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Ten of us from Hotel Catalina in Zihuatanejo have arrived at Enramada La Condesa on Playa Blanca in the small community of Barra de Potosi. We came for lunch and a swim in the ocean.
The first drinks of the day have been ordered. Pancho is halving a coconut. Bring on the Coco-Locos!
These two halves of a knife handle inscribed with the names of Seti I reflect Asiatic designs introduced to Egypt by the Hyksos sometime before Dynasty XVIII (circa 1539–1295 B.C.). The shape is characteristic of the grips of sickle-shaped Hyksos blades, and the spiral motif is found or. countless Hyksos scarabs. The intricate craftsmanship and the use of gold, which is not a durable metal, suggest that the knife had a ceremonial, not a practical, function. In fact, the knife may have been given to Seti I at his coronation. Two wall reliefs at his temple at Abydos depict the gods Amun-Re and Horus presenting him with an identically shaped knife as a divine guarantee of unending sovereignty. The decoration of the ends of the handle with lotus and papyrus blossoms, the heraldic plants of southern and northern Egypt respectively, further indicates that the knife was connected with a kingship ritual.
Egyptian, New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, ca. 1294-1297 BCE. Bronze, copper, gold.
2 1/16 x 4 13/16 in. (5.3 x 12.3 cm)
Brooklyn Museum, New York (49.167a-b)
A photo challenge this week in my Group was to seek out the color purple.
It wasn't until I actually started looking that I realised how much purple was in the house!
Toothbrush, Maglite keyring, supermarket trolley token; Royal Mail packaging, measuring cup and knife handle.
A 6-inch Henckel's chef—Pro S I believe, but I'm not totally sure because I inherited it from my Mom. I looove the natural exposed wood handle.
Hand engraved in a Douk-Douk 'Le Géant' pocket knife handle.
This 'Le Géant's handle is made from black-chromed stainless steel which is difficult to engrave.
~50,000 year old, 22 inch long fossilized walrus penis bone from Alaska. The technical name for this bone is a "baculum". The Inuits call them Oosiks. They were prized as a raw material for making strong knifehandles, and seal clubbing clubs, that wouldn't break in the crazy-ass cold.
From my set entitled “Lilac”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157607217561277/
In my collection entitled “The Garden”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760718...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Syringa (Lilac) is a genus of about 20–25 species of flowering plants in the olive family (Oleaceae), native to Europe and Asia.[1][2][3][4]
They are deciduous shrubs or small trees, ranging in size from 2–10 m tall, with stems up to 20–30 cm diameter. The leaves are opposite (occasionally in whorls of three) in arrangement, and their shape is simple and heart-shaped to broad lanceolate in most species, but pinnate in a few species (e.g. S. protolaciniata, S. pinnatifolia). The flowers are produced in spring, each flower being 5–10 mm in diameter with a four-lobed corolla, the corolla tube narrow, 5–20 mm long; they are asexual, with fertile stamens and stigma in each flower. The usual flower colour is a shade of purple (often a light purple or lilac), but white and pale pink are also found. The flowers grow in large panicles, and in several species have a strong fragrance. Flowering varies between mid spring to early summer, depending on the species. The fruit is a dry, brown capsule, splitting in two at maturity to release the two winged seeds.[2][3][4][5]
The genus is most closely related to Ligustrum (privet), classified with it in Oleaceae tribus Oleeae subtribus Ligustrinae.[6]
Lilacs are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Copper Underwing, Scalloped Oak and Svensson's Copper Underwing.
Lilacs are popular shrubs in parks and gardens throughout the temperate zone. In addition to the species listed above, several hybrids and numerous cultivars have been developed. The term French lilac is often used to refer to modern double-flowered cultivars, thanks to the work of prolific breeder Victor Lemoine.
Lilacs flower on old wood, and produce more flowers if unpruned. If pruned, the plant responds by producing fast-growing young vegetative growth with no flowers, in an attempt to restore the removed branches; a pruned lilac often produces few or no flowers for one to five or more years, before the new growth matures sufficiently to start flowering. Unpruned lilacs flower reliably every year. Despite this, a common fallacy holds that lilacs should be pruned regularly. If pruning is required, it should be done right after flowering is finished, before next year's flower buds are formed. Lilacs generally grow better in slightly alkaline soil.
Lilac bushes can be prone to powdery mildew disease, which is caused by poor air circulation.
The wood of lilac is close-grained, diffuse-porous, extremely hard and one of the densest in Europe. The sapwood is typically cream-coloured and the heartwood has various shades of brown and purple. Lilac wood has traditionally been used for engraving, musical instruments, knife handles etc. When drying, the wood has a tendency to be encurved as a twisted material, and to split into narrow sticks. The wood of Common Lilac is even harder than for example that of Syringa josikaea.
The genus name Syringa is derived from syrinx meaning a hollow tube or pipe, and refers to the broad pith in the shoots in some species, easily hollowed out to make reed pipes and flutes in early history.[5][7]
A pale purple colour is generally known as lilac after the flower.
Purple lilacs symbolize first love and white lilacs youthful innocence (see Language of flowers). In Greece, Lebanon, and Cyprus, the lilac is strongly associated with Eastertime because it flowers around that time; it is consequently called paschalia.
Syringa vulgaris is the state flower of New Hampshire, because it "is symbolic of that hardy character of the men and women of the Granite State" (New Hampshire Revised Statute Annotated (RSA) 3:5).
Numerous locations around North America hold yearly Lilac Festivals, the longest-running of which is the one in Rochester, New York. Rochester's Lilac Festival held at Highland Park has the most varieties of lilacs at any single place and many of the lilacs were developed in Rochester. Spokane Washington is known as the lilac city, and holds a lilac festival every year, complete with a lilac parade.
Hand engraved in a Douk-Douk 'Le Géant' pocket knife handle.
This 'Le Géant's handle is made from black-chromed stainless steel which is difficult to engrave.
I tried to make "Micarta" for knife handles, using old bluejean cloth. The epoxy is the same brand as I use for attaching handles to steel blades ("LOK-Tite"), but, rather than the kind that will bond glass, stone, metal, etc., this type works for plastic.
From my set entitled “Lilac”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157607217561277/
In my collection entitled “The Garden”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760718...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Syringa (Lilac) is a genus of about 20–25 species of flowering plants in the olive family (Oleaceae), native to Europe and Asia.[1][2][3][4]
They are deciduous shrubs or small trees, ranging in size from 2–10 m tall, with stems up to 20–30 cm diameter. The leaves are opposite (occasionally in whorls of three) in arrangement, and their shape is simple and heart-shaped to broad lanceolate in most species, but pinnate in a few species (e.g. S. protolaciniata, S. pinnatifolia). The flowers are produced in spring, each flower being 5–10 mm in diameter with a four-lobed corolla, the corolla tube narrow, 5–20 mm long; they are asexual, with fertile stamens and stigma in each flower. The usual flower colour is a shade of purple (often a light purple or lilac), but white and pale pink are also found. The flowers grow in large panicles, and in several species have a strong fragrance. Flowering varies between mid spring to early summer, depending on the species. The fruit is a dry, brown capsule, splitting in two at maturity to release the two winged seeds.[2][3][4][5]
The genus is most closely related to Ligustrum (privet), classified with it in Oleaceae tribus Oleeae subtribus Ligustrinae.[6]
Lilacs are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Copper Underwing, Scalloped Oak and Svensson's Copper Underwing.
Lilacs are popular shrubs in parks and gardens throughout the temperate zone. In addition to the species listed above, several hybrids and numerous cultivars have been developed. The term French lilac is often used to refer to modern double-flowered cultivars, thanks to the work of prolific breeder Victor Lemoine.
Lilacs flower on old wood, and produce more flowers if unpruned. If pruned, the plant responds by producing fast-growing young vegetative growth with no flowers, in an attempt to restore the removed branches; a pruned lilac often produces few or no flowers for one to five or more years, before the new growth matures sufficiently to start flowering. Unpruned lilacs flower reliably every year. Despite this, a common fallacy holds that lilacs should be pruned regularly. If pruning is required, it should be done right after flowering is finished, before next year's flower buds are formed. Lilacs generally grow better in slightly alkaline soil.
Lilac bushes can be prone to powdery mildew disease, which is caused by poor air circulation.
The wood of lilac is close-grained, diffuse-porous, extremely hard and one of the densest in Europe. The sapwood is typically cream-coloured and the heartwood has various shades of brown and purple. Lilac wood has traditionally been used for engraving, musical instruments, knife handles etc. When drying, the wood has a tendency to be encurved as a twisted material, and to split into narrow sticks. The wood of Common Lilac is even harder than for example that of Syringa josikaea.
The genus name Syringa is derived from syrinx meaning a hollow tube or pipe, and refers to the broad pith in the shoots in some species, easily hollowed out to make reed pipes and flutes in early history.[5][7]
A pale purple colour is generally known as lilac after the flower.
Purple lilacs symbolize first love and white lilacs youthful innocence (see Language of flowers). In Greece, Lebanon, and Cyprus, the lilac is strongly associated with Eastertime because it flowers around that time; it is consequently called paschalia.
Syringa vulgaris is the state flower of New Hampshire, because it "is symbolic of that hardy character of the men and women of the Granite State" (New Hampshire Revised Statute Annotated (RSA) 3:5).
Numerous locations around North America hold yearly Lilac Festivals, the longest-running of which is the one in Rochester, New York. Rochester's Lilac Festival held at Highland Park has the most varieties of lilacs at any single place and many of the lilacs were developed in Rochester. Spokane Washington is known as the lilac city, and holds a lilac festival every year, complete with a lilac parade.
Here's the drawback- the cost. It took 1.5 tubes of LOKTite epoxy for one slab, so for two slabs (one knife), the cost would be about $15.00. This is still much cheaper than ordering it from a supplier, even one as good as Jantz (for price, quality of the products and excellence of service, they are the best). I am also going to make Micarta from heavy white canvas material as well... someone gave me rolls and rolls of it a couple of years ago.
Hand engraved in a Douk-Douk 'Le Géant' pocket knife handle.
This 'Le Géant's handle is made from black-chromed stainless steel which is difficult to engrave.
In the lunch room at my office we have a collection of random flatware.
Our Daily Challenge: STAINLESS STEEL
I bought this, my second PSP, while Gamestop was having a 30% trade-in credit bonus. It's one of those new "PlayStation Portable Slim and Lites" or PSP-2000s or whatever you want to call it. One of the biggest reasons I got it was because I was able to hook it up to my TV with the component cables and play Final Fantasy Tactics again on the big screen.
Mr. Piggy is really a knife. I stuck him in a Canada Dry ginger ale bottle to get the picture.
I had thought of stabbing Froggy, but I'm not ready to kill him off yet.
Albion Reproductions
18 x 63 mm
"This fine polished pewter brooch is a perfect casting taken from a Romano-British knife handle. The original is bronze and dates from the 2nd century AD. The graceful animation of the figures is very charactaristic of Roman art in britain around two thosand years ago. The hare is an importantfigure in mythology from the earliest time. In Ancient Egypt, the figure of a hare was used as a hieroglyph denoting ' existence', but argentbelief in all such matters did not prevent the highly competitive Roman from enjoying country pursuits, especially if it tested a favourite dog. A wild hare is generally morethan a match for any animal. However, the Roman ' vertagus', a particularly fast gog, good chance of catching such agile quarry. A champion hound was trained to close in position its nose between the hares hind legs and flipping it into the air, catch it as it fell. Several have been found by chance earlier this century in fields in Britain. The iron blade of the knife has lonf since rusted away in antiquity. "
It is ready for the trace-cut of the blade handle shape, then it can be attached and sanded and shaped.
The cutlery master transmits his art and secrets to his son and grand-son.
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Le maître coutelier transmet son art et ses secrets à son fils et son petit fils.
I drew a line and made the first slice through the wood, wax paper, masking tape, cloth and epoxy. No sweat.
Very large collection knife (or is it a sword?) from Tajikistan.
The handle is made of great goat horn, and the sheath is made out of ibex horn.
Do you want one? contact me.
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Très grand couteau de collection du Tadjikistan.
Manche en corne de grande chèvre et fourreau en corne d'ibex.
Vous en voulez un ? contactez-moi.
The cutlery master transmits his art and secrets to his son and grand-son.
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Le maître coutelier transmet son art et ses secrets à son fils et son petit fils.
Time to bring out my manly side.. I made the knifehandle of teakwood and some components that i cant even pronounse.
It sits great in my hand. We have a long tradition of knifemaking in Finland. The beautiful blade is by Kay Vikström , Blacksmith..
Raffir Fiber Stripes & Ntangle.
A fine material for knifehandle .. Comes in sereval colors.
Se mere her:
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Stabilesret skæftetræ
Stabilized wood for knife handles
I flere år har det været populært at stabilisere forskellig træsorter, for at opnå en mere stabil klods.
Vi har i Naturgalleriet, altid et stot udvalg at stabiliseret træsorter i butikken ..
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forward in lifeStabilesret skæftetræ
Stabilized wood for knife handles
I flere år har det været populært at stabilisere forskellig træsorter, for at opnå en mere stabil klods.
Vi har i Naturgalleriet, altid et stot udvalg at stabiliseret træsorter i butikken ..
Se udvalget på vores hjemmeside:
www.thegoodstuffshop.dk/group.asp?group=25
God fornøjelse med knivmageriet. . .
. . . kniv-per . . .
forward in life
Bone and Antler working - animal bone and red deeer antler were widely used in Viking age Jorvik to make everyday objects. Knife and tool handles, strap-ends, dress pins, and equipment for spinning, weaving and sewing were all made from these materials. Even simple musical instruments, bone skates, and playing pieces could be produced. Red deer antler was the usual raw material for combs. They were made from separate parts riveted together and then decorated. Some are miniature works of art. :: display at the Jorvik Center. For more information about the Jorvik Viking Center, visit www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=3458 (expected publication July 2012). Jorvik Viking Center - Exploring Viking Culture in York, England - June 12, 2012 photo by Thomas Baurley - (c) 2012 - technogypsie.com.
To read about this day's explorations, visit www.technogypsie.com/chronicles/?p=271
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Buck-Eye Burl knifehandles...
See the large collection of stabilized wood in our web-shop...
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Bone and Antler working - animal bone and red deeer antler were widely used in Viking age Jorvik to make everyday objects. Knife and tool handles, strap-ends, dress pins, and equipment for spinning, weaving and sewing were all made from these materials. Even simple musical instruments, bone skates, and playing pieces could be produced. Red deer antler was the usual raw material for combs. They were made from separate parts riveted together and then decorated. Some are miniature works of art. :: display at the Jorvik Center. For more information about the Jorvik Viking Center, visit www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=3458 (expected publication July 2012). Jorvik Viking Center - Exploring Viking Culture in York, England - June 12, 2012 photo by Thomas Baurley - (c) 2012 - technogypsie.com.
To read about this day's explorations, visit www.technogypsie.com/chronicles/?p=271
For more information visit:
For travel tales, visit:
Top grade knife handle materials ...
Dessert Ironwood with fantastic patterns and colors...
Original wood photo from "The Good Stuff Shop" ...
All rights reserved Naturgalleriet ApS ...
enjoy ...
kniv-per ..... forward in life .. !!!
Bone and Antler working - animal bone and red deeer antler were widely used in Viking age Jorvik to make everyday objects. Knife and tool handles, strap-ends, dress pins, and equipment for spinning, weaving and sewing were all made from these materials. Even simple musical instruments, bone skates, and playing pieces could be produced. Red deer antler was the usual raw material for combs. They were made from separate parts riveted together and then decorated. Some are miniature works of art. :: display at the Jorvik Center. For more information about the Jorvik Viking Center, visit www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=3458 (expected publication July 2012). Jorvik Viking Center - Exploring Viking Culture in York, England - June 12, 2012 photo by Thomas Baurley - (c) 2012 - technogypsie.com.
To read about this day's explorations, visit www.technogypsie.com/chronicles/?p=271
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Knivmaterialer fra Naturgalleriet.
thegoodstuffshop - knifemaking materials for the knifemaker
... in english .. see here: www.thegoodstuffshop.dk/group.asp?group=940
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Buck-Eye Burl knifehandles...
See the large collection of stabilized wood in our web-shop...
www.thegoodstuffshop.dk/group.asp?group=3111
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Enjoy your knifemaking
. . . kniv-per . . .
forward in life