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Originally Posted by Gene Tru
Steve,
Thanks for posting those really nice close ups of your knives. Your leaf and overall designs are superb. It really helps a lot to be able to study design and shading up close like this. In knife (img.) #5 and #6 down from top, did you inlay a larger piece of gold sheet then cut your design and remove bg from that?
Thanks, Gene
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Hi Gene,
I cut and pierced the gold design out of sheet with a jewelers saw and inlayed it into under cut pockets in the same shape. Cut outlines of the design first and prepare the pockets, then take an ink print of this and transfer it to gold sheet to cut and pierce it out.
Steve
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