Black Diamond

[Don Cowles]

Fred Carter won the CKD photo of the week this week with his shot of my Black Diamond prototype. Hot -blued Devin Thomas spirograph with carbon fiber bolsters and black lip MOP scales and 14K gold pins. 5" overall.

 

[richard rosvall]

Stunning combination of materials, Don. Thanks for posting the pic!

 

[Burke]

Wow! Every one of those materials is beautiful, and when you add the blade to the bolsters to the MOP, the cumulative effect is just stunning. Nice knife!

 

[Nosamk]

great picture of a beautiful knife

 

[Dr.Lathe]

Don,

ARRRRRRRGH!!!! There's that picture again One of these weeks I'M going to win that darn contest !!!

Beautiful knife though, Don

Neil

 

[dogman]

I voted for you, Neil

 

[Keith Montgomery]

That is an incredible knife and a great picture as well.

 

[SharpByCoop]

That's an incredible knife and an incredible picture. I'm with Neil--this shot 'cleaned my clock', too!!

Nice work, Don!

Coop

 

[samo]

Oooooh Mama! What a SWEET knife!

Sam

 

[Dr.Lathe]

Coop,

Just when you think Fred Carter might run out of his own beautiful knives to photograph, Don goes and sends him one if HIS !!!!

Neil

 

[Don Cowles]

Now, guys, in my own defense, we had been having a discussion on the CKD about how difficult this knife was to photograph. Fred emailed me and said he'd like a shot at it, so I sent it to him. He actually had to modify the knife to shoot it- some of the hot bluing was masking the nickel in the damascus pattern, so he gave it a light rub with Simichrome, and what you see is what he got.

Thanks, all, for the kind words.

 

[Richard]

Don said

Fred Carter won the CKD photo of the week this week...

So what else is new?

Classy looking knife, and really great pic.

 

[ExamonLyf]

Boy that's a beauty! Thanks for sharing the pictures...


"Hunters seek what they [WANT].., Seekers hunt what they [NEED]"

 

[amywilkerson]

Aye carumba! Love that damascus. Mesmerizing!