Desperately Seeking Loveless...

Congratulations STeven,

I am glad to see you got to make this dream come true.

I am not usually a big fan of amber stag but it sure looks like it was made to be on this knife.

I am a very much a fan of the Dixon fighter pattern and think you made a great choice on having it be the Loveless knife to own. As much as I like subhilts, to me a Dixon fighter and Wilderness is one of my two favorite pairings of Loveless style knives.

Again, hats off to a great addition to your collection.
 
Did you see the one on knifelegends ? This would be my target...

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I still want to see some pictures of the knife in question.... Some in hand shots, etc etc...
 
congratulations on achieving your goal STeven:thumbup:

bandaidman said:
steven

i recommend buying and reading the book "Mint Condition" by Dave Jamieson

it is a book about baseball card collecting and a delight to read. I would advise any serious collector to read it no matter what they collect

one of the best quotes is from Michael Gidwitz, an investment advisor who also is a hard core collector, he sold a Honus Wagner baseball card he bought from Wayne Gretzky for over a million dollars

he states in the book

"An investment is an equity, a stock, real estate, a bond. This here"-he gestured to some of his cards " is all subject to whim. Maybe one day you get five thousand dollars for it, maybe another day you get five hundred dollars. I don't care if my collection is the biggest, and I don't care if it's the best or if it's the most valuable. What it's all about is having the most fun"

sage advice
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the baseball card collecting market can be a much more diabolical thing on the high end stuff. For instance a collector purchased a graded Albert Pujols Bowman Chrome RC auto from ebay for $28,510. The next month he tried to flip it on ebay and it sold for $15,410.:foot:
 
Fine Steven :(
I have never seen some down and dirty cell phone shots of a loveless before... they are always treated like models with perfect lighting hours of photoshop etc...
 
petah said:
Fine Steven :(
I have never seen some down and dirty cell phone shots of a loveless before... they are always treated like models with perfect lighting hours of photoshop etc...
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I don't think Steven meant any slight, he's just always been very private about his collection.

I rather respect that about him.
 
stephanfowler said:
I don't think Steven meant any slight, he's just always been very private about his collection.

I rather respect that about him.
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Don't know that I respect Steven for not showing/sharing his collection however he has good reasons why he doesn't.

But on the other hand, collectors who take on the expense of having their knives professionally photographed and exert the effort to share them on the INTERNET and display knives at shows sure do both knifemakers and other collectors a great service in progressing custom knives. Two examples of many would be Larry Bailey and more recently Jon Klein.
 
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Kohai999 said:
Keep wanting...ha ha ha.:)

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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I do feel very lucky to have been able to publish a small taste of
Steven's custom knife collection in my new book.... :)

A question Steven, do you plan to make a complete collection
of Loveless Design knives representing the various knifemakers
who try and also succeed in making them?

Will it be various interpretations of one particular Loveless design?


All the best,
David Darom (ddd)
 
ddd said:
A question Steven, do you plan to make a complete collection
of Loveless Design knives representing the various knifemakers
who try and also succeed in making them?

Will it be various interpretations of one particular Loveless design?
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Don't know about "complete", David...that way might lead to madness....the variety of Japanese makers working in the style alone is quite formidable.

I have a loose interest in finding makers that completely nail it, and don't want to rupture my spleen in the pursuit...would like it to be more fun.

The chute knife represents an eminently useful and elegant design.

I am focusing on 5 1/2" blade length chute knives, and so far, have one from Bill Ankrom, Bruce Bump, Joe Cordova, Charles Vestal and Ricardo Velarde(this one is for sale).

In the "standard" version, have one from Geno Denning that came from Joss, and one from Mike Lovett.

Briefly had a small Chute from S.R. Johnson with smooth Dall sheephorn that I sold to help fund the Dixon purchase. Would very much like one with a 5"+ blade from S.R. and am on his list.

Also have recently purchased a Dixon in stag from Thad Buchanan, and a Wilderness from Marcus Lin.

In the "related" category, have a couple from William "Gordon" DeFreest and John Young.

So with the long answer out of the way, the short answer is a)somewhat, and b)mostly, the long chute knife.

Kevin Jones said:
Don't know that I respect Steven for not showing/sharing his collection however he has good reasons why he doesn't.

But on the other hand, collectors who take on the expense of having their knives professionally photographed and exert the effort to share them on the INTERNET and display knives at shows sure do both knifemakers and other collectors a great service in progressing custom knives. Two examples of many would be Larry Bailey and more recently Jon Klein.
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Would presume that Stephan has his own reasons for respecting my choices, Kevin, and that it has something to do with a quality martial artists have of not trying to call attention to ourselves....and in a format like BladeForums it is very difficult to balance a public persona with being a private person.

Collectors who do this(the bolded area) also greatly increase their profiles and vulnerability.

If you want to start a new thread on this subject, will be happy to chime in...I don't want a thread about a search and purchase of a Loveless knife to degenerate into a discussion about the merits of online visibility.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
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Kohai999 said:
in a format like BladeForums it is very difficult to balance a public persona with being a private person.

Collectors who do this(the bolded area) also greatly increase their profiles and vulnerability.

If you want to start a new thread on this subject, will be happy to chime in...I don't want a thread about a search and purchase of a Loveless knife to degenerate into a discussion about the merits of online visibility.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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A great topic for discussion indeed:thumbup:

It must have hurt at least a bit to turn over that SR Johnson piece:(
 
Kohai999 said:
Would presume that Stephan has his own reasons for respecting my choices, Kevin, and that it has something to do with a quality martial artists have of not trying to call attention to ourselves....and in a format like BladeForums it is very difficult to balance a public persona with being a private person.

Collectors who do this(the bolded area) also greatly increase their profiles and vulnerability.

If you want to start a new thread on this subject, will be happy to chime in...I don't want a thread about a search and purchase of a Loveless knife to degenerate into a discussion about the merits of online visibility.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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Not interested in starting another thread. I made my point of giving credit for generous deeds done to increase exposure of custom knives, wasn't asking for input.
 
Well, it might be interesting though. I share your point of view, Kevin, and would be interested in having Steven develop his own.
 
2knife said:
Steven,
Two questions about the particulars of the knife itself. On the one hand, the grind of this knife is beautiful, even what you might call "sexy". But, I have concluded having a sharpened spine, a fully sharpened one gives you no room-in the odd chance you'd ever need a thumb ramp. (just talking design) So, why take the risk, slicing into your own thumb? (ofcourse, I realize this question is moot on a museum quality Loveless knife)

Secondly, on a purely aesthetic basis, I think stag is at it's best left undyed. The highlights (colors) show more contrast, and appear better (to my eyes) , left in natural form. So why go for a dye, especially in a dark or reddish hue?
Thanks,
David
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The spine is fully ground, but the area right at the plunge is about .130" and it tapers from there...only the clip is fully sharpened.

Really prefer the amber dyed stag...you have to remember, this dye color was inspired by what is "true" amber stag, that is, stag that for whatever reason, exists in nature...either way, I will purchase amber stag over natural colored stag, or any other color stag.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
I have been gone for a while, and so missed this post.

I too would like to extend a belated congratulations to Stephen for a fine acquisition.

The Dixon was for many years my all time favorite Loveless design.
(until I had to grind them here in the Lovett Shop, for the Lovett-Loveless Connection Knives Line.) A major pita to grind and polish. But well worth the effort!

In fact, it was the second design from bob Loveless I fell in love with as a kid. A "LONG" time ago! :o

Congrats Steve!!!:cool:

Mike
 
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