Meteoric Balinese Blog....

lemmythesmith · 15th April 2009, 01:44 PM

Thanks all!! Thought you might like him! He's carved from a portion of a elephant tusk I bought many years ago, but it's only now I feel confidant enough to tackle such an ambitious project. I tend to "rough out" a carving with a dremel using burrs/small milling cutters, fine detail is added with various knives and scrapers, my favorite carving tool is a sghian dubh I made with a damascus blade which takes a wicked edge! I haven't done any more on the selut as yet, but I can feel an urge to do some silversmithing coming on....

(once the urge to make a tanto copying the work of Etchu Norishige goes away, but enough of my problems.....

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15th April 2009, 01:44 PM	#13
lemmythesmith Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 93	Thanks all!! Thought you might like him! He's carved from a portion of a elephant tusk I bought many years ago, but it's only now I feel confidant enough to tackle such an ambitious project. I tend to "rough out" a carving with a dremel using burrs/small milling cutters, fine detail is added with various knives and scrapers, my favorite carving tool is a sghian dubh I made with a damascus blade which takes a wicked edge! I haven't done any more on the selut as yet, but I can feel an urge to do some silversmithing coming on.... (once the urge to make a tanto copying the work of Etchu Norishige goes away, but enough of my problems..... ) Last edited by lemmythesmith; 15th April 2009 at 02:33 PM.