Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Wed 05 Dec, 2012 10:18 pm
Well the previous batch of pics was the
STAGE I modifications, these new pics are the
STAGE II modifications:
I added more grooves mostly for aesthetic reasons but also because the grip felt a bit slippery.
One one side is a low relief carving of the official "
Biohazard " logo often used in Zombie movies and on the other side an inscription meaning
Level 5 biohazard ..... in the real World the levels stop at level 4 but in fiction lever 5 has been used to indicate something extreme like a zombie apocalypse or other types of plagues or Alien Invasion.
The original intent was to write L5 but if looked at up side down it reads as " something else ": The funny thing is that I noticed this " AFTER " I did the carving. ;) :lol:
The blade has been refinished by antiquing it with lemon juice and vinegar: This time I used an elastic sports bandage that I soaked in the lemon juice and vinegar and tightly wrapper around the blade. This cause some very fine etches wiggly lines to form on the blade.
I did a few extra cycles of lemon juice but this time using my older method of soaking toilet paper to partial transfer texture.
Also one cycle of stippling mustard on the blade, letting it dry and then cleaning with soap and water.
Finally some very fine synthetic steel wool to get the blade semi bright again but leaving it darker than it was originally.
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First what it looked like at STAGE I with only a reduction in handle thickness and before oil finishing.
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STAGE II grooves, oil finish and blade treatment.
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Biohazard Logo and grooves in handle carved with a small V gouge and later darkened using wood burning.
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Close up on Logo.
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L5 Logo.
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L5 or Area 51 ??? Could be both !
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