Carved 6Al4V titanium "Causa Mortis"

[Rudy Lala]

Hi Friends,
Here are some pictures from our last work, a Korth Reptilian flipper, it have 6Al4V titanium handles with a grim reaper carved and a 154CPM blade with a evil skull carved too.
First we have the WIP pictures, and after the folder finished:

















And here the folder done:











I hope you enjoy.

[D.DOUGLAS]

Rudy, Love the wing on the blade. Thanks for showing your very interesting work.

[SVD]

Yes we do enjoy!

I'm curious, how detailed is your initial design / layout work? Do you just do a rough sketch to hold the vision or get right down into the fiddly bits?

I like the way you worked the blade into a wing (when closed) and extended the work to also look good on its own when open.

[steeltat2ist]

Looks great. What kind of tools to you use for this type of work? especially for getting the final project so smooth.

Dave V

[KDavid]

Beautiful work Rudy. Thanks for the WOP photos very interesting.

[Peter]

Another great looking knife Rudy.

Thanks for taking the time to show it.

Peter

[Rudy Lala]

Douglas, thanks for the comments!
Steve, I use to print the sketck and to glue at the piece, see that post from another knife I made:

http://www.engravingforum.com/showthread.php?t=3714

David, I use all the tools I have on hands, most of the work is done with carbide bit, and I use too all others that I have on hands, for finish I use orange peel, bead blasted, scotch brite and 400 grit sand paper to make the patina.
See the pic bellow:



Thanks Peter and KDavid, it is a pleasure to me share my work with you guys!

[steeltat2ist]

Thanks for the photo and explanation Rudy. Great stuff. How many hours do you think you have in this project? Looks like alot of work.

dave V

[D.DOUGLAS]

As Dave said it does look like a lot of work. I can hear the sounds of the grinding and the chips are a flying. Rudy does the orange peel cause the metal to darken? Just trying to figure out what thats for? Doug

[Rudy Lala]

Dave,
I'm not counting more the time, but I think it leaves circa from 50/60 work hours!

Doug, I ever hearing the sounds of grinding too, especially when I'm sleeping!!

The orange peel is obtneid with a steel weel, see the pic:


And for the colors is used the anodizing, see that link bellow, and after I remove part of it to make the patina aspect with sand papers and scotch brite.

http://mrtitanium.com/interference.html


Regards

[Kev]

Awsome work Rudy.
I really like your style. Very creative.
Thanks for posting