Dried Sardine Scalpel Reliquary

[tsterling]

Yes, you heard right - a dried sardine scalpel. What's it for? Well, for filleting sardines, of course.


The reliquary box is 3 5/8 inches long, and made from bocote hardwood, 416 stainless steel, sterling silver, moose antler and dark cow horn, with a copper opener key.

The knife is 3 1/2 inches long, with a 1 1/8 inch blade, and is made from 1075 carbon steel. The knife scales are of 25% shibuichi (a Japanese art alloy of 25% silver, 75% copper), with silver pins and double inlaid eyes of moose antler and dark cow horn.


The knife and knife stand both store away inside the reliquary when it is disassembled.


A closeup of the 416 stainless sardines, with moose antler and cow horn eyes.


And a view of all the elements together. This puppy has been a year in the making, with several stops and starts along the way. You can see a pretty extensive tutorial about how it was made on my blog, starting here: http://sterlingsculptures.com/wp/?p=2539

You can come see the Dried Sardine Scalpel and Reliquary in person at the 1st Annual Seattle International Knife Show, April 26th and 27th (2014) where I’m excited to say I’ve been invited to exhibit. Hope to see you there!

Thanks for Looking!

 

[Marrinan]

Imagination is a wonderful gift!

 

[Terrezar]

It's all about being the right kind of crazy :clapping:

 

[monk]

proof- there's far crazier people than me runnin loose on our streets.

 

[dogcatcher]

I like it, and thanks for the tutorial, I really enjoyed reading an dseeing how this was done.

 

[Willem Parel]

Fantastic work, I love those crazyness and thanks for showing the proces, much appreciated.

 

[Neo Dutch]

This post has precisely the right amount of cowbell.

 

[Artemiss]

Very original (and a little crazy). I like it a lot!

Jo

 

[tsterling]

proof- there's far crazier people than me runnin loose on our streets.

Ha! You're not even close to being in the major leagues, Monk!

Hi Folks,

Thanks for the encouraging feedback. You all put a smile on my face this morning! I'm glad you're liking my little slice of craziness, it was just a fun thing to do...

Tom

 

[golden forge]

Thats very cool!! , And I don't even like Sardines....

 

[LVVP]

I like it, very cool.
Thanks for showing

 

[Andrew Biggs]

That is just so cool. Very imaginative.

Fabulous work!!

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Julia.J]

Your work makes me feel so insanely happy
Amazing!

~Julia

 

[Donny]

I have to say I like it! I'm sure there is something fishy about how you even came up with the concept though :roll eyes:

Donny

 

[monk]

at first, i thought this was a joke. i guess i was wrong. but still a tad crazy !

 

[dlilazteca]

Monk get to bed its late!

 

[John P. Anderson]

Tom, I'm a big fan. You always do cool work. John

Tom has a great website with some excellent tutorials. He has a free pdf book that was one of my favorite resources when I started out. Thanks Tom.

http://www.sterlingsculptures.com/index.html

 

[tsterling]

Hi Guys,

Glad you like the fish. Your generous feedback is very encouraging to me, and I owe all of you on the engraving forums a great debt for helping me get here. It's been a fun ride, and I learned stuff as well. Only a few thousand more engraving miles to go...........:biggrin:

John P, thanks for the plug. Glad my worm tracks were of use.

Tom

 

[Tira]

Very creative and cool! Thanks for posting. Wish I could get to Seattle to see it in person.

 

[monk]

sorry, my duties as moderator do not allow for sleep. i gotta keep an constant eye on stuff here at the store. one never knows when things will "get out of hand".