BlogHide Resteemselvis.stepcic (34)in ita • 7 years agoWhy buy handmade knives?----Perche comprare coltelli artigianali eng-itaENG So lately this craft has been on the rise with all the tv shows and the momentum of handmade products, especially in wealthier places like America and few others. The questions come up…elvis.stepcic (34)in crafty • 7 years agoindigo recurve yatagan..... eng-itaSo few years ago i saw an amazing yatagan blade produced by an Ottoman blacksmith, supposedly the blade that was carried by the sultan himself, and yeah i bet he did that thing looks freaking…elvis.stepcic (34)in ita • 7 years agoHow to forge a bowie knife part 1 ----- Come forgiare un coltello bowie parte 1 (eng-ita)Hello from today i want to start a small "tutorial" series on how to make a bowie knife, a type of blade that was used by colonel Jim Bowie in the early 19th century in the Texan revolution. This…elvis.stepcic (34)in ita • 7 years agoHike to Arzino waterfalls --- Escursione alle cascate del Arzino eng-itaHello this will be a short story of the amazing hike i had some time ago. These waterfalls are situated in italy, north east alps in FVG almost 40 min from Tolmezzo along the Sp1. Summer of…elvis.stepcic (34)in ita • 7 years agoHow i make knives/./Come faccio i coltelli eng-itaHello, i want to share with you this small sequence of pictures that i took at key moments during the make of a kitchen knife for a friend of mine. In this case i used some simple 1085 high carbon…elvis.stepcic (34)in astrophotography • 7 years agoWhat am i doing up at this hour?-i just explore the universe that surrounds me on this planet and stare at the one i won't be able to reach... i'm at ease..but i can feel a fire burn inside, my head spins and focuses on those…elvis.stepcic (34)in nature • 7 years agoi love the green of the woods :Dit's not just the green i like i just like nature, so complex yet so simple.elvis.stepcic (34)in photography • 7 years agoCaves, ww1 trenches, philosophy and what notWe can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light... -Plato This is the virgin cave on the hill behind Monfalcone, it was…elvis.stepcic (34)in life • 7 years agoA coming of age ritual knifeSo long story short, a good friend of mine asked me to make him a folding knife he could give to his only male son, when he comes of age (16 or 18) and i told him ill do it :D feel quite happy that…elvis.stepcic (34)in hiking • 7 years agoFirst hike with my friendsAs said in my introduction, i'm a loner and as such i tend to avoid big crowds. This brings me to quite isolated places that i just share with few other hikers. This time around i managed to…elvis.stepcic (34)in hiking • 7 years agoHike to Sabotino a ww1 battlefield hillThis is my favorite place to just go and spend some time, usually there i only meet few ppl, isn't really popular as is quite an annoying ride to the start of the top trails. On this mountain…elvis.stepcic (34)in human • 7 years agoMy first ferrata, probably not the last one...September 2017, fresh out of my iceland adventure a friend told me that we are going for a hike and that i need to buy some extra gear for it... well thx to amazon i got my ferrata kit quite fast.…elvis.stepcic (34)in astrophotography • 7 years agoMilky way from august 2017 icelandSince i got my nikon d3200 i started to mess more with astrophotography, i still have only the kit lens and with that one i'm kinda limited on what i can get out of it, in the future i plan to buy…elvis.stepcic (34)in photography • 7 years agoNorther lights from iceland summer 2017I believe that we, as humans, are part of the universe and that we are the universe itself exploring what's been created The first time i saw the light i was just out of coherent words, we waited…elvis.stepcic (34)in adventure • 7 years agoDecaying WW2 fortress facing another winterelvis.stepcic (34)in life • 7 years agoCeltic Boar chefs knifeHelloo steemers :D just want to share with you one of my last works. As said in my introduction i make knives, i mostly just do what i like and recently i jumped in to kitchen knives. Also the…elvis.stepcic (34)in alps • 7 years agoLake sunrays :)exposure 1/1000 sec f/4 ISO-160 picture taken today during a hike on a WW2 fortress in the Italian pre-alps . in the next day will post few more pics and a story about the place. lake…elvis.stepcic (34)in photography • 7 years agoThe woods of cansiglioPhoto taken during a nice and relaxing hike in the woods of the Cansiglio a plateau in the northern-Italian Prealps exposure 1/125 sec f 3.5 iso 100 ....What if when we dream we just peek…elvis.stepcic (34)in photography • 7 years agoIceland shotssome shots from my trip to Iceland :D exposure 1/250 f 8 iso-100 exposure 1/640 f 3.5 iso 100 let me know your thoughtselvis.stepcic (34)in iceland • 7 years agoLava tube exploration in Iceland 2017Hello, i'm quite new here but i want to share some quality content from the start, or at least i hope you perceive it as such :D This summer i spent 3 months in Iceland, and a number of times me…