Christmas projects

Greyangel · 2004-12-22T23:41:06+00:00

Well I'm kicking myself for getting in a rush - The hatchet got shipped offto it's new owner and I never got a picture of the finished product. I'mgoing to try to get the new owner to get me a couple of pics when he getsit. The second of my Christmas projects is going away in another day or twoso I made sure to get this one recorded. This is a Utility knife I did formy Nephew. The pinning is a bit sloppy and I'm struggling with thepolishing skills. Got a divot back at the riccasso that never quite gotsanded out and I sort of lost the edge bevel definition in the polishing.Over all I'm pretty pleased with it. The back of the blade is about 1/8"matererial. Started out as bed frame. Leaded brass bolsters and blackwalnut handle. The pins are brazing rod. I did a clay coat differentialhardening on the blade and there should be a Hamon in there if I was enoughof a Polisher enough to bring it out. Could have done an etch on it Isuppose but... I didn't. This is inteded to be a used and abusedinsulation knife and I only took it to 800 grit.'t do knife pics worth a darn so I took several in different lightin andbackgrounds.GA

Christmas projects

Dec 22, 2004 22 Replies

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Having been a AFRS photographer in the early 60's (notice no T for TV in it in those days)

The dark room means several items. Not only how to develop the film, dry it correctly and then print it. What type of paper, what exposure, dogging some and such. Then developing the paper type of film and drying it.

Then throwing away most of the results and showing or letting only the best to be seen by anyone else. That is the toughest.

One has to be the toughest one on the pictures to maintain or build professional proud chest :-)

A good book - is ""Photography for Scientific Publication" A Handbook"" Author is Alfred A. Blaker, Principal Photographer, Scientific Photographic Laboratory, University of California Berkely.

Printed in 1965, was in my USE IT STUPID library in those early years. I suspect Amazon has some in new or used condition - either direct or partner sites.

Martin