Just flew in from Hawaii...

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and boy are my arms tired!
Hi everyone, sorry about the silly humor, but I've been trading e-mails with a certain Hawaiian knife maker and I've sort of gotten into the habit. You might recognize his style.

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What do you call a hammer-in at Tom's house? The Mayo Clinic! :) :)

You'll notice that my TNT has extra holes where Tom was nice enough to remove the pocket clip. He also sent along the clip, the screws and a torq screwdriver thingy in case I wanted to put it back on.
The first thing I noticed about the TNT is how light it is. I think it weighs less than my Benchmade 705, though it is quite a bit larger. This is the medium TNT with a blade lenghth of 3 1/4".
I think one of the reasons that many of like the TNT is it's Machine Age esthetic. You can easily imagine an old tool, say a wrench, sporting this kind of handle. It also reminds me of a strut on a P41 or a steering wheel on an old race car. It's, over all, a very pure functional form. I almost like the handle more than the blade, though the blade is kinda nice too... sharp as blazes and likely to remain so for a long time.
John
 
Who's Tom? :eek: :p

Very nice John! You need to photograph more knives; it's the only thing that keeps us fiscally challenged folks even marginally sane! ;)
 
Nice TNT John. Welcome to the dark side...:D Did you meet the kids from down the block that do all his grinding and sharpening??
 
I like the way Tom randomly spaces the holes.

:D

Oooooo, I better wait until my knife has been shipped to start making fun of Tom's hole placement. :eek:
 
Those ARE nice pics.....why dont you give us some insight on how you took them!
and steve.....just cause youre a big star and all doesnt mean I have to ship your knife this year!!!!!!!! :p :rolleyes: :p :rolleyes: :p
 
Upon reflection....I am thinking that has a great ring to it....
Randomly Spaced Holes......The RSH model.
That is as opposed to the Steve Harvey Model......RSS
Randomly Spaced Shipping!!!!!!!!!! :eek: :p :eek: :p :eek: :p :eek:
:)
 
Photo info. You start with a 4x5 Sinar camera, add a $15,000 digital camera back, illuminate the subject with four 750 watt hot lights- two spotted on the 8x10 foot seamless covered reflector behind and above the subject to create those piquant highlights, and two on either side through Lumilux screens to light the handles and the back ground. Record the image to a Mac G4 and use Photoshop to correct all your mistakes. Then reduce your lovely image to an acceptably puny size for the internet, thereby losing all the beautiful qualities you've labored so hard to achieve.
As they say in Hawaii, "duck soup"!
John.
 
Yeah Steve.., it's what Tom calls.., the "Eclectic Splash Array Method". He just shakes his head while his hair is wet after surfing, and wherever the drops hit ~~> marks them lightly with crayons ~~> then drills the crayon marks until extinct :p

Thanks for the pictures John :) ...great knife!



"Hunters seek what they [WANT].., Seekers hunt what they [NEED]"
 
Well.....thats WAY too complicated for me....
and 15 THOUSAND $$$$$ back.....man...I could get a CNC mill for that much money!~

:rolleyes: :( :rolleyes: :( :rolleyes:




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or a WHOLE bunch of watches!!!!!!!!!! :p
 
Tom, the trick is to work for someone who will buy this kind of stuff for you and then pay you to use it. Digital photography pays for itself with the money saved on film processing which in a high production shop like ours cost a couple hundred thou a year.
BTW, I think the photos on your site are really nice. Do you do them yourself? Nice lighting! :cool: :cool: :cool:
John.
 
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