All About Pocket Knives

C-WADE7 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 1:17 am Wow!! You are knocking out some great work!

Thank you Sir, I really enjoy doing them and I think I'm going to add a new gallery page to my website.

Here are a few more I've done. This is addicting but I'm have fun. BTW I am still collecting knives.
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More great work, you’re going to have to get you a booth at the Bowie trades day soon to start selling these.

Help! We have alcoholics anonymous, gamblers anonymous, but do we have wood burners anonymous (not Pyromania )?
I can't stop, I keep looking for new patterns and new ideas. Now I just wish they were looking more realistic...

Great work. Are you using carbon paper to transfer drawings to the wood?

C-WADE7 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 17, 2022 3:39 am Great work. Are you using carbon paper to transfer drawings to the wood?

Yes on most of them. Some things like the background or the baby elephant I freehand, then outline everything with different wood burning tips. Then the shading which I hope to get better at.

I don't think I've shown these.
In the first one there are a few knot holes that look like extra islands...
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More great work! The AAPK user Palidin (Ray)is who I thought of when I saw that, nice gift you made for him. My dad was a fan of that show, I can still hear him sing have gun will travel reads the card of a man.

Here's my latest. I don't do wildlife very well or background scenery.
I'm rather proud of the Clint Eastwood.
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dlr110 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 29, 2022 10:20 pm Here's my latest. I don't do wildlife very well or background scenery.
I'm rather proud of the Clint Eastwood.
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Looking good David . That Clint Eastwood looks bad azz !!

A couple of more I've finished.
The first one is my brother in law's horse so that one is going to him.
The next one is how I started out on the Winchester logo and then the third one is it finished.
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Most excellent work ! I wish I had talent like that. My favorite ones are the ones done on the round or ovals with the live edges (bark). It enhances the work more than on a plank. More natural. Myself, I can’t draw a straight line even if it’s 1 inch in length. Very impressive work.

Just finished these two.
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Those look great, David!

David,
You are very talented, something to be very proud of to hand down to your family.
Nev

For the past few days I've been doing some simple projects and practicing with different wood burner tips and techniques. I also got some colored leaded pencils used with woodworking and tried them on a couple of projects. The last one is from an oil painting and I think I have some more practicing to do...
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Here is what I finished this week. I have a friend that has a booth at an antique mall and he sells all kinds of stuff including knives. He is going to take some of my works and put them in his booth and see if they will sell.
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Finished up the first one late last night.
Wasn't sure if Elvis was going to look like Elvis and I'm mad about the last one. I didn't notice the wood was bad until it was too late to stop.

Wow! That's awesome stuff David! Great looking handwork!

Just checked out your Homepage too. Nice!
My personal fav. is "The Old Farm" & the church. Super! Looks like fun!

Thanks a bunch Tom...

Got these two finished today. The first one is from an actually photo of my brother and his wife when they drove all the way up through Canada to Alaska. They would stop and do some hiking sometimes on the trails. In this one he set his camara up on a timed shot.
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Here is the picture of Mona Lisa, then a drawing (different background), and then my woodburning example of the Mona Lisa.
A Leonardo da Vinci I'm certainly NOT, but I'm having a ball trying....
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That's all excellent work. How long does it take for you to transfer a picture (say like the sailing ship) to the wood using carbon paper?