Members WalterF Posted December 5, 2021 Members Report Posted December 5, 2021 Working on a new knife sheath, this is testing me. 48% of original size on the deer is tiny. The pattern is Jim Linnell's. the class is great. Now the dilemma do I oil antique or paint the deer. Wife says paint, but I am nervous. Quote
garypl Posted December 5, 2021 Report Posted December 5, 2021 Nice job! Unless you are really good at painting, I think it would look good antiqued. Quote
Members HandyDave Posted December 6, 2021 Members Report Posted December 6, 2021 (edited) Beautiful start. Im with these other guys antique finish and then you could come back in with some lite touches of paint just to highlight key areas to really make it pop. When im painting small details i advise a very good selection of very small brushes. Along with several different tools to magnify the piece so i can see what the hell im doin. Edited December 6, 2021 by HandyDave Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted December 6, 2021 CFM Report Posted December 6, 2021 excellent work!!! i would leave the deer and acorns natural and darken the background, maybe dye the leaves lightly green. Then antique to bring out the basket weave. Quote
Members WalterF Posted December 6, 2021 Author Members Report Posted December 6, 2021 On 12/5/2021 at 10:50 PM, garypl said: Nice job! Unless you are really good at painting, I think it would look good antiqued. Expand I decided to antique and oil because of my skill at painting. Thank you On 12/5/2021 at 11:02 PM, tsunkasapa said: Antiqued or oiled. Expand Agreed On 12/6/2021 at 2:38 AM, HandyDave said: Beautiful start. Im with these other guys antique finish and then you could come back in with some lite touches of paint just to highlight key areas to really make it pop. When im painting small details i advise a very good selection of very small brushes. Along with several different tools to magnify the piece so i can see what the hell im doin. Expand Thank you, I am new to painting too scared to ruin it so played it safe. On 12/6/2021 at 1:29 PM, chuck123wapati said: excellent work!!! i would leave the deer and acorns natural and darken the background, maybe dye the leaves lightly green. Then antique to bring out the basket weave. Expand Thank you for the nice words, I was too scared of painting to try. Maybe next time. Quote
Members Silvyr Posted December 6, 2021 Members Report Posted December 6, 2021 I don't blame you I'm shite at painting myself, but damn does it look good oiled and antiqued WELL DONE. Is that just a regular basket weave, at what 5mm pricking iron/chisel spacing 1mm nylon thread, or did you use waxed linen? Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted December 6, 2021 CFM Report Posted December 6, 2021 On 12/6/2021 at 3:29 PM, WalterF said: I decided to antique and oil because of my skill at painting. Thank you Agreed Thank you, I am new to painting too scared to ruin it so played it safe. Thank you for the nice words, I was too scared of painting to try. Maybe next time. Expand That rocks friend!! you did it just right. Quote
Members Hags Posted December 6, 2021 Members Report Posted December 6, 2021 That looks great to me! I think the antiquing is spot on. Quote
garypl Posted December 6, 2021 Report Posted December 6, 2021 Very nice results - you can be proud of that! Quote
Members Hali Posted December 7, 2021 Members Report Posted December 7, 2021 well-done. I have decided to antique and oil. Quote
Members PocoOso Posted December 7, 2021 Members Report Posted December 7, 2021 Absolutely beautiful! You made the right choice on the finish. One to be extremely proud of. Nice blade too. Perfect combo. Quote
Members WalterF Posted December 8, 2021 Author Members Report Posted December 8, 2021 On 12/6/2021 at 4:36 PM, Silvyr said: I don't blame you I'm shite at painting myself, but damn does it look good oiled and antiqued WELL DONE. Is that just a regular basket weave, at what 5mm pricking iron/chisel spacing 1mm nylon thread, or did you use waxed linen? Expand Thank you, It is a Double Rope Basket weave from BK Tools, I used a Cobra class 4 sewing machine adjusted to my liking, 128 thread. I thought of hand stitching but wanted to use sewing machine for ease. Hope this helps. Quote
Members WalterF Posted December 8, 2021 Author Members Report Posted December 8, 2021 On 12/6/2021 at 5:16 PM, chuck123wapati said: That rocks friend!! you did it just right. Expand Thank you and I included the knife this time. LOL On 12/6/2021 at 7:56 PM, Hags said: That looks great to me! I think the antiquing is spot on. Expand Thank you On 12/6/2021 at 10:07 PM, garypl said: Very nice results - you can be proud of that! Expand Thank you. On 12/7/2021 at 8:19 AM, Hali said: well-done. I have decided to antique and oil. Expand Thank you On 12/7/2021 at 9:53 AM, PocoOso said: Absolutely beautiful! You made the right choice on the finish. One to be extremely proud of. Nice blade too. Perfect combo. Expand Thank you, I am using inexpensive knives so I can practice more. Quote
Members AzShooter Posted December 8, 2021 Members Report Posted December 8, 2021 Good choice on the finished product. Awesome work. Quote
Contributing Member Samalan Posted December 8, 2021 Contributing Member Report Posted December 8, 2021 Nice job for sure. Quote
Members WalterF Posted December 10, 2021 Author Members Report Posted December 10, 2021 On 12/8/2021 at 1:32 AM, AzShooter said: Good choice on the finished product. Awesome work. Expand Thank you, it was a fun project, that is on its way to my sister. On 12/8/2021 at 12:36 PM, Samalan said: Nice job for sure. Expand Thank you for the kind words. Quote
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