I love this inlaid dividers! I it strange that my fav piece thus far?! Haha ♥View attachment 31993
"damascening - the size is small look at the pencil lead , you may see the marks around the horse & rings that is the hatching burnished away , this is a crude test demo piece for testing"
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"dividers a close up view using a loupe over the iPad lens as Sam advised, we can all learn a bit of useful tips from one another , even old dogs like me .
You can see how wires laid out and tapped down creat interesting patterns .I used .006" wire"
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"here is a bone handled knife I etched in the same method as I do on steel ,drawing with resist with a pen ,when dry I use a cotton bud dipped into silver nitrate that I make by dissolving silver in nitric acid . Day light causes it to turn black or dark brown according how strong a mix , I have done it on ivory on rifles but have mislaid the photos . It would be good on guitars !"
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"Showing how a thin sheet of gold can be damascened over an engraved design . This is just a demo not a finished piece 2000inch thick gold ,a hairs width or can be a bit thinner"
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"Winston Churchill#I cut the die for this by hand 1966 , it was cut in reverse as done before pantograph machines , very deep"
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" I put my friends name on it for he was the maker Battle of Britain 1940"
Hilarious, my last name is Hunt hes probably a relative somewhere along the lines. I’’m originally from Newfoundland Canada. Apparently the first Hunt to reach the island back in the 1700s or so was a stow away on a Brittish friggot. The story goes that the cook found him and took a liking to him bringing him water and food. Lucky me because the Admirals of that time had no pity for stow aways and would throw them overboard when found.I follow Ken Hunt on Instagram and am happy to be communicating with him! I was sad that we lost touch after his Grandmaster class years ago and I was thrilled to find him posting his fabulous artwork on Instagram. He's KenHunt78 if you wish to follow him as well.
Ken has graciously allowed me to share and preserve his drawings and sketches here in the Cafe. The man is a treasure trove of engraving history and we're extremely fortunate to have this.
I will be posting engraving related pics as Ken posts them on Instagram. He has hundreds of fabulous drawings that aren't engraving related, so check out his Instagram feed to see his amazing art.
Thank you Ken!!