John Perry Small Lockback Folder

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'My Attractive Wife' picked this one out at the ABS show in Reno recently. She didn't want me messin' with it so I 'borrowed' it briefly while she was out and made this image. ;)

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Thanks for sharing Buddy. Remember examining that piece in Reno and it's very nice.
Very good photo too.
 
I agree, that's a good photo for a brief borrowing.

I would love to know how the brown coloring around the JP on the blade was done.
 
Buddy, don't you think that this beautiful little folder cries out to
be nicely engraved? Your photography enhances the too-clean surface
of the bolster... :)

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)
 
ddd said:
Buddy, don't you think that this beautiful little folder cries out to
be nicely engraved? Your photography enhances the too-clean surface
of the bolster... :)

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)
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My sentiments EXACTLY.:D

Peter
 
His work is so clean it's scary. Beautiful knife. I can see where engraving would add another impressive dimension, but I think it is stunning just as is.

Roger
 
Engraving? THAT would be up to the missus... :p

Lovely on all counts. The shape is simply refined and I especially like the rolling curve in the scale. I wish the bolster also mirrored that, but it would probably not be so easy, or such a good canvas for the inevitable engraving potential.

A stunning photograph by every measure.

Coop
 
Beautiful little knife. Somehow, I missed seeing it in Reno.
 
Thanks for the thoughtful comments! I'll try and address a few points in the order they were raised.

AfterTFD - John said, "The background on the JP came out of the bluing tank that color. I think it's probably due to the recast layer being chemically a bit different than the rest of the steel. The recast layer is a thin hard surface that results from the EDM process I use for my mark."

Re engraving the bolster - I have mixed feelings but as Coop pointed out, it's not my decision. Laura ('my attractive wife') likes it as is.

Re photographing the bolster - Of course the bolster is all one big beautiful compound curve but lit the way it is, it shows flat. That's a photogapher error and there are several ways to avoid the problem, some during the set-up and/or some during post-processing, but all rather time consuming.

Ideally, if I had one of those super-duper shooting tables with hooks, racks, and all manner of gee-gaws, I'd have the ability to place a specifically shaped "gobo" between, the bolster and the principal light source, at just the right distance etc. - that would not only reveal the curves but also the very fine longitudinal polishing lines.

And here's a different take on the knife:

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Wow- your attractive wife has an attractive knife! Sure wish my wife could see the beauty in our "little hobby"- on second thought, maybe I should be glad she can't! Oh, the budget!
 
Fantastic!

While the bolster does look like it might be a canvas ready and waiting, it also seems like it would be content being beautifully clean and crisp (as is).

Thanks for sharing Buddy!!! :D
 
I think engraving would look great, but also really like the contrast presented by the bolster just the way it is.

That is a really classy looking knife.
 
The deep blue of the second backdrop really brings out the blue in the ivory.
Nice, Nice
Yep, that bolster screams to be engraved, however doesn't suffer as is.
And what's even nicer is having a wife that also love knives.
 
Thanks for showing, Buddy. John Perry's work is the perfect mixture of precision craftsmanship and flowing, artistic design.

I have one of John's lockbacks, and another folder on order. He says he's going to surprise me, "astound" will probably be more like it.

John
 
Wow. :eek:

As much as I LOVE engraving - if I owned this knife, I would pass. Engraving that bolster would immediately draw your focus to it - and away from that gorgeous blue in the scale. Left blank, it instead diverts the focus to the ivory and the blade. In my uneducated opinion: two foci are better than one. ;)
 
I agree, the knife is another beautiful example of John's work. Personally I think I would leave the bolster as is. I think it adds to the clean lines of the knife. Everything about John's work is just clean, almost so good it is scary. I have one of John's auto folders and the attention to detail is something else, even down to coloring the screws in the amber stag to match the stag color. A great example of his work, congratulations.
Brion
 
John makes some uber-sick folders:thumbup::D Interesting to know how he does his mark. Sounds highly effective but very expensive...lol.
 
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