Introducing The 2011 CKCA Cancer Research Benefit Knife

The Virginian said:
Very nice!!!!!!

I will certainly be participating in the raffle again this year.

Maybe one of these years . . .

In the meantime, it is nice to know I can have a small part in something very good. Thanks to the makers of this knife, and to you Kevin for all you do to organize this and so many other things.
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Thank you very much and I enjoy doing it.
 
Bruce,
Words like artisan and knifemaker extraordinaire come to mind looking at that knife. Its truly an astounding piece of work. :thumbup:
 
An update on this one. I had to send the ivory back to Mark because of a couple invisible cracks that appeared when sliced into scales. Although He is checking his private reserve for another set, we are back on the hunt for just the right piece.

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I just got a PM from Mark and he is putting a gorgeous set of blue/white mammoth scales in the mail for my inspection. Mark is da Man!
 
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Great piece :thumbup:
Excellent work Bruce :thumbup:
Lots of thanks for all the showing and telling :)

mohd
 
Back to the Research knife.

Steven Rapp has the sheath finished and sent the metal throat and tip to Brian Hockstrat for the engraving, meanwhile I have the ivory scales on except for the 6 gold pins.

Right now its on the way to Brian for his engraving goodness too.

Another Thank You goes to Mark Knapp for these gorgeous mammoth scales.

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We are coming along on our 2011 cancer benefit knife, so I wanted to share it's progress.
Brian Hochstrat shares his beautiful engraving/gold inlay below. He is incredibly talented and we are so appreciative of his contribution.

I would also like to thank Mark Knapp for his gracious contribution of the beautiful mammoth ivory.
Steven Rapp has now finished the sheath and knife/sheath are on the way back to Bruce Bump to for finishing touches.

The generosity and teamwork which makes these projects successful is inspiring.

Brian Hochstrat said:
And the ball is rolling. The knife and sheath have been sitting on my drawing desk for a few days now and I ran through several rough sketches off and on while finishing up some other work and I came up with the design you are going to see unfold below. The difficulty is figuring out a design that will pull the knife and sheath together. Made more difficult being the knife is 1018 and sheath is 416 ss. The mild steel handle needs a finish for protection, so we decided on a caustic blue (gun blue) which I will do once the engraving is complete. The sheath, of coarse being stainless, will remain in the white. Gold really pops against a dark blue canvas, so I wanted to incorporate a little into the design. The scroll design itself, after blueing, will have the blue removed off and be left with a nice french grey finish, that also will stand bold against the blue background.

Now as you view the pictures below, you may ask why is he only doing a partial coverage? The reason is to match up with the Steven Rapp throat and tip sheath that will accompany the knife. It will be engraved in a similar manner, and in the end the two should look like they belong together.

Now doing WIP's make me nervous, it's kind of like watching a woman put on make up, it is a bit puzzling to watch and you are not really sure how well it's all going to turn out, until you see the end result. But here goes....

Pic 1. Here is the blank canvas, what to do?

2. Ok I have it figured out, first we inlay the gold, a simple border with a knob and leaf. This pic shows the finished inlay channel cut, undercut, and teeth raised, ready for gold. These are pretty simple channels, but still time consuming, about 7 hrs to cut all 4 and set and flush the gold. Also see some pin action right there, no worries, I'll burnish it a bit and once I stone down the gold and lay the new finish down, it should disappear.

3. Ok, gold is in and the design is cut, this design I just drew straight onto the metal and cut it. Usually I draw on paper first, but that is more for my customers to have something to see and know what I am doing prior to starting, than for necessity. Much faster and easier to just lay it out right on the metal and get to work. Oh and you can see the pin ring is gone.

That is what I got finished as of today, does not seem like a lot, but nothing in engraving goes fast, so bear with me. Background removal and scroll shading tomorrow.

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Brian Hochstrat said:
Here are a few more pics. Not really a step by step. I get focused in on what I am doing and then forget to stop and shoot photos. But anyway, here is a pic with the design unshaded and just the background removed and stippled. No ink just a little oil and it still shows real black under good light.

The next is after being blued and the selective french gray treatment.

Final pic is the throat and tip sheath with a little gold used in the rosette. I tried to keep the design matching the scroll design on the knife. Obviously, the coverage areas are different in shape and size so there is some variation, but the main elements in the design are continued through out to keep everything looking like they belong together.

My part is complete, everything is now on its journey back to Steven Rapp.

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Wow quite excellent gentlemen! Thank you for those incredible in progress photos. I really appreciate your efforts and yes I did actually learn something I did not know about knife construction.
Great cause best of luck in your efforts!
 
This is a really exciting project and a fantastic collaboration knife - world class stuff. The CKCA maker and collector members are making a statement and vigorously asserting their place in the knife world. Thanks for putting this generous effort together!
 
Its finally finished and heading to the photographer. Please save some money to buy a ticket to win this one. The tickets will be available at the Blade Show and on-line afterward.

Here she is "The Cancer Fighter Bowie"

Bruce Bump............Bowie
Steven Rapp...........Sheath
Brian Hochstrat.......Engraving
Mark Knapp.............Ivory
Ernie Grospitch........Stencils
Chuck Ward.............Photography


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Steven Janik will create a coffee table style photo book documenting the creation of the knife from Bruce's WIP which will accompany the knife/sheath when presented to the winner.

Thank you very much Steven!
 
That is a very cool knife, and the WIP book to go along with it will be the cherry on top!

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson

Kevin Jones said:
Steven Janik will create a coffee table style photo book documenting the creation of the knife from Bruce's WIP which will accompany the knife/sheath when presented to the winner.

Thank you very much Steven!
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Thanks guys for all the fine compliments. It feels good to be part of such a good cause. I just got an email from Chuck Ward, He has the knife already and will photograph it first thing next week. I'll post his photos here asap. Thanks again for following the WIP here or over at the CKCA forum.
 
Here's our flyer, which the art/layout will mimic all our promotional material, for this year's project. A BIG THANKS to Chuck and Mary Ward for another Job Well Done! Knife/Sheath images are coming.

As always, this year's benefit knife will be introduced at our CKCA banquet. Tickets will go on sale at that time. They will also be available at our CKCA Booth in the lobby of BLADE Show (where the knife/sheath can be seen) and on-line via our website.

The V Foundation for Cancer Research will be the recipient of our contribution this year which will be directed towards Gastric/Esophagus cancer research in honor of former knifemaker and CKCA member Leon Treiber. Leon passed from esophagus cancer in late 2010. The V Foundation is an outstanding organization. http://www.jimmyv.org/

The CKCA has donated $20,431 to cancer research in the past two years which is about 98% of what we have collected.
Please help in the fight against cancer by supporting this project.

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