Collaborative Bowie fundraiser for Knife Rights The Auction is live

I applaud of all of the fine folks that are involved in the effort. Also thanks so much to the OP for showing the build process.
 
Thank you to everybody, to the fine people working on the project and to you guys checking in.

Just a note here, due to short timing and schedules, we eliminated the engraving on this knife and went with a guard and spacers of damascus by Don Hanson. Thanks Don.
 
Here's the next installment from Linda.

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Wow
 
More refinements to the scrimshaw, we can see the light at the end of the tunnel on this one.

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It looks like the elephant's ready to walk right off of there.

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I'm loving the wrap-around.

These are great, Linda. Thank you.
 
The next step.

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Coloring the the scrimshaw.

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Subtle colors are applied giving the image another dimension. Few scrimshanders do this well and we are privileged to have Linda do it for us on this knife.
 
You can help us name this knife. Please post you ideas here.
We were thinking along these lines;

Fighting Mad
Ready to Fight
Fighting for My Rights
Fighting to Win
Combat Ready
Struggle for Survival
Protect the Herd
Help Me Win
Survival
Leading the Charge
Standing Our Ground
Defending the Herd

Let us know what you think or suggest a name. I will pick a winner at random from all who suggest a name or let us know what you think of those given. The winner will receive a free piece of fossil walrus ivory.
 
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How about "Resolute Sentinel" Or maybe just "Resolute"......not overly militant, but on guard and not backing down.
Just a thought :)
Grand work by all involved regardless of the name.:thumbup:
Darcy
 
DEllis said:
How about "Resolute Sentinel" Or maybe just "Resolute"......not overly militant, but on guard and not backing down.
Just a thought :)
Grand work by all involved regardless of the name.:thumbup:
Darcy
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That's a good one Darcy, let's keep them coming. I will let this go for a day or two.
 
Combine those two for, Resolute Guardian ? Or
Gray Guardian? Grand Guardian? Gray Ghost? (I may be overly fond of alliteration) Steadfast?
Steadfast Warrior?

And most importantly, WOW that's beautiful. So much amazing work.
 
Now we're getting going. You can suggest your own name or comment on any of these to put your name in the hat for the free ivory worth $150.00


Keep them coming
 
How about "Joining the Fight" as in we the knife community are joining the the fight to save the Elephants and our rights for responsibly harvested ivory. ChrisRoberts
 
Eternal Vigilance. Take a moment to read these words from the American Rights article "What Is Eternal Vigilance" by Johnny Lathrop. It's worth the time. Hope I am not crossing the "political" statements rule of the forum. These are words that speak to me and, I'm sure, others here. I believe they are also relevant to the issue at hand.


"But 'eternal vigilance' is a bit vague. What exactly does it mean? From looking over a collection of quotes related to liberty I found three major themes.

#1 — Personal Responsibility

Political freedom requires personal moral responsibility. No amount of law can ever force people to behave ethically, but the less responsibility citizens take for their own actions the more politicians will be able to garner public support for further encroachment on our civil liberties. Sure, legislating immorality or bad luck out of existence will never work, but politicians will gladly smile and give it their best shot anyway. Much could be written on this topic, but it’s not my focus today so I’ll simply end it with the observation of revered American classicist Edith Hamilton:

When the freedom they wished for most was the freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and never was free again.

#2 — Education

The Founders were clear that the first of all civic duties is the obligation to know what is going on in our own government.

Thomas Jefferson wrote that “If once [the people] become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.” Monitoring our elected representatives is only the beginning, however. John Adams said “Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people,” and Jefferson said simply “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free… it expects what never was and never will be.” Madison joined in with his observation that “A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both.”

The vital role of education among the citizens is not something that the Founders invented. Plato wrote that “the penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men,” and Pericles put it simply: “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.”

The clearest warning of all, however, comes from Daniel Webster.

There is no nation on earth powerful enough to accomplish our overthrow. … Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence, I must confess that I do apprehend some danger. I fear that they may place too implicit a confidence in their public servants, and fail properly to scrutinize their conduct; that in this way they may be made the dupes of designing men, and become the instruments of their own undoing.

But of course education, alone, is not enough.

#3 — Courageous Action

Ronald Reagan said it clearly:

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.

One of the first things anyone will learn when studying our history is the same fact that Reagan stated: freedom is always balanced precariously between anarchy and authoritarianism. There are always those who want to take power for themselves, and there are always those who believe the world could be a better place if only we made a few more laws to better organize society."

'nuff said,
Rob
 
I like "King of the Jungle".
But you will have to find someone who can do the Tarzan yell where he calls the elephants.
 
Beautiful scrimshaw. Not much for names but this is the "Bowie To Fight The Ivory Ban". Every one involved has put their best on this project. I can't wait to see this in person.
Gary
 
Don't know if folks have heard the story of the legendary Kenyan elephant "Mountain Bull"
but he was recently found dead, killed by poachers for his ivory.

Even after being sedated and having most of his tusks removed,
he was still slaughtered by the poachers for what was left of his tusks.
Sad.

I won't put a link in, it's easily found by googling Mountain Bull.

Doug
 
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