Has anyone seen fleur de lis filework?  It seems like I'd need a fairly beefy spine to get it to look good.

Rusty

My Wife has a Tattoo of one but sorry can't help with the file work.

This is one I did on. 3/16" blade , hope you can see the pic.
 http://emob663.photobucket.com/albums/uu351/danafoursuns/Custom%20Knives/100_0861.jpg  
Dana

QuoteOriginally posted by DANA HOLMAN:
This is one I did on. 3/16" blade , hope you can see the pic.
  http://emob663.photobucket.com/albums/uu351/danafoursuns/Custom%20Knives/100_0861.jpg  
Dana

i would love to see that pic in better detail. any way you could get a closer one?

WA. This is arrowheads, you may need to save it and then blow it up, here is it again and another one

This one is vine work

Both of them are on 3/16" blades
dana

I bet you can do it. The tricky part would be to get the height and width proportional. Here's a cross I did on the spine for my hunting buddy's knife.
   


You could always do an inlay in the wood handle or on the butt of the handle. I did this one on a bow I built.

 

Mike i have got to try that cross, it is sweet
dana

That is some amazing file work ! Really fine art.

I actually have that cross picked out for the knives I'm doing for my brothers.  I'll likely use it on my wife's chef knife as well.  After looking at the blade, I don't think the spine is going to be wide enough to get a fleur de lis to look good.  The inlay idea is nice tho...  hmm...

wow, thats seriously amazing file work dana! wish i could come close to that.

John, you can get there, it just takes time, mine are far from some ive seen. Just keep trying
dana