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Many moons ago I added a white bone with black liners SC509 Little Finger to my collection.
These were meant to be a 100th Anniversary knife with a blade etch and shield but very few (maybe a half-dozen) were ever fully completed.
https://collectors-of-schrades-r.us/anniv/pages/100th-SC509-1.htm
When Schrade went under a small number of finished knives without the etch or shield escaped into the wild.
These knives look great and after seeing some staining on another example I think they are 1095 as well making them extra functional. From the get-go I was thinking it would be a great scrimshaw canvas or cherished user. I went with scrimshaw and earlier this year I put plans into motion.
I decided to seek out Bill Feeney who did the scrimshaw on the two Schrade-I*XL "Heralds of the Seas" sets and the "Orgill Brothers" commemorative back in the 1980s. Much to my delight I discovered he is still doing his thing and I was able to send him my knife.
"Cutty Sark" is a old-school tea-clipper and was basically the fastest ship of it's time around 1870-1877. It is a Brittish treasure and is kept in museum condition to this day. The name is cheeky and basically means "short underwear" for women. It is taken from a Robert Burns poem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutty_Sark
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns
A long-time Master of Cutty Sark when it was sailing was Captain George Moodie. He is my great-great-great-grand-uncle on my Mom's side. She was very proud of this and purchased an exact two-foot wooden model of Cutty Sark. She taught us about its history as soon as we could talk.
One of her happiest moments was visiting Cutty Sark where she was able to sign the official guest-book. The visitor who had signed the book just above her was none other than Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. As a ardent "Royal Watcher" having this random connection immortalized in the book put her in pretty fine company and most excellent spirits. Every Christmas we had to gather as a family to listen in complete silence to Queen Elizabeth's address.
I decided this family connection to traditional nautical scrimshaw subject matter was also appropriate to the sailing history of Massachusetts where Bill Feeney is based. My Mom passed in 2011 and this knife will always make me think of her. She would have loved the sentiment.
I got busy on my computer finding source materials and used them to create a photo-shop mock-up. I sent the knife and my design to Bill and he worked his magic. The knife is on its way back to me now and the pics look great. I can't wait to get my hands on it. I hope you enjoy this journey as well.
mock-up:
finished knife:
These were meant to be a 100th Anniversary knife with a blade etch and shield but very few (maybe a half-dozen) were ever fully completed.
https://collectors-of-schrades-r.us/anniv/pages/100th-SC509-1.htm
When Schrade went under a small number of finished knives without the etch or shield escaped into the wild.
These knives look great and after seeing some staining on another example I think they are 1095 as well making them extra functional. From the get-go I was thinking it would be a great scrimshaw canvas or cherished user. I went with scrimshaw and earlier this year I put plans into motion.
I decided to seek out Bill Feeney who did the scrimshaw on the two Schrade-I*XL "Heralds of the Seas" sets and the "Orgill Brothers" commemorative back in the 1980s. Much to my delight I discovered he is still doing his thing and I was able to send him my knife.
"Cutty Sark" is a old-school tea-clipper and was basically the fastest ship of it's time around 1870-1877. It is a Brittish treasure and is kept in museum condition to this day. The name is cheeky and basically means "short underwear" for women. It is taken from a Robert Burns poem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutty_Sark
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns
A long-time Master of Cutty Sark when it was sailing was Captain George Moodie. He is my great-great-great-grand-uncle on my Mom's side. She was very proud of this and purchased an exact two-foot wooden model of Cutty Sark. She taught us about its history as soon as we could talk.
One of her happiest moments was visiting Cutty Sark where she was able to sign the official guest-book. The visitor who had signed the book just above her was none other than Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. As a ardent "Royal Watcher" having this random connection immortalized in the book put her in pretty fine company and most excellent spirits. Every Christmas we had to gather as a family to listen in complete silence to Queen Elizabeth's address.
I decided this family connection to traditional nautical scrimshaw subject matter was also appropriate to the sailing history of Massachusetts where Bill Feeney is based. My Mom passed in 2011 and this knife will always make me think of her. She would have loved the sentiment.
I got busy on my computer finding source materials and used them to create a photo-shop mock-up. I sent the knife and my design to Bill and he worked his magic. The knife is on its way back to me now and the pics look great. I can't wait to get my hands on it. I hope you enjoy this journey as well.
mock-up:
finished knife:
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