Looking for a Shane Ivie knife.......

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Im a terrible Photographer... and i think the only pic i have of him is the one i keep in my wallet(along with his obit.) also i'm getting a tattoo in remembrance of his life on the inside of my right wrist, ill definitely post a pic of that, ill be getting that on his birthday, Feb 8th.

Unfortunately, the only pictures that were ever taken were usually by him.. he was a Fantastic photographer,

i will always remember the guy the came down and Showed up how to make Chainsaw Damascus... i used that bar of Damascus to make my final Knife...
 
Well it's getting close to Feb. 8th...Shanes birthday(my wifes too;)) and I'm the one who got the gift.
After a few weeks of looking and not turning up one of Shanes knives...out of the blue I get an e-mail from Shelley...Shanes first wife(Conners mom:thumbup:). She said Conner told her about this thread, and she had something she wanted me to have. I felt honored, and graciously accepted her gift.
Thank you very much Shelley!!!:D
Mace

Shanes mark...
Shanesmark.jpg

Some file work...
Shanesfilework.jpg


Shanes blade....
ShaneIvieknife.jpg

Thank you again Shelley!!!
Mace
 
I'm glad u got something to remember him by, Mace. I miss my forum friend Roc. All of us used to talk nightly in paltalk. Roc and Crystal, Ron Claiborne, Ray Rogers, Romey, Steve, Ken Beatty, Ed Caffery, Fitzo, Tracy and his Wife and a bunch others that I'm forgetting. I miss those chats.
 
Yeah...Roc was a cool cat too! I met him at the last Scagel hammer-in up in Michigan.
Mace
 
Not sure what to do with this blade....
Ya think I should put a handle on it?
I would like to see some more pics of Shanes work, I could use some help finding some. So, if any one has a pic they would like to share I would be very interested.

Conner..., Do you have any idea what steel your dad was using?
Mace
 
Mace, I don't know man.....

I had a similar thing with a friend a while back. A friend of mine was killed in an industrial accident, long story short his mom pulled out a half-completed knife he had made in high school and asked me to finish it, I had to tell her no as much as it sucked to do it. Maybe I was just too close to the situation, but I just couldn't do it. I remember being scared cold when she asked me to do that. I was terrified that I would destroy some part of my friend that was still left.

If the family wants you to do it, and you want to then ok, but that's a man's legacy in your hands - please don't rush it.

Connor, I don't know you, I didn't know your Dad - but it seems to be that he was a good man. You have my sympathy, there are good men here, if you ever need one.

All the best,

Nathan
 
Is it heat treated?
I finished 5 Rob Simonich knives and man I had a panick attack when I got the box:thumbup:
Christine said I did awsome and I know you will too my man!!

Finding out what steel might be tough.
 
I understand what your saying about finishing his work. Something I've thought about as well. Shelley said she thought I could finish this blade and felt bad that it was not being used, so thats the only reason I would consider it. I also thought that if I did make a handle for it I would mark the back side of the blade with my mark and think of it as Shane and I doing a colaboration.
The reality is that I'm not going to do anything with it for a little while. I'm going to enjoy it for what it is.
It seems to me the blade is heat treated and was cleaned up ready for an edge. I wouldnt etch my name into the blade before heat treat and I don't think Shane would have either. There are a couple of other things that make me think it's heat treated too.

It would be cool to see what Shane could make today.;)
Mace
 
To me also - Logo means ready for handle.

I just drill all my holes prior to finishing blade.

Keep us posted when you feel up to working on it Mace :)
 
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