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[Kaellman]

Definately like those falle-style beauties. However, does the handle add-on add anything more than weight and coolness?

[raimundo]

wait till he goes to engraving school, and then there will be scenes of the hunt on them.

[Kaotik]

jamesphilhulk2, they are made from hacksaw blades and #256 .032 Alum.

[bKaellman[/b], since the handles are made from Alum. the lack of added weight they have (that sounded like Yoda huh?), and compared to SO with the stainless handles they weight less by feel.

raimundo, scenes of the hunt huh?! I have actually about 11 years background in Airbrushing, so one day I bought an Airbrush style sandblaster. I tried it out on some glass projects and they didn't look to bad, but doing that to picks seems tough due to there size.

As for an engraver, I have an air-engraving pen that might some in handy for something like that.

[Tygart]

Kaotik
I am always impressed with your work, talk about art. Is there going to be a How To write up on these?

[Kaotik]

Kaotik
I am always impressed with your work, talk about art. Is there going to be a How To write up on these?

Thanks. For now, there won't be. But maybe in the future I will do an article on some picks like those.

[dmux]

wow, picks have gone a long way, ingraving and gold inlay is next

[JackNco]

they are amazing, why am i not surprised that shoes will be the new owner

[Kaotik]

Speaking of gold inlay. I have no plating machine, but I do have some Brass sheet that polishes up really nice that I could incorporate into some handles.

Maybe that will be something for me to work on, just to see how it turns out. I'll post pics if I do make some like that.

@ Shoes, never heard him being reffered to as such.

[JackNco]

apparently its a common mispronounced version of his name. Ive just spent the past 20 mins going through ur past work. any chance of u opening up ur photobucket for a few mins to let me have a look?

I saw the tech 1 picks and loved the look but i cant remember if i commented but either way i never got email responses from this thread and haven't been on it in ages.

could always try gold leaf

All the best

John

[bembel]

Nice artwork. I am impressed.

[Schuyler]

I'm very excited to receive them! Your shipment goes out tomorrow AM.

[raimundo]

theres a japanese jewelry technique, you get some thin plates of different metals, (might have to roll them thin, and sweat solder them together, into a layered wafer of metals of different colors, then you pound it with hammers so that the layers lose all the flatness, then file it flat again, and the layers show up as a type of grain on the surface, theres a name for this technique that I have forgotten, but it makes a beautiful piece when its cut down with files and sand paper to show the edges of the layers.

Just in case you want to try that

[cjames73]

rai, the word is Damascus.
a set of damascus picks would be amazing, expensive too!

[raimundo]

yeah, thats it, mokume gane, its on wikipedia and google has some nice examples.

[Kaotik]

Demascus from what I have heard is actually what the steel is called after it's been blended, alot of the good quality Katana's are made from it. The down side is that it rusts, prolly no more than hacksaw blades i'm guessing.

I have actually thought of that a while back when watching the Knife Collector Show, very nice looking. I'm sure it would take a bit experimenting with it to get it right for picking. I may look into it and get some advice from some knife/sword makers.