Coats have many Colors!

Rick said:
Thanks, Wagglebee. The scales remind me of some of the old celluloids, but without the dreaded outgassing.
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As long as you can keep it from getting scuffed up burl will ALWAYS look better than celluloid in my opinion.
 
Ken took a page from the Sheffield cutlery book, and made this current rendition of a huge Rope knife, with scratted bone handles. Old style through modern eyes. Great snappy work knife you can carry proudly!
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Charlie,
I REALLY like that rope knife!!

Here is the Ken Coats knife I got as a Christmas present this year. And for the record, this is Ken's picture. Mine can't begin to do it the justice it deserves.
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The length on Daves knife is 4 7/8" closed, and very nearly 9" open.
Thanks for all the comments. Ken.
 
kc custom said:
The length on Daves knife is 4 7/8" closed, and very nearly 9" open.
Thanks for all the comments. Ken.
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Those are the same measure +/- a 1/16 of my spearpoint. Ken somehow makes these long slender knives look both elegant and dangerous, much like a leopard, they are beauty at rest and pure cutting machine in action. It is difficult to do long knives like this without ending up with knives that look like melon testers. These look like something Mack would have in his pocket when he's back in town. I just need to get a clip blade to match my spearpoint now...lol.

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Been wanting to post in this thread, just haven't had the time. Some GREAT looking KC & the Sunshine band knives!!;) I really like the red toothpick & the lapis lazuli. :thumbup: What a great job you both did on that piece! :cool:
So sticking with Charlie's combination on this thread, I'll add some bead work with a Coats or 2, or 3, or.....
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Dave
 
Charlie, I like the Toothpick/Laguiole pattern, but it's always had too much curve and the blade had too much belly for me to actually purchase. Your KC knife, on the other hand, is the perfect Toothpick--what that pattern was meant to be in it's fully evolved state! Your Coates has just the right amount of curve in the blade and clean, clean aesthetics. All business with a needle-like point, that think looks like a mean slicer and sliver picker. Mix that with lean, sexy swedges, and what's not to LOVE about your knife? :thumbup:
 
Hey, I like the Lizard!! Looks like an accomplished carver executed it! But being part Magpie, like so many collectors, I can't resist those shiny knives, and beads!
Portrait;
Knife: Ken Coats designed Toothpick, ca.2010
Turquiose: Santo Domingo style, ca. 2006
Shale, hand drilled (restrung): Coast Salish, ca. 1400!!
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BTW, that's a wonderful collection of beads, teeth and claws, Dave!!
Seeing that stuff wipes away the city slicker in me, at least for a time!!
 
Hey! I'm diggin the lizard too. :cool: Just wish I had the patients and the eye to make something that intricate. I'm also diggin that turquoise and shale Charlie. :thumbup: I find it interesting how the indigenous people of America (both N. & S.) adorned themselves before the Europeans came along. Both the Shale & the Turquoise are prime examples, plus the colors blend perfect with Ken's sticker. I gotta tell ya this is THE perfect fishing knife, this baby slices um open just as easy, the thin blade maneuvers the gills great & the edge retention is superb! Ken does a super job in not only the blade geometry but the heat treat as well. :thumbup:
As I'm sure you know the Native N. American Indians use to dye porcupine quills, among other things, for personal adornment, before the Europeans showed up with glass beads. Whenever I get to a Museum that exhibits Native artifacts, the quill work is the 1st place I head.
Here's my fishin knife from Ken with a hatband made by a native on some brain tanned buckskin.......

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Dave
 
And speaking of how the color blends well with 1 on Ken's knives....Check out the color Ken got to show up on this Wharncliffe Jack with Elk bone covers! :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Dave
 
Dave, you have a considerable collection of colorful Coats!
He makes great knives, with an interesting take on the traditional patterns.
I love the purely traditional, but I like Ken's ideas too.
BTW, all you need is a Quill knife to complete your collection!:D

(Nice hat band!! I hope no one thinks we are leading this thread astray!!) ;)
 
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waynorth said:
(Nice hat band!! I hope no one thinks we are leading this thread astray!!) ;)
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Now how could we possibly be leading this thread astray? ;)
After all the Title is "Coats have many Colors" I'm just adding some color to the Coats knives! :D

So in order to take it easy on the senses, I'll try something a little more traditional. Ken's Clip point blade with Elk antler scales. Long pull & half stop on this baby, love the blade shape. With only 1 string of Chevrons, unlike the really old hand made shale beads these only date to the middle to late 1800's

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Dave
 
This Trapper that Ken made certainly belongs here also, this knife has been posted on this forum before so please bear with me. :o The Elk scales on this knife are from the same brow tine as the priming horn that was posted on the "Show me your Horn" thread. Once again Ken did a super job building this baby.
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I did have another single clip point blade jack of Ken's with real nice tight cross hatch jigging, kind of a salmon color, but a good friend ended up with it. And for the life of me I can't find a pix of it.:confused: Can't believe I let 1 get away without even a picture! Must be gettin old.

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Great looking knives with some impressive pictures...Thanks for making winter a little brighter....:D:)
 
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