Udwin wrote:Whoa, that's wild! What is the sculpted grip made out of, Ringulf? Or is it a dwarven proprietary trade secret?
No trade secrets among my Brothers and sisters!
I had been working with Polymer clay for many years and several years ago came across a Knife making article that stated that polymer handles were the rage. I had been working with other applications but decided to try the handle techniques. it took a while to get but I have come down to the right mixture of polymers to make the resulting handles very strong and just a bit flexible. That would be the mix in the handle, the "moss" you see on the bottom is Sculpey Mold Maker which, when baked to the right temperature, becomes like rubber and also has very good adhesive properties. (gives great grip and accepts leather dyes very well) Using a wire brush you can get textures that look like snow, moss, wood and fur. there are lots of other techniques to do many different things.
I have some of my other polymer handles in some of the older CS Seax posts.
I had not been doing this for a while as I have been learning and experimenting with real antler, horn, bone and wood, as well as stacked leather disks and cuire boulle scales and some limited casting.
But I must say it is a lot of fun to work with the Polymer.
I am Ringulf the Dwarven Woodsman, I craft leather, wood, metal, and clay,
I throw axes, seaxes, and pointy sticks, And I fire my bow through the day.
Come be my ally, lift up your mead! We'll search out our foes and the Eagles we'll feed!
