King Tut

2knife said:
How did Buster Warenski get access to the King Tut dagger, for his reproduction? ..the original resides in the Cairo Museum, i read. In the online article it mentions it is made of "hardened" gold, how is this possible?

Lastly, is it considered an exact copy? .. i notice his name is signed, seems he might have hid it to give a greater degree of visual exactness. Any thoughts or insights appreciated.
David
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I'm sure he did not get full access to it. I imagine he made it from photos. STeven probably knows more about it. I believe it's currently on display in London. I saw it when it was touring the US with the "Treasures of Tutankhamun" exhibit years ago.
 
When the Tut exhibit made the rounds in the '70's(?) there was a book that was published at the time on those treasures.

Phil and Buster used photographs from that book, and they were not very good ones at that.

If you were to compare both side to side, you would notice some major aesthetic differences.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
2knife said:
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what brought it to mind was seeing pg. 117 of the March Blade issue. It stands as a reference for embellished/high ticket ultimate art knives. it must weigh about 20 lbs...
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From Phil's website:

"Weighing 32 ounces, with a blade of hardened gold, this magnificent dagger and sheath was, and remains today, a true test of the maker's artistic ability and goldsmithing skills. It would seem reasonable that the original dagger was made by several artists. This one was made by one man."

The gold is hardened by cold forging, David.

I cannot think of a single maker that could/would take this on, but you never know. It took Buster 5 years of work.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
I saw the Dagger on display in the Cairo I was in Egypt for 6 months it was pretty impressive, as the whole Cairo Museum is as you can imagine. I was not building knives at the time of my visit, so I really did not look at it like I would now.

5 years wow thats a immense amount of patience, but it was worth it huh? I am not sure why someone would want to take it on as it has been done and done right.

Spencer
 
SAR said:
I saw the Dagger on display in the Cairo I was in Egypt for 6 months it was pretty impressive, as the whole Cairo Museum is as you can imagine. I was not building knives at the time of my visit, so I really did not look at it like I would now.

5 years wow thats a immense amount of patience, but it was worth it huh? I am not sure why someone would want to take it on as it has been done and done right.

Spencer
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Pretty cool to have seen Tut's dagger in person, Spencer(even if you weren't paying as much attention as you would now):D!

Buster had many problems with parts of the blade/handle melting....he wrote that the completion of this, as well as two other blades in the Legacy series was a high point of his illustrious career......I believe that it is one of the most important American made custom knives of all time...NOT THE...but one of.
 
as far as it being exact replica when the poster said he signed it my first thought was" why make a counterfeit out of it?" I think Buster's work stands alone as Phil Lobred said it was made by one man without previous knowhow and teaching. He had to learn things and solve ALOT of building problems to make this knife. I'm glad its not a perfect copy and I hope someone with full access would be uninspired to do what has already been done and probably much better than will ever be seen. I think and hope there will always be enough frontiers for every knifemaker. ----Joe
 
Since the original will be on display in Dallas starting Oct. 3rd, wouldn't it be great if Buster's/Phil's could also be on display in some close proximity?
 
Kevin Jones said:
Since the original will be on display in Dallas starting Oct. 3rd, wouldn't it be great if Buster's/Phil's could also be on display in some close proximity?
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I don't think so.

Specifically, I doubt the museum would be cooperative, and am also fairly sure that Phil would not have a lot of interest in doing this....

He ALREADY OWNS the thing, and displays it fairly infrequently......

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Kohai999 said:
I don't think so.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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Reason?
Not saying it would ever happen considering logistics, security, privacy of owner etc., however would be nice in that a collector could travel to one location and see both. The rest of the exibition (in addition to the knife) is outstanding too.
 
Kevin Jones said:
Reason?
Not saying it would ever happen considering logistics, security, privacy of owner etc., however would be nice in that a collector could travel to one location and see both. The rest of the exibition (in addition to the knife) is outstanding too.
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Kevin....I am sure that it would be nice for a collector to see both...heck, I think Phil would love seeing both, but the logistics AND the egos involved in museums are both difficult, to say the least.;)

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Kohai999 said:
Kevin....I am sure that it would be nice for a collector to see both...heck, I think Phil would love seeing both, but the logistics AND the egos involved in museums are both difficult, to say the least.;)

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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I agree with you, as the Dallas Museum of Art would never let it be displayed along side. That's why I said close proximity. Perhaps another venue in Dallas?

But then, as we said logistics and security would be a huge problem.
 
I photographed Phil's knife for him and for Dr. Darom in 2003. I took the photos on a bland white backdrop so Dr. Darom could cut and edit them for usage in his stellar book: Custom Fixed Blade Knives

I never processed my own photograph, but because of the value of these images, I always kept the original shots. This post led me to finalize my version. It needs no better backdrop, as the work speaks volumes:

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Thanks for the prod. Just wonderful to admire again.

Coop
 
SharpByCoop said:
I photographed Phil's knife for him and for Dr. Darom in 2003. I took the photos on a bland white backdrop so Dr. Darom could cut and edit them for usage in his stellar book: Custom Fixed Blade Knives

I never processed my own photograph, but because of the value of these images, I always kept the original shots. This post led me to finalize my version. It needs no better backdrop, as the work speaks volumes:

Thanks for the prod. Just wonderful to admire again.

Coop
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Thank you Coop, absolutely outstanding photographs.
 
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