Georgia Russell: Art created with a Scalpel

Scottish-born, Paris-based Artist Georgia Russell is well-versed in manipulating two-dimensional prints into highly textured images with the aid of a knife. Utilizing the sharp edge of a scalpel, her body of work adds a fleeting layer organic curves and scores that often move in a gesture similar to a feather or fur. What could easily be a superfluous effect offers instead additional emotions and narratives to the prints, fully responding to the movement of the image being captured. Some pieces include two individual prints that have been entangled within one another. A play of solids and voids as well as content and proportions, the wispy creations explore the notion of an unseen network of energetic motions while illustrating the transient quality of a single moment. LINK

MN Elevator Company

This clever ad by the Grey Group in Japan promotes a brand of knives. As the elevator doors open, a knife appears to slice through a lobster.

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Leg Folding Knife

“Timber Wolf is proud to introduce its brand new rose turquoise and goldenrod bone handled family of knives. Each of these beautifully crafted knives features brilliant rose colored turquoise and goldenrod bone handle scales accented by elegant nickel silver accents and bolsters. Each knife has been laser serialized for increased collector’s value and offers high-quality 440 stainless steel blades. Leg Knife 3 3/8″ closed.” w/ photos. LINK

Cool Ceramic Knives Display Cutting Edge Artwork

Minova-Cera (a division of TYK Corporation) is one of Japan's leading manufacturers of ceramic knives, trading on their location in Japan's famed "City of Blades". While Mino ware cutlery has been warmly received in kitchens throughout Japan and beyond, the company thought something was missing.

As Minova-Cera designer Tatsuya Kawai put it, "White alone is no fun," and he's since carried this theme forward to the production of new Minova-Cera knives with exquisite multi-colored artwork decorating their formerly plain white ceramic blades.

The patterns, which combine traditional and modern Japanese styles and subjects, are rendered in bright, glowing colors that remain colorfast throughout the life of each knife.

Minova-Cera decorative ceramic knives are now available, sold at a cost of 19,800 yen (around $240) each. The knives come in attractive and secure white packaging but a custom lacquered wood box is available at extra cost for those intent on presenting one of these heirloom quality knives as a gift. (Via: Walker Plus)

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A Knife Made From Fiber Optic Glass

This beautiful handmade knife is shaped entirely from fiber optic glass. You know, the stuff that gives us super fast internet. A knifemaker used a process called knapping, a throwback method of shaping stones into useful tools, to form it.

Knapping is considered art, and I'd totally agree with this if I didn't think the knife sort of looked like Jello. Beautiful, sweet Jello that could stab you. You can buy your own fiber optic knife for $165. [Make, Via: Crunchgear], Via: Gizmodo

10 Unusual Knives, Swords and Blades

In this age when we think of weapons, we tend to think of aircraft, electronic guidance systems, bombs and missiles. Sophisticated star wars systems may come to mind or huge warships and aircraft carriers or even chemical or nuclear weapons.

A tang on a knife or sword is that part that will be enclosed by the handle.

This is probably how the weapon got its name. At first glance it appears as if the pointed part is like the tang waiting to have the handle fitted with the parts to right and left being hand guards.

The tang shown is actually 58cm long and 65 cm wide (23 and 26 inches)

This is actually a “pole arm”. A shaft fits into the opening in the bottom left.

It derives from China in the 19th century and consists of a 13cm (5 inch) spear type point with two 33cm (13 inch) blades either side.

This type of weapon was used by police forces or others who needed to keep crowds in order. LINK

Artist paints with knives

Wow, never seen this before. Artist doesn't use brushes to paint this racing painting... but he uses knifes. LINK