Do you see what I see?

[Kohai999]

The points regarding tactile experiences of cutlery really hit home, as nothing has made a more positive impact on my knife designing gig than owning really well made knives. Bracing myself for the costs associated with owning knives was made easier when I starting thinking about those costs as 'tuition'. Once I realized that a really good knife almost always retains value and can easily be resold, as well, it became apparent that I needed to own lots of really good knives

Good luck with that, in all aspects!

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson

 

[coldsteelburns]

Do you have photos of the "Jason guy's" work compared to the makers he emulates?

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson

I knew right away who Lorien was talkin about, as a few of the knives BF user, "JASON~" has made have really caught my eye. I do believe I remember reading in one of his first threads a while back that he used to have an older account which he forgot his password for, or something like that, but wish I knew what it was as I'd be interested in seeing more of his past work.

Here is the link to his profile to so you can check out his started threads: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/member.php/432851-JASON

I'll go a head and share a few pics of his, if not directly copied, inspired knife examples here.

Ed Folwer:

Jerry Fisk:

John White (I think?):

Scagel - I really loved this interpretation!:

I'm sure if you guys look through his other posts you'll probably be able to immediately tell what maker's work or style he was trying to achieve in his knives, as I'm still learning the distinctive traits of some well known makers knives.

~Paul

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[Kohai999]

No doubt, he is very good, at least in many of the aesthetics.

He would be SO much better with direct study, and it is realized that being in China makes this damned near impossible.

The hamon are universally Western influenced and worse off for it. Especially on that Scagel repro you like so much.

The photos you posted absolutely reinforce my original statement....COPY....then, interpret.....if you cannot see the difference.....you do not see what I see.

Successful completion of the exercise results in a COPY virtually indistinguishable from the master example.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson