Engraving the Damascus PC

[Barry Lee Hands]

I had been after Steve Lindsay for one of his very kewel damascus handles, which add a little heft and a lot of style to my PC.
And I thought perhaps you would like to see where I went with it.

1.After dividing the PC into quadrilateral sections I laid out the leaves by the "Inductive Layout " method with consistent lattice crossing leaf angles, and then drew in the scrolls and started cutting holes for stems and leaves.
2. Then I applied the stems, and started measuring, transfering and cutting leaves.
3. Next were added more leaves, The stems are trimmed and the leaves are burnished until flat.
4. then I etched the Damas with nitric acid
5, A,B, and C,This looks pretty good, but needs a little something. . . .
6. Into the salts, for a little blackin. . .
7. AHHH smells like my great Aunts home cooking, she was an anarchist you know.
8. Looks pretty sweeeet. . .



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[Titian]

Originally Posted by Barry Lee Hands

I had been after Steve for one of his very kewel damascus handles, which add a little heft and a lot of style to my PC.
ANd I thought I should show you where I went with it.

1.After I divided the PC into squares I laid out the leaves by the "Inductive Layout " method in consistent lattice crossing angle, and then I drew in the scrolls and started cutting holes for stems and leaves.
2. Then I applied the stems, and started measuring, transfering and cutting leaves.
3. Next I added more leaves, burnished them until flat.
4. then I etched the Damas with nitric acid
5, A,B, and C,This looks pretty good, but needs a little something. . . .
6. Into the salts, for a little blackin. . .
7. AHHH smells like my great Aunts home cooking, she was an anarchist you know. . .
8. Looks pretty sweeet. . . .




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[Gemsetterchris]

What a tool tart
Dare you work with it now? very nice indeed.

[jlseymour]

WOW Barry, now you need some Diamond in the brass plugs...
Jerry

[Montejano]

Barry Friend, ..... very beautiful work. You are a person with great talent and his work inspiring.




Antonio

[Daniel Houwer]

Wauw, That is soooo good looking
You being not the only one thinking about engraving the handle are the first to do it and show pictures and setting the bar sky high

[SEngraver]

Barry,
That's fabulous.And have run out of words...!

[Peter]

That IS exceptionally nice Barry. It does make me wonder if the gold will wear down quickly from usage being as soft as it is?

Pleasure seeing your work as always,
Peter

[Gert]

Just amazing...

[ron]

hi Barry .. thanks for posting your work , beautiful as always .. Ron p

www.ronpnottengraving.com

[JJ Roberts]

Barry...Will you be selling those at Tiffany or Norstroms? Absolutely Beautiful for the man who has everything!!! Keep up the good work.

JJ Roberts
http://www.jjrobertsengraver.com

[Vanknife]

OH Man!!!!! Barry You got me all jealous again, I haven’t had a chance in 6 Months to touch anything as far as engraving and it will not be for the next 5 months but this will surely keep me going. STUNNING Work

Cheers

"VAN"

[Jroettger]

Fantastic piece of work! I am curious if you chase the patterning into the gold leaves as it appears a bit soft and rounded versus the hard edge of a V graver.

[spike]

That handel is tooooo nice to use.....I would spend all day studying it!

Another masterpiece..................

[Daniel Houwer]

Yep, studying it
Barry, could you tell us how you treated the background befor inlayin?
It doesn't seem like the cross hatch cutting I would expect.

[Dave London]

another amazing work of art

[Gail]

Barry,
I always thought that Damascus handle was the prettiest one of the three. You have made it even prettier. (understatement of the year)!
gail.m

[Barry Lee Hands]

Thank you all very much.
The gold is soft, and will wear if used roughly, but if treated gently, it would be good for years.
And I have a burl, and a plastic handle also.
The pictures of the cavities are before the teeth are installed, in the usual manner.

[Dragonsfire]

As I gaze into the eyes of greatness, I am humbled. Makes my best efforts look like I'm using a nail.....held in my toes!

[Barry Lee Hands]

Originally Posted by Jroettger

Fantastic piece of work! I am curious if you chase the patterning into the gold leaves as it appears a bit soft and rounded versus the hard edge of a V graver.

It's done with a round bottom for the sculpting, Steve has a template available I believe.

[santos]

Congratulations Barry, you're the owner of a very beautiful tool

Jean

[Eric Showalter]

amazing as usual. the contrast between the gold and blued damascus realy pops its awesome.

[Eric Watson]

Barry please excuse my ignorance when it comes to damascus and some other metal treatments, but it appears as if you are treating the steel with your camp breakfast. What is your treatment and what does it do as well what other metals will it work with.
By the way that is an outstanding job. You took an already beautifully made piece and made it really pop ! When I seen the handles at Scotts Engrave-In they were a hard item to walk away from. Once more you hit it out of the park, thank-you for showing it.

[gravalance]

Incredible, as usual! Almost makes one want to hang the job on a nail (german expression..). But perfect to put anyones exigences higher and higher..
Thanks for posting!
Hanne

[Willem Parel]

Stunning work, I become feelings being very tiny every time I see a new piece of your work, but I realize you started out somewhere yourself.... so very stimulating but I think life is to short...
Willem

[pena]

Barry.
Absolutely fine. Now all has been seen. My engravingtools is for sale.
Pena

[DakotaDocMartin]

Wow!

[mehoose]

Holy mackrel. Simply breathtaking. Talk about the metals going hand in hand and the gold leaves are...can you say sensuous? WOW.

[MASAYOSHI YOSHINO]

Wow it looks yummy!!

[andora]

nitric acid and salts - unsure when to use these - as i'm just beginning, but just beautiful and wonderful work.

[srj]

Good grief! Amazing!

[celticjohn]

Yep, amazing
You're in a different league Mr. Hands

[PAULIUS]

It is a most beautiful handle, Barry!

[paulsph]

Absolutely wonderful, Barry! You turned that quality handle into a 'high end' Top custom handle! Thanks for showing the process! Regards, Paulsph

[Barry Lee Hands]

Thanks guys, it was a lot of fun to do.

[Omar Haltam]

Thank you so much for the beautiful Art, truly amazing what you can do when one sets his mind to it. I aplaud you Sir...

[chujybear]

nice to bring class to the banging

[JonathonQuill]

Incredible outcome, truly awesome! Well done

[Big-Un]

Barry, if you're using this, it surely must be well worn by now, no sharp edges on the gold!

Bill