Donald Bell Sidewinder

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bob_glassman

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Here is one that has fallen into my posession and I thought I would share it. This piece is from a great maker in Canada. It is truly a work of art. He does really neat carving work that is actually an extention of the filework.

Hope you all like it.

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And the other side:

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Great! That fluting on the blade is outstanding and I like the shaping that was done to the bolster. Nice thin snakewood handle. I really like this one.

I know I should probably know this, but who is the maker?
 
Donald's work has really caught my eye. WHAT A PIECE!!!! Good find, Bob! Now, is this a folder? Wow!

Now you're going to tempt us without a shot from the top..?????

Thanks!

Coop
 
I also forgot to mention. That little gold circle that you sell is a little Bell denoting Bell Custom Knives.

Really neat and tiny. I needed 4x to see it. But, my eyes aren't that great anyway.
 
hey bob,

Nice piece. I should add that Don is a very nice guy...I had the pleasure of having dinner with him, Peter Wile, and Kirby Lambert at the last CKG show...Don was a real gentleman (he even went to pick up the car so we wouldn't get wet in the rain)...I'm sorry that I only took one pic of his table...I will rectify that at the next show in October.

Here's the old pic for you Donald Bell fans...

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RL
 
Ok, I am wondering if the name of the maker was always in the header for this thread. If so, I feel like an idiot for missing it.
 
That's ok.. Sometimes I can't even remember my own phone number...

I call that brain fladulation (excuse the spelling - you see???)

On subject, Donald is truly a class act.
 
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