Faobhar a' Chridhe - Edge of the Heart - Custom Sgian Dubh
Jan 30, 2016 3:34:15 GMT
Post by chrisperoni on Jan 30, 2016 3:34:15 GMT
Hello all,
Been some time since I've done anything creative and I've got to say, this piece has turned out to be surprisingly sentimental and cathartic. Originally I had expected to use this blade to make a knife for a contest prize but there's just no way I could ever give it away now - it's become something more to me. I can't really explain it and as much as I hate doing something like those annoying cryptic fb status updates, I'm stuck being that guy, sorry. Lame, I know.
So, I've been staring at the pieces of this knife for the last 6 months but haven't had the drive to do anything with them. I'd just sort of sit in my shop and poke around at things, while doing nothing. Earlier this week I found myself in a good enough place to actually feel some motivation. When I took up the wood blocks for the handle and finally got started, I couldn't believe how good it felt to get building again. Whirlwindy kinda good. I got cracking on the rest of the build and before I knew it I had chiseled, cut, glued, sanded and all that stuff and came up with this:
I've named this knife Edge of the Heart
-- Anyone know the proper gaelic translation? I've looked up the literal translation of each word but I want to get it right and convey the sort of double meaning I'm trying to imply: as in the sharpy side of a blade, and the limit of what your heart can take regarding "the feels". I know nothing about gaelic other than the fact that it is a tough language to understand and speak. Any thoughts?
About the knife:
blade by Fallen, I added the filework
ferrule & butt cap - aluminum with buffalo horn inset
handle - dyed maple, hidden pin
weight - 99 grams
oal - 23.5 cm
blade - 10.5 cm
width at ferrule/butt cap - 3 cm
As with anything I make this knife has a bunch of things wrong with it, little and not so little mistakes I had to fix, but I choose to not let those things bother me. It's light and fast and very comfortable. I am pleased with it and will be adding a simple sheath next.
blade sanded almost clean - left it with a lower grit finish
some filework started
The butt cap (front) looked nice enough to make into a pendant so I made more
after months I finally got my head straight and got going again - no progress pics though - but here's some images from today
Faobhar a' Chridhe
Been some time since I've done anything creative and I've got to say, this piece has turned out to be surprisingly sentimental and cathartic. Originally I had expected to use this blade to make a knife for a contest prize but there's just no way I could ever give it away now - it's become something more to me. I can't really explain it and as much as I hate doing something like those annoying cryptic fb status updates, I'm stuck being that guy, sorry. Lame, I know.
So, I've been staring at the pieces of this knife for the last 6 months but haven't had the drive to do anything with them. I'd just sort of sit in my shop and poke around at things, while doing nothing. Earlier this week I found myself in a good enough place to actually feel some motivation. When I took up the wood blocks for the handle and finally got started, I couldn't believe how good it felt to get building again. Whirlwindy kinda good. I got cracking on the rest of the build and before I knew it I had chiseled, cut, glued, sanded and all that stuff and came up with this:
I've named this knife Edge of the Heart
-- Anyone know the proper gaelic translation? I've looked up the literal translation of each word but I want to get it right and convey the sort of double meaning I'm trying to imply: as in the sharpy side of a blade, and the limit of what your heart can take regarding "the feels". I know nothing about gaelic other than the fact that it is a tough language to understand and speak. Any thoughts?
About the knife:
blade by Fallen, I added the filework
ferrule & butt cap - aluminum with buffalo horn inset
handle - dyed maple, hidden pin
weight - 99 grams
oal - 23.5 cm
blade - 10.5 cm
width at ferrule/butt cap - 3 cm
As with anything I make this knife has a bunch of things wrong with it, little and not so little mistakes I had to fix, but I choose to not let those things bother me. It's light and fast and very comfortable. I am pleased with it and will be adding a simple sheath next.
blade sanded almost clean - left it with a lower grit finish
some filework started
The butt cap (front) looked nice enough to make into a pendant so I made more
after months I finally got my head straight and got going again - no progress pics though - but here's some images from today
Faobhar a' Chridhe