Kevin Zito - KITH 2019 Bowie WIP

Sean Jones said:
Those are all nice wood. Is the second from the bottom the Blackwood? I still don't know wood all that well.
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That one is also dbl dyed stabilized maple from genek... it’s very dark and looks absolutely stunning next to copper which makes me want to save it. I don’t have the Blackwood in yet but I think it will look great with the stainless spacer. But again I have to warn y’all that there’s a 99% chance that this will be in the gahbage in two days. Lol
 
Thanks for the input! So here is where we are so far... see pic below... I received the Blackwood though I’d post it. As you may be able to tell from the pic, I’m playing around with temper-coloring lol. I think it would be awesome to have a splash of color (not straw as pictured lol) to the middle spacer which will have file work.EB2ABEF6-8F02-4CCE-8CDB-EC5860595D31.jpeg
 
Ok so I decided I would post a pic even though this is TERRIBLE. AND I’m not being too hard on myself. Lol. Given the complexity of the project, I’m having to learn a few new skills on the way. I was expecting trials, and I was correct. The Blackwood has a natural hole in it so I’m assuming that has to be replaced. Right now the knife is definitely as ugly as they get; I’m going to keep chipping the ugly away and hopefully find a beauty underneath. Thanks for looking. ZF76B71F0-66A7-4023-B900-651EC292A6FC.jpeg
 
Kevin Zito said:
Ok so I decided I would post a pic even though this is TERRIBLE. AND I’m not being too hard on myself. Lol. Given the complexity of the project, I’m having to learn a few new skills on the way. I was expecting trials, and I was correct. The Blackwood has a natural hole in it so I’m assuming that has to be replaced. Right now the knife is definitely as ugly as they get; I’m going to keep chipping the ugly away and hopefully find a beauty underneath. Thanks for looking. ZView attachment 69541
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That's looking awesome Kevin!! Thanks for the update.
 
How else can one learn? And, I was told a carving lesson many years ago: to carve an elephant , you simply carve away that that is not elephant. Same goes with the ugly.... keep pluggin away at the ugly and what remains will be.......
elephant! ( I don't have to make sense.....I'm old !)
 
Kevin - you're doing good.... I do like the design, in fact I'm thinking of something along those lines myself. Perhaps a tad smaller with only a 6-1/2" blade. The size is limited by the billet of San Mai I've got.
 
Kevin Zito said:
Ok so I decided I would post a pic even though this is TERRIBLE. AND I’m not being too hard on myself. Lol. Given the complexity of the project, I’m having to learn a few new skills on the way. I was expecting trials, and I was correct. The Blackwood has a natural hole in it so I’m assuming that has to be replaced. Right now the knife is definitely as ugly as they get; I’m going to keep chipping the ugly away and hopefully find a beauty underneath. Thanks for looking. ZView attachment 69541
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That bolster is very very nice.
 
Thanks for the kind words! It’s a long ways from finished, but I appreciate the tips and encouraging words. I’m going to clean up the collar quite a bit... I just wanted to show some type of update pic lol.
 
KenH said:
Kevin - you're doing good.... I do like the design, in fact I'm thinking of something along those lines myself. Perhaps a tad smaller with only a 6-1/2" blade. The size is limited by the billet of San Mai I've got.
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Can’t wait to see what you do with it.
 
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