Hi folks, sorry about the hold up in posting these photo's as promised of the Stan Shaw visit that Jack and I were so lucky to experience..
Here is a photo with Stan explaining to us about heat treatment, and note the huge 15 inch Bowie Blade that he is showing us, he keeps it as a reminder as he had totally finished the blade, then heat treated it, this resulted in the edge buckling right along the edge totally ruining the blade, he now heat treats before gringing the edge, note in the photo the massive bit of jeweled Ivory that Jack is holding, Stan seems to think that perhaps it belonged to a rather rich Indian group of sorts, as the inlays were extremely beautiful that were beautifully inlaid into the surface.The Ivory was extremely thick, the marrow centre was relatively thin leaving a massively thick Ivory wall....
Another shot of the Ivory...
I think that this shot of Stan talking to Jack is a classic, great for Jack!
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And another - just brilliant...
C,mon Jack -enough of hogging the limelight! let me get in here lol, Stan is just a great person, I am not just saying this just because he is the person he is today, but simply because Stan Shaw is not only a living Legend as a knife maker-but a fantastic Gentleman as well, the whole time was so relaxing talking, it was such a great meeting...
During a part of the coversation Jack spied a beautiful Lockback that had lovely old Stag scales, Jack asked just what the old knife was on the bench - it was a beaut let me tell you, the owner had commisioned Stan to make the Lockback easier to release the blade-as it was very stubborn to release, a Sheffield knife stamped with a Glasgow retail firm, I have a horsemans knife with the same stampings that I put up in Micks ( Wellington ) Thread quite some time ago...
I asked if Stan would pose for a photo, as I wanted Charlie to see those famous hands holding Charlie's very own creation - sort of a two masters mix I guess.....
The size of Stans hands compares to the rest of the man, Stans hands are famous for very good reason ( note the old beaut of knife on the bench ) .....
Stan very much enjoyed demonstrating to us his technique, and his tools he used or made to do the job.....
Earlier in this Thread Jack talked about Stan making his own tools, and how Stan delighted in showing us how the shield inlay Bow had worked...here he domonstrates...
Stan showing us just exactly how it works, note the Apron that Stan has made for the base of the Bow the sit into-as Stan leans into the job - the pressure is applied whilst Stan is "playing the Bow" ....
If you look closely, Stan is holding a hardened punch in his left hand, now this is the nail-nick punch that Jack told you about earlier in the thread.....
Here is a parting photo-we asked if Stan could pose with us for a photo - he gladly did so, and he is holding his pose here .. note the smirk on Stans face - he really was a lovely person to talk to, and Jack and I are all the richer as people of this experience, Thank you Mr Stan Shaw, and thank you Jack for making this possible my friend.......
I'm still on a high from your visit, it was a real pleasure. Hope your long flight goes OK, and isn't too tedious or cramped 
