My Knife Block

A couple of years ago I laminated some African Mahogany and Walnut together to make this block.

This is my first attempt at high def pix of any of my projects. I definitely need to do more to set up the shots and some are out of focus. It’s a learning curve.

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It usually sits on the shelf in my office.
The last pic in this series is a better quality shot of this view.

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Remove the cap and you can see the magnets I used to align and secure it.

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I also embeded magnets to secure the base to the cap.

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There is another magnet embedded inside the sheath to hold the blade firmly.

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It houses my very expensive damascus steel french knife.

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A view from behind.

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Back to Front.

Clearly I should have thought more about staging the area reflected in the mirror. Even this late in the year the sun here is just too bright. It created a huge hot spot in the shots that I tried to compensate for in Photoshop.

Yes, there is a lot I need to learn about digital photography.