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I've only had one professional picture taken, which I use as my avatar, and the original file is huge so I can see what you mean. Have you had any of your knives photographed? If there was a big section on Foggs I'm sure I would have passed on one of the knives at the show and bought the books instead of the other way around...
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Jose,
Not a bad thought: For $60 apiece (or whatever the books cost now) you will own MILLIONS of dollars worth of knives. That's what I said. There are that many knives of value in the books.
Plus they store easily....
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The only reason I use a 12.8mp camera is for print quality. If photos were only for the forums, my 3.1mp digicam would probably do fine....
Coop
Not a bad thought: For $60 apiece (or whatever the books cost now) you will own MILLIONS of dollars worth of knives. That's what I said. There are that many knives of value in the books.
Plus they store easily....
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The only reason I use a 12.8mp camera is for print quality. If photos were only for the forums, my 3.1mp digicam would probably do fine....
Coop
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Only a couple that I wanted to sell. It's a big outlay of money if you don't have P&L reasons to do that.
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Jose,
See us at the BLADE show. The books will explain themselves.......
In the 4th book "...The Great Collections" highlights of over 20 major
custom knife collections and more than 650 knives are displayed. These
knives were photographet by two photographers, Eric Eggly in the USA
and Francesco Pachi in Europe. In most cases, they traveled to the
collectors homes to photograph some of the most amazing custom knives
made in recent years...... Each collector and his special taste in custom
knives.......
David (ddd)
See us at the BLADE show. The books will explain themselves.......
In the 4th book "...The Great Collections" highlights of over 20 major
custom knife collections and more than 650 knives are displayed. These
knives were photographet by two photographers, Eric Eggly in the USA
and Francesco Pachi in Europe. In most cases, they traveled to the
collectors homes to photograph some of the most amazing custom knives
made in recent years...... Each collector and his special taste in custom
knives.......
David (ddd)
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Im very proud to have 2 pieces in this great book! Thanks David!
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No doubt, Coop. Let me clarify that I just haven't bought them YET, not that I've decided they aren't worth buying. With all the expenses associated with a show you just can't buy everything you want.
Yeah, I know what you mean, Joss... If I had my preference I would have had each of my knives photographed seperately.
David,
Yeah, I know what you mean, Joss... If I had my preference I would have had each of my knives photographed seperately.
David,
Oh, that explains it...
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This is one very astute person's vision.
All 4 books are great additions to any collection/collector. Not all knife collectors collect knife books, sad, but true.
Some knife collectors collect books BEFORE they collect knives, which certainly gives them a good idea of what they like a knife to look like.
The knives featured in the previous books were of the author's and the maker's choosing, there was no commitee involvement, and it is not single maker dedication like the Moran books, or the Loveless books.
Someone had to make the decision, so it was Dr. Darom.
Should he ever decide to do a book on forged blades, and one on stock removal knives, then Don Fogg should certainly be featured, but someone has to pay for it.
The collectors paid to be in the book. It was not an enormous sum of money.
A thought running through my head lately, is that all it takes to have an important collection of Loveless knives or Moran knives is large sums of money. The same can be said for Walkers and Lakes, or just about any famous and prolific knifemaker.
Dan Farr makes about 12 knives a year now, so if someone has 15 or so Farr knives, that person has put in WAY more than money to collect Dan's work.
Would enough people pay to see 15 knives from Dan? Not so sure about that one. I would because the evolution is astounding, but they are work knives, and Dan is not Moran.
The books are a good thing, but they are not everything. I am just posting this so that some of the major collectors on THIS forum understand, like Stephen F, Roger P, Peter Gill, Ari, Danbo, Joss.......for the most part, you guys fly under the radar, and that is a good thing too!
Best Regards,
STeven Garsson
All 4 books are great additions to any collection/collector. Not all knife collectors collect knife books, sad, but true.
Some knife collectors collect books BEFORE they collect knives, which certainly gives them a good idea of what they like a knife to look like.
The knives featured in the previous books were of the author's and the maker's choosing, there was no commitee involvement, and it is not single maker dedication like the Moran books, or the Loveless books.
Someone had to make the decision, so it was Dr. Darom.
Should he ever decide to do a book on forged blades, and one on stock removal knives, then Don Fogg should certainly be featured, but someone has to pay for it.
The collectors paid to be in the book. It was not an enormous sum of money.
A thought running through my head lately, is that all it takes to have an important collection of Loveless knives or Moran knives is large sums of money. The same can be said for Walkers and Lakes, or just about any famous and prolific knifemaker.
Dan Farr makes about 12 knives a year now, so if someone has 15 or so Farr knives, that person has put in WAY more than money to collect Dan's work.
Would enough people pay to see 15 knives from Dan? Not so sure about that one. I would because the evolution is astounding, but they are work knives, and Dan is not Moran.
The books are a good thing, but they are not everything. I am just posting this so that some of the major collectors on THIS forum understand, like Stephen F, Roger P, Peter Gill, Ari, Danbo, Joss.......for the most part, you guys fly under the radar, and that is a good thing too!
Best Regards,
STeven Garsson
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Really? How interesting...
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Kohai999
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Any idea how much? Just curious.
Tried to call you, your mailbox is full, don't want to publicly spread educated guesses.
Best Regards,
STeven Garsson
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As Bruce mentioned, two of his amazing pieces are displayed in the book.
Both belong to Gerald Hopkin of Barbados. Here is one of them........
"Love and War", 2003
A cap-lock Cook design Under-Hammer black powder caliber .22 pistol-
folding knife combination. The Blade and bolsters are 3000 layer
1084/15n20/nickel Twist Damascus. Embellished with 4 mm sapphires
and 14k gold studs, 14k gold plated trigger, hammer and pivot.
Engraving and gold wire inlay by Jere Davidson. Blade length 4" (102
mm) and overall length 11" (279 mm).
David (ddd)
Both belong to Gerald Hopkin of Barbados. Here is one of them........
"Love and War", 2003
A cap-lock Cook design Under-Hammer black powder caliber .22 pistol-
folding knife combination. The Blade and bolsters are 3000 layer
1084/15n20/nickel Twist Damascus. Embellished with 4 mm sapphires
and 14k gold studs, 14k gold plated trigger, hammer and pivot.
Engraving and gold wire inlay by Jere Davidson. Blade length 4" (102
mm) and overall length 11" (279 mm).
David (ddd)
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Thanks for posting one of mine David. Thats high quality photo shooting!
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That gun knife is "the bomb", Bruce! :thumbup:
