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I would love to collaborate with you and Philadelph on an article about your moving tribute. On the way back from visiting my son today, I was thinking of asking for your permission to work on just such a project. As I've talked about earlier in this thread, I'm laid off right now and can't think of a much better way to spend my time. Let me know what your Philadelp's thoughts are, about the direction and emphasis you might prefer, and I can start drafting right away.

Humbly,

Bob

Hershey, PA
 
IG, I don't know if I'd do what your doing, but I understand and suport you, like was said, if you were a painter and mixed the ashes with paint and painted a portrait it would be considered "profound". Well a knife is just as much art and evertime you use it it will hopefully bring fond memories of your time with your lady.

Take care and do what makes you happy, screw the detractors.
 
I believe the idea of an article in KI is great. Perhaps it's true that some people would not understand the beauty of IG's honorarium. There will be an equal number who are pleased in their soul by its appropriateness. I've buried two wives (not personally! :D). I remember trying to choose small urns for my kids to keep some of their mother's ashes with them; the choices were mind-boggling. It was like shopping for jewelry. No one I know has ever reacted poorly or with surprise that we wanted to keep some of her close to us in those small, artful containers. How is this different? My first wife was buried traditionally, in the ground of a cemetery. The place is in some god-forsaken small town on the edge of Kansas; there is no convenient way to get there. I visited her grave a little over a year ago, hadn't been there for over 20 years. I missed her. And I was chagrined at the desperate ugliness of the place we left her. Liberal, Kansas is a bleak, wind-blown, cold, dry and ugly place. My mother is buried there too. Perhaps some of you can understand how I wish I had a bit of those two beautiful women of my life with me as well. Instead, traditional burial practice has left them far removed from my life. IG, your wonderful act moves me to the depth of my soul. Good on you, and thank you.
 
bobbywett said:
I would love to collaborate with you and Philadelph on an article about your moving tribute. On the way back from visiting my son today, I was thinking of asking for your permission to work on just such a project. As I've talked about earlier in this thread, I'm laid off right now and can't think of a much better way to spend my time. Let me know what your Philadelp's thoughts are, about the direction and emphasis you might prefer, and I can start drafting right away.

Humbly,

Bob

Hershey, PA
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Will do Bob. Alex and I must setup the guidelines that Bruce V. gave me for the article.;):cool: Thanks for the call.:D
 
ddavelarsen said:
I believe the idea of an article in KI is great. Perhaps it's true that some people would not understand the beauty of IG's honorarium. There will be an equal number who are pleased in their soul by its appropriateness. I've buried two wives (not personally! :D). I remember trying to choose small urns for my kids to keep some of their mother's ashes with them; the choices were mind-boggling. It was like shopping for jewelry. No one I know has ever reacted poorly or with surprise that we wanted to keep some of her close to us in those small, artful containers. How is this different? My first wife was buried traditionally, in the ground of a cemetery. The place is in some god-forsaken small town on the edge of Kansas; there is no convenient way to get there. I visited her grave a little over a year ago, hadn't been there for over 20 years. I missed her. And I was chagrined at the desperate ugliness of the place we left her. Liberal, Kansas is a bleak, wind-blown, cold, dry and ugly place. My mother is buried there too. Perhaps some of you can understand how I wish I had a bit of those two beautiful women of my life with me as well. Instead, traditional burial practice has left them far removed from my life. IG, your wonderful act moves me to the depth of my soul. Good on you, and thank you.
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Thanks Bro:thumbup:
 
Louis Armstrong when asked to explain jazz said "If I have to explain it you'd never understand it."

So it is with this project. A knife person can understand. Non-knife people will never understand it.

Still, the approach to the subject in an article has to be delicately handled as a lot of KI readers are picking it up on the newsstands for the first time--and therefore will not probably understand it.

When I first was contacted about the article I paused, but then when he explained the details, it was obvious this is a tribute knife, not a product but a memorial.

The movie the Red Violin is based on a similar theme. The violin maker's wife dies in childbirth, and as an expression of his grief, before she is buried he takes a brush made with her hair and mixes her blood with the varnishes and dyes they violin with it. The act seems to impart unequaled uniqueness to the violin.
 
Thanks Bruce. Glad to see you here.:thumbup: I hope to have a article prepared for you within a few weeks. We will not be offend if you see fit to change it in any manner. Thanks again.
 
George, I gotta stop by sometime very soon anyway and we can start putting some words down if you'd like when I do. I'll call you.
 
George,
Obviously he has never heard of this process http://www.lifegem.com/
I dont see anything wrong with what you are doing,in fact I might look into it for myself.Cemetarys creep me out,I am a little claustrophobic and would hate to be laid to rest that way.
You might have started something big here bubba,if you are the first one to do this I doubt yo will be the last.
 
J.Marsillo said:
George,
Obviously he has never heard of this process http://www.lifegem.com/
I dont see anything wrong with what you are doing,in fact I might look into it for myself.Cemetarys creep me out,I am a little claustrophobic and would hate to be laid to rest that way.
You might have started something big here bubba,if you are the first one to do this I doubt yo will be the last.
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Thanks Mini-Me.:D;):thumbup:
 
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