u/NoneUpsmanship

My current fixation is making a variety of paracord flowers. I've made some of the most common tutorial heavy flowers, but started mixing up different knots to DIY some that I hope look better/decent... went with spotty orange thinking of tiger lilies (which I did *not* model this after) and because it was in my bag when started this thing.

[Pardon the photos, don't have better lighting and this thing is jiggly]

The leaves and petals are simple "leaf knots." The petals have copper wire (poorly) shoved into them and fused into a diamond knot center. Below that is a small ring of paracord, with another layer of paracord wrapped around and through the leaves (coreless) to allow them to stay flat. That was fused to the flower (to hide the brutally mangled and burned underside of the flower and top of the leaves, lol). Finally, a small, cored diamond knot to lock in the base of the flower.

This took entirely too long and I have ideas on how to make it a little faster amd better, but ... I have other ideas to tackle first, so we'll see!

It pairs well with my Opinel No. 7 and Godzilla.

By 'second batch,' I mean I am still feeling new as hell and learning as I go; I've only fully finished about a dozen knives, if that, plus about as many that were crap and I didn't bother fully finishing. It's one of the last ones I did on my 1x30 before I upgraded to a 2x42. But the neat thing is that I really like this one [side note for my therapist: (See, *I am making progress!*😝], and my wife uses it more than the Henckels, which makes me think she likes it, too. Also she has said it's nice.

It's a dream to sharpen. I love 14c28n. Ergos are good for us. My tween daughter decided on the handle colors - a thin blue/black combo under jade green G10. I was reluctant, rightfully so as it looks kind of weird having the blue under the jade, but I actually really like how it turned out with the accents.

It's got a lot of aesthetic flaws, but that's learning for ya - you might notice that the blade dips down a bit from the handle. That was because I messed the spine up and had to grind it down again. 😅 Luckily the dip makes it a slightly more comfy 'rest' for my thumb, so I should lie and say I did it for the ergos and it's my trademark. Actually, yeah, I'm going to do that.

If you skipped to the end, don't read this post, thanks, just know that I am a master knifemaker and this was an intentional work of art that you should be in awe of. If you read it all, maybe, uh ... get blackout drunk so you forget? Try taking up hockey? Thanks! 🤣