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Fine Embellishment Everything from hand engraving and scrimshaw to filework and carving. The fine art end of the knifemaker's craft.

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Old 01-05-2010, 01:21 PM
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new scrimshaw: "Generations" knife (people portraits!)

Hi everyone! I haven't posted here for a while. I've been doing lots of scrim but haven't had a knife project for a while! I always feel a little funny posting stuff other than knives here, but I just updated my website and everything's on there: http://www.KatherinePlumer.com

I have to tell you the story of how this project came to be, because I've been a little worried about the reaction it might get due to the fact that it's a kit knife and not a high end custom knife. A friend of mine had been kicking around the idea of having me scrim a knife for his dad for a couple of years. His dad is a serious knife enthusiast, though perhaps not a diehard "collector." He finally decided on a subject matter and commissioned me to do the knife for Christmas this year. The subject was portraits of him, his dad, and his grandfather. Thus began the Generations Knife. I'll admit my initial reaction to people portraits was "eeek!" but it was really okay. I think the thing about drawing people is it's sort of psychologically challenging because everybody thinks it's really hard. It's not that bad. Lines, curves, lights and darks is all it is... in proportion and in the right place of course!

So, we got to talking about what knife would be good, and I helped him look, and we found a really stunning knife with wart hog ivory scales (that's why I asked about scrimming wart hog a couple months ago). But the more my friend thought about it, the more he wanted to be involved in the project, and he's pretty talented, so after making sure it would still be okay for me to work on, he made a kit knife with pre-ban elephant ivory scales. It was not a matter of budget, it was just that he wanted to take part in creating the finished piece, and it didn't change the work that he wanted me to do. And it's not like this is the sort of knife that's going to be out on the market, so "collector value" was not an issue, it's obviously going to stay in the family. So I was cool with that.

It did make the design immediately more challenging though, because instead of a nice smooth field of ivory, or a couple of unobtrusive little pins, there were now big ole screws to deal with.



"If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." I decided I'd have to incorporate the screws into the design. Once I got the reference material and sat down and really had a look at things, I knew I wanted to make it an old time style image with an oval border. It definitely needed to be contained somehow, and not just be floating heads! I asked if I could really go all out and put the guys in fancy old suits and really go for the old fashioned look, and he thought that sounded great! Designing the layout took a while...

The image is all dots, and it took a really really long time. This was pretty intense.

I'm thrilled with how it turned out. So is my friend. And so is his dad, who got the knife for Christmas!

Here's a little progression for you!









Every now and then I remember to throw a penny in there for scale:







Continued in next posting (I couldn't get all the pics on this one!)...


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Here it is finished!!!







Thanks for looking!

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Old 01-05-2010, 02:51 PM
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Your work is absolutly amazing! The shadeing and detail is mind blowing. Beautiful...


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Old 01-05-2010, 09:25 PM
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Katherine, Great Work! It does not matter that this is a kit knife, any father would be very proud to receive this knife.
The knife has very clean lines to it and your portraits are a work of art with great detail
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Old 01-05-2010, 10:55 PM
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WOW! very nice indeed.


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A wonderfull piece of art Katherine and some darned good photos to.
Thanks for the look.

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Old 01-06-2010, 05:57 AM
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Absolutely stunning Katherine, thanks so much for sharing all the photos.
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Fantastico!!

Couldn't be better. Like looking at a photograph.
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Katherine, You really did an outstanding jon on the scrim. Thanks for sharing your work. I am workinf on a dagger right now with Filework, Engraving, and Scrim all combined into the piece.
Anyway thanks again for sharing, your workis allways great.
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Thank you everyone, I really appreciate the comments!

Stay tuned for more!

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Hi Katherine,

As a proponent of 'kit knives' for any number of reasons, I am pleased to see this turn out so well. Importantly, the involvement of the son as finisher, ADDS and does not detract from the origin of the knife. In this case it's all about the gift and family--with a handmade touch.

Great W.I.P. shots. Very enjoyable and informative.

Everyone agrees on this. Thanks for the post. Impressive work!

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It made my evening to look at the great W.I.P. shots! Very nice job - both on the knife and the post.


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Katherine, as far as showing things that are not knife related I really think it woulw be nice for you to show more of your work when ever you can. The reason that I say this is somonemaysee something from anyone that does any form of Embellishment that they may wish to have on a knife wheither it be engraved or scrimmed.
Thanks again for showing your work and the progression.
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