Bartender's bling

[300Bucks]

Not bling like your craftsmanship, but the only one I own...300

 

[knowtracks]

Very cool Ken! You REALLY like a challenge don't ya? Between the Horseman's knife and this gem you pretty much have all the "tools" covered.
So tell us was the shaped bolster much more difficult with all being 1 piece. I take it that the anchor for the corkscrew is also intergal. The detail is just amazing!! :thumbup:

Dave

 

[lambertiana]

Spectacular, just spectacular! I really like this one.

 

[festerfromnzed]

KEN....that is a stunning knife...superb craftsmanship .... FES

 

[Gevonovich]

Ken, I thought you may find this interesting

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unusual-Ant...553?pt=Collectible_Knives&hash=item337f1a65e9

 

[RobbW]

YOWZA!! Stunning, Ken.

 

[PaulBosley]

Wow, just stunning Ken. Your pieces never cease to amaze me. If there is a grail knife for me, it would be ANYTHING made by you! Bravo Sir, Bravo!

What he said only ALL capitals with extra !!!

 

[WA Martin]

An excellent job, Ken. But we would have expected no less either. Fantastic, sir!

 

[comoha]

Wow! I'll drink to that one!

 

[jeffsaul]

Ken,
When I opened the thread, I thought it was a piece that you were intending to copy, but it has that "old" appearance right out
of the box! Superior rendition as usual, you really bring these recreations to life, EXCELLENT!
Jeff

 

[puukkoman]

Amazing. What a stunner! Well done.

 

[Blues]

Beautiful work, Ken. A wonderful addition to your catalog of knives.

 

[JAlexander]

That is truly a piece of pocket jewelry.

 

[ptradeco]

Ken that turned out exceptionally well. The tortoise went perfectly with that project. Stunning really, everything about it. Congrats on a fine Sheffield rendition!

 

[Bruce Bump]

Simply Gorgeous.
Your cutler experience is showing. Theres nothing simple about this one.

 

[zcd]

Thats fantastic, it'd be a great piece for someone's little bar at home..

 

[ken erickson]

Very cool Ken! You REALLY like a challenge don't ya?
So tell us was the shaped bolster much more difficult with all being 1 piece. I take it that the anchor for the corkscrew is also intergal.
Dave

Yes, the bolsters for the corkscrew are also integral with the frames. The milling and set-up was a bit more time consuming than a standard build but not too bad.

Ken, I thought you may find this interesting

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unusual-Ant...553?pt=Collectible_Knives&hash=item337f1a65e9

Thanks for the link, Mike Robuck and I had actually discussed that auction and knife briefly via email a few days ago. Interesting screw on that one.


Thanks again everyone for the comments!

 

[J. Oeser]

Absolutely amazing Ken! Here I am struggling with a "simple" electricians knife and you're just whipping out this amazing beauty. Always an inspiration.

 

[smiling-knife]

You've absolutely captured the essence and exceeded the quality of the original champagne patterns with that one Ken. All I can say is CHEERS!

 

[jivedaddy]

Stunningly beautiful knife Ken-that tourtise shell really makes the knife special. Very impressive!!!