hey fellows,

how about everyone showing off their filework and its name?

This will be good!

This is a knife that I had Robtattoo build for me. An absolute beauty! Rob does some excellant work with steel!  

Don't have names for them.

Here's some of my son's filework--arrows



Here's the finished knife--the one on top.

Here are few I have done

 

 

 

Here's some I tried on a helle blade. Nothing fancy, just something I saw here.

Bodork, I am NOT an expert...but I got a piece of cheap strap steel from HD and practiced on it..i found that if you 'angle' the file rather than hold it perpendicular to the blade your design tends to get more fluid, or organic looking rather than mechanical.

You might try that and see if you like it. Its not hard, but I would definitely practice some at that technique before I used a good blade doing it.

Thats the voice of experience talking there. You can have experience even if you are not an expert, and its usually bad experience...but at least you are learning when you do!!!!!!!

I beg to differ Ray, I've seen some of your stuff and I consider you an expert. Thanks for the advice. This looks better from directly above the blade but I didn't have any pics from that view. I'm in the process of trying something I've never done before on a helle blade. Good or bad, I'll post some pics when it's finished. Thanks again, Mike

I just keep mine simple more for grip on blade than decoration...Doc

 

Lewis,  
I like the osage one - third pic!! Larry

Heres one I do alot like tippits but the round filing is more angled and layed down. But I gotta be honest ,like tippit, my go to hunting knife has  simple ridges for knowing exactly where my index finger is and for grip when my whole hand is up in the gut cavity working.

How about some pictures to show the tools and techniques ya'll use to achieve such nice work ?

Man that is some good looking work fellas

I have always had a fetish for bowies and I made these two bowies about 7 or 8 years ago. I made another one like them and gave it to my Brother-in-law. I made several other smaller hunting knives and all but a few had similar file work. They have all long since been sold or given away to family and friends. I have since sold my knife grinding machine but am now wanting to get back in to fooling around with perhaps making a few now and then.

 

 

 

 

 

Perfect timing straightshot. I am wanting to try file work on the fingerguard on the blade I have coming. I came here specifically to find pictures of some I saw earlier. These are different than what I saw before, but just what I'm looking for. Thanks, Mike

Straitshot,
              Your done some good work there. I hope you get back into it. Those two have some classic lines about them.
                               Lin

Beautiful bowies there!!! Great work all around!