Damascus utility knife

i think it looks great i like the damascus and micarta on this piece and the customer is always right
 
Kevin Jones said:
Great knife Phillip. Crazy about your damascus patterns.

Hate the micarta, but that's my problem. ;)

I'm dreaming about what the piece would look like with a great piece of ironwood or amber stag.

The important thing Phillip is that you make a great knife. As far as materials go, some will always like this and some that.
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Or some Mammoth Ivory! ;)
 
Dont Go Changin to try and please me ...
I love you just the way you are

and yes the stamped serial numbers are growing on me ..call it a calling card or hallmark
 
I'm not sure the customer is always right. I suppose in the interest of closing the transaction that is so, but it might not be as relates to technical, aesthetic or moral composition and/or construction. As a goldsmith, in years past, it wasn't uncommon to be asked to do something that was technically inappropriate; for instance mounting expensive jewels in settings that were too soft to hold them securely. Aesthetics are a much more difficult aspect to assess, but again I wonder if the customer is always right here? Perhaps they are when it comes to a custom order, but probably not when it comes to creations of the artists' freehand. Moral aspects are another issue all together. For instance, I was once asked to make a gold skull ring with garnet eyes that would leave a skull imprint in peoples' faces when this 'would-be-customer' got into fights. I did not take the commission.

I guess some of what I'm wrestling with here is that, ideally, creating a custom knife for a customer would be a collaboration between the maker and customer. An ultimate goal might be to come up with something that was "new" for both parties. This, of course, is an ideal. It almost implies a transaction between a master at his/her craft and an very sophisticated customer. Often artisans of this caliber are not open to taking custom orders, but rather render their own designs on their own time. In that case, certainly the customer is always right when he/she buys the knifemaker's knife! (How's that for full circle?)
 
I've never seen damascus quite like that before. I like it quite a bit more than most other damascus blades I've seen.

I think the handle material was a good choice. It makes the knife look like a sturdy working tool.
 
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