D.M.
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This is the knife I just finished. The blade is CPM S30V steel, the guard is Type330 Stainless Steel and the butt cover is 410 Stainless. The knife is my sole authorship.
The total bolster width is 1/2" so engraved area is smaller(~10mm). I tried to dig deep into the background but in narrow cuts I had to use 90 degree graver. Messer was breaking too often.
The shading is not perfect and I would like to hear some advice how to cut fine clear lines in the steel like Type 330. It produced burr no matter how well I polish the graver and what heel I put on it. I use 0.5 micron diamond compound on ceramic and a carbide graver.
I also tried to mimic the same design on the leather sheath.
As usual I can see my faults but would like to hear what others can see is wrong.
PS. That was the design that I was asking before. "How small details are too small". In this case I can not see my shading cuts without the glasses at all and the fine detailes are blurried .
The total bolster width is 1/2" so engraved area is smaller(~10mm). I tried to dig deep into the background but in narrow cuts I had to use 90 degree graver. Messer was breaking too often.
The shading is not perfect and I would like to hear some advice how to cut fine clear lines in the steel like Type 330. It produced burr no matter how well I polish the graver and what heel I put on it. I use 0.5 micron diamond compound on ceramic and a carbide graver.
I also tried to mimic the same design on the leather sheath.
As usual I can see my faults but would like to hear what others can see is wrong.
PS. That was the design that I was asking before. "How small details are too small". In this case I can not see my shading cuts without the glasses at all and the fine detailes are blurried .