Engraved Overeynder

[Joe Mason]

This Card Knife is a project that Tom Overeynder and I collaborated on. It has a royal flush on one side and four aces on the other. Your comments are welcome.

Joe

[Bill Vining]

Very nice Joe. I love the theme.

Bill

[JohnD63]

Beautiful detailing, very elegant.

[Gabe Newell]

I like the Deco vibe. It reminds me of the work Charles Rennie Mackintosh did for W.J. Bassett-Lowke (a bit random but intended as a compliment).

[Kirby Bletcher]

Wow thats cool!

[Montejano]

Friend Joe :
Engraving very beautiful and very original. My congratulations.
Thanks for showing.

Montejano

[Jim Small]

Joe
Great Job!
I love the design and certainly for a gamblers folding dagger
Jim

[RBSlaughter]

I like it too Joe.. Excellent work, as is your norm.. Great photo as always by Coop as well.. What did you use to color the diamond and heart? Enamel?Merry Christmas guys... Rich

[JMW]

One of the best examples I have seen of the knife design really suited to the engraving.

[Joe Mason]

Thanks everyone for all the nice comments.

Rich, I worked really hard on coloring those little red cards. It is hard to find a paint that has enough red pigment in it to show up on a very small cut. I used a bright red sign painters paint. When I painted signs, it was great because it would cover up most anything in one stroke. The problem would be if fingers are rubbed over the aces oil could dis-color the red and it could turn brown and then black. The aces were required by the owner, but he was warned about handling the aces. I thought about the emamel, but it must be heated and the heat would break down the glue on the pearl.

Joe

[6T7L71CPE]

That is an outstanding engraving job!

[RBSlaughter]

Thanks for the explanation Joe.. You know, Ron Nott did some engraving for me once where we used the same theme. Aces and Eights on one side, and a cool little derringer on the other. I remember sending him some close ups of his work, but can't seem to locate my own copies.. (Lame..)..

I was going to send them to you just for fun and comparrison.. Again, a fine job Joe.. Best, Rich

[MCirelli]

Great job Joe. The layout is very artistic. Joe you could use ceramit and cure it at a warm room temp it will take longer (where you live warm shouldn't be a problem. Just a slight undercut would insure it's bond. That small of an area the ceramit would have to be thinned and it would flow in flawlessly. Give me a call or drop me an email anytime. I have a little experience with this stuff.
Beautiful work.

[Joe Mason]

Rich,
Thanks, I have seen the gambling knife that Ron did. I think the cards and gun were on top of scroll with gold inlay. I would like to see them again.

Mike,
I would like to know more about ceramit. I will send you an email.

Joe

[jlseymour]

Joe, that's beautiful...
Jerry