A little collaboration I've been working on!

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Hey Everyone. . .

So here is a project that I started about a year ago. At the time I didn't really know what I was starting. In the beginning it started with Lee Williams, Jeremy Marsh, and Tashi Bharucha. Then from there the project just kept growing and growing, with no end in sight. Below you will see some of the collaborations thus far, with many more makers coming on board.

For those of you that haven't heard of the Cyclops. It's pretty much self defense jewelry. You wear it as a necklace, but when you grab it and peel it off, the blade opens and locks, then the knife disengages from the necklace.

What's interesting about the Cyclops is that the front can look like anything. Which makes it such a great collaboration piece. I do all the internal machining to the ring for the lock and hardware, then leave the front blank. So the other maker gets a blank canvas to work with. Each maker receives 3 rings to play with.

Here's what has been done so far.

First up is Lee Williams

Photos by Glenn Eisen

 

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Here is the group that Tashi Bharucha made.

Photos by Glenn Eisen

 

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Here's the set that Jeremy Marsh did.

Photos by Riana Dobbins

 

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This is the set finished by Gustavo Thome Cecchini

Photos by Glenn Eisen

 

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The set finished by Tom Ferry

Photos by Glenn Eisen

 

[Dago Red]

That is very cool! I love gadgets, and love blades, this is both! So the facia is attached by epoxy or ? Tashi's on the far right is my favorite.

Red

 

[blademaker]

That is very cool! I love gadgets, and love blades, this is both! So the facia is attached by epoxy or ? Tashi's on the far right is my favorite.

Red

Hey Red,

Glad you like them! The face is actually screwed on from the back. Guess I should post some pics of what the backs look like!

Gavin

 

[Joe L. Bachs]

Will these available for purchase and if so how much? It's a great idea and they look great!

 

[Dawkind]

Outstanding series of collaborations.....you've done a superb job of getting these makers lined-up for this project, probably a little like herding cats around!

ALL are exceptional, especially the fantastic detail done on those by Mr. Ferry sporting his fantastic engraving....it'd be nice to wear those skulls for handing out candy on Halloween and keeping the Zombies at bay!

 

[blademaker]

Some of these are available, most are sold that have been posted so far. But I'm going to start another thread that shows the ones for sale. If you're in a hurry you can send me a PM.

Gavin

Will these available for purchase and if so how much? It's a great idea and they look great!

 

[blademaker]

Getting the makers to agree to doing this was super easy. Getting them to actually make them and send them back. . .well that's where it gets tricky! Although it has been fun. . .because I just send them a blank ring and let them do whatever they want. . .then it's like Christmas when they show up in the mail. I open them up at the post office because I can't wait to see what they did!

Gavin

Outstanding series of collaborations.....you've done a superb job of getting these makers lined-up for this project, probably a little like herding cats around!

ALL are exceptional, especially the fantastic detail done by Mr. Ferry and his engraving....it'd be nice to wear those skulls for handing out candy on Halloween and keeping the Zombies at bay!

 

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Here is the set that Rudy Lala did. Rudy actually only did 2 and Flavio Ikoma did 1.

Photos by Glenn Eisen