Dragonsfire
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Just finished up another Silver Leaf. Customer requested Maple Leafs, on this aspen leaf shaped knife. Okay.... Dug around out in the snow in my yard to try and find some decent leafs. I have 3 HUGE maples on my acreage. They don't seem to fair so well to this time of year. Oh well, out to the inter tubes we go. Guessing the blade is 440 SS, can't touch it with a graver. The sides cut like 416, nice! Was going for a little Japanese styled look, lots of negative space to draw the eye to leafs themselves. Not quite sure if I got it. This is going to be used as a keychain, so I'm not sure about putting a whole lot of detail into the leaf bodies. The background is relieved and stippled then colored with the Black Background Antique from Gesswein that Steve suggests. I hit it with a heat gun to "set' the color. Which brings me to the next question. The customer is a breast cancer survivor and a good friend. I want to put the pink ribbon on the back under her initials. Will the pink One Shot Lettering enamel stick to the 416 if I relieve the and stipple the Ribbon? Maybe some of the sign guys out there know the paint?