It passes thru the list of topics, and then the knives are gone. But I want you to see again, the detail I put in.





When I say I'm going off to darken the background ...I first have to finish sand and protect everything else. That always takes more time then you think. Then ... I have to protect the carvings. Tape them up. That takes time. Then clean them. Do a final pass before contrast. And that takes too much time. You always get more then required. I'm sure that's "poor business" from an accountant perspective. And from waiting client's perspective. But ... THIS ... is what goes out. What goes into the safe.

NOW .... these few panels are ready.

Gary

Right. This ismuch bigger than life, and hard to see. You are looking at the individual cuts. You can't literally carve acorns hanging there - so you have to know how to make light and shadow suggest whole rounded objects. While the work is deep for engraving, it's still rather shallow. To represent distance, height, relief .... it takes a wide bag of tricks.

Just thought you may enjoy a look inside the cuts.

Gary

Nice!

My ADD would never allow me to do that.

Lon

Hey Lon,

I have ADHD and no way I could ever do something like that. I work on a project while watching a movie and talking on the phone. ha ha ..

It is stunning. If I every owned a Barnes knife I would wear it out from pocket friction by showing it to everyone I meet. ha ha.

Larry

ADD, ADHD .... you guys are a mess ... hah

I suffer with NET-FQW ... yep ... not enough time - for quality work. Every day craftsmen, the world over; face the heart break of this insidious thief that robs them of the joys of project completion. Won't you give today, to help a craftsman in some mosquito infested, vine entangled ... ah .... .... sorry.



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