How Would You Carve A Sunburst Pattern?

[HARVEY]

I spotted a cool design in the book THE WESTERN BUCKLE, by David Stoecklin. For those of you who have the book, it's on page 38 and called "Srour Trophy Buckle with Early Bronc Rider "Sunburst" Design." (For those of you who don't it's a circular rope pattern, in which is a cowboy on a bucking horse and the top half background behind him is a sunburst pattern).

Using a compass, I made a semi-circle and equally spaced lines coming to a specific point on the bottom. I tried carving this and my efforts turned out pretty flat. I tried single beveling one side, and then tried again double beveling each side. Stills looks pretty poor to me.

Anybody have any suggestions on how to carve a sunburst that actually LOOKS like a sunburst.

Pilamaya, muchas gracias, or thanks . . . whichever works.

Harvey

Los Angeles

[benlilly1]

I don't have the book....do you mean like this?

[HARVEY]

I don't have the book....do you mean like this?

Yes, kind of like that. Except of course we're talking a 3-dimensional image and not with alternating repeated colors for the rays. Plus, the rays all come together at one central point at the bottom.

I'll see if I can copy the photo from the book and post it. Since I am crediting the author, I don't think there'll be any problems. (I don't want to get into any legal discussions here, folks. Just remember the old joke: Lawyers are like economists: if you lined them up end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.)

[HARVEY]

Aha!! I found an image on line.

If you go to http://www.buckles.com/ on that page it shows the buckle and labeled as "picture 2." It's not a great image but you can enlarge it and see what I mean.

[BearMan]

Hi,

Something like this??

[HARVEY]

Hi,

Something like this??

Hi, Ed!

Candidly, no. Not exactly. BUT . . . you're style works, too. I definitely will try that out. Thanks!

Harvey

[Tree Reaper]

Is this it?

[chancey77]

Hi,

Something like this??

That is really beautiful Bear Man!

[Ken Cook]

Here is something I am doing to hold my round knife. I decided not to bevel the "rays".

[bison]

Here's one I did for my wife:

It's for a small moleskein insert.

[HARVEY]

Here is something I am doing to hold my round knife. I decided not to bevel the "rays".

Ken, interesting idea. I never even thought of that. But see my next answer to Dave.

Thanks for the input.

Harvey

[HARVEY]

Here's one I did for my wife:

It's for a small moleskein insert.

Dave,

I like that, I do. I hadn't thought of having but a few very wide rays. I've decided to cut it down to 15 alternating rays, or fewer. With 15, and each part being 12 degrees, there's the symmetry of both sides at the 180-degree point being the same. But I like yours as well. And probably a whole lot simpler. Thanks for the idea.

Harvey