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<blockquote data-quote="geezer77" data-source="post: 4175572" data-attributes="member: 49872"><p>Not even sure what "wish.com" is, so I guess that was humor. I'll pass on the $8 offer, since that wouldn't pay for 1/4 the cost of Amboyna Burl scale stock. <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> The JK is just my initials, I mark some of my knives that way. As for filework, you're right, Snipe, it's to each his own. Like any semi-fancy touches it's not for everyone, but good filework is very absorbing and exacting work, and can be fun for a change if bored with plain through-handle blade finishing. For the same reason, I sometimes do Mexican double lacing on an entire sheath rather than stitching it, or like on the below knife capping the tines on a deer antler handle with polished Macassar ebony instead of just polishing the raw ends. Time consuming stuff, but the end product is more rewarding and satisfying to the maker. Zillion-layer damascus is pretty, too, but not for me since making a billet with a hand hammer is not much fun for me past 20 or 30 layers . The example below is only 19 layers of 1095 and 15N20, but it's probably about my limit since I don't own a power hammer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="geezer77, post: 4175572, member: 49872"] Not even sure what "wish.com" is, so I guess that was humor. I'll pass on the $8 offer, since that wouldn't pay for 1/4 the cost of Amboyna Burl scale stock. :) The JK is just my initials, I mark some of my knives that way. As for filework, you're right, Snipe, it's to each his own. Like any semi-fancy touches it's not for everyone, but good filework is very absorbing and exacting work, and can be fun for a change if bored with plain through-handle blade finishing. For the same reason, I sometimes do Mexican double lacing on an entire sheath rather than stitching it, or like on the below knife capping the tines on a deer antler handle with polished Macassar ebony instead of just polishing the raw ends. Time consuming stuff, but the end product is more rewarding and satisfying to the maker. Zillion-layer damascus is pretty, too, but not for me since making a billet with a hand hammer is not much fun for me past 20 or 30 layers . The example below is only 19 layers of 1095 and 15N20, but it's probably about my limit since I don't own a power hammer. [/QUOTE]
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