A few Kershaw knives I've engraved, and a couple other things for you to peruse.

[MoldyJim]

Here are a few of my projects.
Bright cut Kershaw by Ken Onion with anodized scales.
Mild steel disk, for practice.

Brass practice for hammer and chisel with inlay.

Completely hand forged and finished hawk made from a Plumb ball pein hammer. No power tools used.

 

[speeedy6]

Nice work. Thanks for showing . I'm a little jealous. Looks like I'd better get to work.

 

[mfennessy]

Beautiful work. This might be a silly question but how did you do the colored Kershaws? I always seem to have to at least lightly sand down what I engrave because of raised metal from flicking out the removed metal.
Mike

 

[MoldyJim]

Thanks for the nice comments,
The aluminum is fairly easy to cut. Not as bright as other metals though no matter what I do.
With practice, the burrs are easy to flick out, any left over usually are fairly small and not terribly sharp.
I have rolled a 3/8 dia burnisher carefully over the surface to flatten down a few burrs.
That leaves a little shiny spot on the ends of the scrolls. Can be a good thing.
Mostly the aluminum is very forgiving.
And, after being in a pocket, handling etc for a couple of days they feel pretty good.
Sometimes on a harder metal, a flat graver skimmed along the surface will find and remove the burrs without damaging the surface.
Just make sure the heels are polished well.
Jim

 

[MoldyJim]

This one is in process for a friend.
Even without any special effort there are no sharp burrs left on it.
If you have ever done carbide burr work on hard steel the needle chips will drive you crazy getting between your fingers. Do the same with aluminum chips, not a problem, too soft to bitten back.

 

[monk]

at least color wise, a very good contrast to show off the work you do. the 3-d plate is really a great looking piece. tyvm for showing