4 Deep etched bowies & Schrade WW2 bowie in a photo
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:39 am
I had this Photo printed today in a 18x12 inch photo (10 megpixels)
this is to put in picture frame on my wall. The picture quality was still good at this size. Below is same photo reduced to about 5 megapixels.
All the knives are unedited for color and contrast and were taken in
the open just inside garage shed door on an angle. I did not use my photo tent as the garage proved to be best method of emphasising
the detail in the etch.
They are all deep etched Bowie knives except for the Pearl Harbour bowie (actually this is gold etched). The one at the bottom of the
photo cost me the most and is the most intricate in the etching detail although it does not appear as deep and comprehensive as the Schrades etching which cover the whole of one side of the knife. The Schrades in pic were done by Aurum etchings.
Im am not certain but I think Aurum etchings (who did the deep acid etching) has closed down production as I found something on the
internet sometime ago about the waste products left behind from their
closure causing some problems with clean up operations. If anyone
know anything else about them Id be very interested.
It seems as if Deep etched knives as well a Schrades are going to become a thing of the past.
LT also has the Schrade bowies in the photo.
this is to put in picture frame on my wall. The picture quality was still good at this size. Below is same photo reduced to about 5 megapixels.
All the knives are unedited for color and contrast and were taken in
the open just inside garage shed door on an angle. I did not use my photo tent as the garage proved to be best method of emphasising
the detail in the etch.
They are all deep etched Bowie knives except for the Pearl Harbour bowie (actually this is gold etched). The one at the bottom of the
photo cost me the most and is the most intricate in the etching detail although it does not appear as deep and comprehensive as the Schrades etching which cover the whole of one side of the knife. The Schrades in pic were done by Aurum etchings.
Im am not certain but I think Aurum etchings (who did the deep acid etching) has closed down production as I found something on the
internet sometime ago about the waste products left behind from their
closure causing some problems with clean up operations. If anyone
know anything else about them Id be very interested.
It seems as if Deep etched knives as well a Schrades are going to become a thing of the past.
LT also has the Schrade bowies in the photo.
