty: I do talk proper, it's you guys that have the funny accents!!!

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Harpuahound]

Outstanding!! Really beautiful work and original design. Who wouldnt love to have that knife?

 

[eastslope]

Boy, now there is some dandy work! Thanks for sharing with us Andrew.

 

[BrianPowley]

Great Stuff Andrew! We are learning a lot about the ancient NZ culture.

 

[tundratrekers@mtaonline.n]

Thanks for sharing.Can you tell us the dimenssions? Please.mike

 

[Mike Bissell]

Very nice work Andrew !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Thank you again.

It was a fun project to do and a very interesting one. The carving work is most enjoyable.

Mike.....The handle measures 87mm length and 16mm at the widest point which is the front. The silver carved peice is 55mm x 11mm. I'm not sure how long the blade is.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[rolandbaptiste]

Very nice Andrew, I d like this style that change

 

[Leonardo]

I love this little knife Andrew. Beautiful work and design as always!
I was wandering about the other side, is it engraved also?

Leonardo

 

[Tira]

Nice knife - I really like the sculpting.

 

[Peter E]

Another very creative and unique design! GREAT work Andrew.

Thanks for posting it.

 

[pilkguns]

Andrew, you just keep knocking them out of the park.....

hmmmm, do you know what that means? Its a compliment anyway. LOL

 

[GertGraveur]

very nice!!

 

[John B.]

Another killer job from the New Zealand Maestro.
Well done and congratulations, Andrew.

 

[Sam]

Such DEPTH in the carved area! Splendid job, Andrew. Killer job in every respect! :thumbs up: