Camp knife and skinner

[srtben]

Here are a couple more I just finished.
The first has a Padouk handle that I slightly torched and has a forge finish on the blade.
The second is a small skinner w/ a black mesquite handle and mosaic pin.
I finally got around to building a light box to photograph knives in, this is my first try using it, let me know what you think.

 

 

 

 

[OconeeDan]

Good looking knives, and a nice light tent too.  Looks like it works well.
Dan

[Steve Nuckels]

Yep!  Very good work!

Steve
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Potomac Forge

[OkKeith]

Ben,

How did you do the texture on the sheath leather? It's a nice rugged detail.

Good looking knife.

OkKeith

[srtben]

Thanks!
It is a background stamp from Tandy leather. They make two sizes, I have the large one.

[kansas stik man]

both look awesome but that camp knife is just awesome would be proud to have it in my collection.  hope to build stuff that nice some day.

[chinook907]

Yes very nice, wouldn't mind having that camp knife in my kit. Nice pics too.

[Scott Roush]

love the camp knife and sheath.  I really love that sheath...the texturing looks looks great.

Your tent looks great.  I found that it makes your life easier if you put an offset 'slot' in the bar that runs across the front of the tent. That allows you to get directly over the top of the knife when you need to.  Mine is made from PVC so it is easy to do.

Your lighting is nice and even and good exposure.  If you don't know how to do it digitally, I would put a warming filter on your camera to make things look a little less cold.  And I would choose a background that doesn't have distracting lines running across. If you do have lines you really have to move the knife around to make sure the lines work for you rather than against you.  A great place to get a lot of different backgrounds (I haven't done this myself yet!) is to go to a place that sells a lot of different wall paper samples and/or flooring samples.  I'm always looking out for good backgrounds... gnarly, rotten pieces of wood, birch bark, nice pieces of cloth.. You can't have too many.  Also..get some clay so you can adjust the positioning of the knife blade to make it look like it's hovering over the background.

Anyway.. great job.. you are taking a huge step in the right direction for your photography.

[JamesJamison]

That big knife sure looks like it could stand up to some hard work.

[Ragnarok Forge]

I like the look of the burned bloodwood.  I have a couple of bloodwood handles I am working on.  I will have to try that trick.

Nice pics.  I am looking at at a picture light box myself.  Your gives me some ideas.