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McKinley/Marchand Collaboration
- Thread starter Rick Marchand
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Always STeven!.
-Peter
-Peter
Kohai999
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The overall package is very pleasing.
The way the blade tapers towards the tip makes the blade appear shorter than it is on the completed knife. This could have been altered by either having more choil/ricasso exposed to lengthen the blade or tapering the butt area oof the handle.
The texture of the blade finish(rough flats/satin bevels) obviously has strong constrast to the handle. It's very interesting, but almost jarring visually.
Material choice on the handle was superb, as was the use of red spacer material in sheath. Sheath itself is an example of thought and restrained simplicity, while being quite functional and attractive.
Since we spoke about maker's marks in another thread, I find the location of Peter's logo might have been more visually pleasing if it had been located on the guard in the copper. The color of the copper and beautiful stacked birch being some of the most visually arresting elements of the handle.
Would like to see you collaborate with other makers, Peter. Could be really fun and quite successful.
Rick Marchand is one of my favorite maker's of forged blades, his work is quite distinctive and his bowies are surprisingly quick in the hand.
Best Regards,
STeven Garsson
The way the blade tapers towards the tip makes the blade appear shorter than it is on the completed knife. This could have been altered by either having more choil/ricasso exposed to lengthen the blade or tapering the butt area oof the handle.
The texture of the blade finish(rough flats/satin bevels) obviously has strong constrast to the handle. It's very interesting, but almost jarring visually.
Material choice on the handle was superb, as was the use of red spacer material in sheath. Sheath itself is an example of thought and restrained simplicity, while being quite functional and attractive.
Since we spoke about maker's marks in another thread, I find the location of Peter's logo might have been more visually pleasing if it had been located on the guard in the copper. The color of the copper and beautiful stacked birch being some of the most visually arresting elements of the handle.
Would like to see you collaborate with other makers, Peter. Could be really fun and quite successful.
Rick Marchand is one of my favorite maker's of forged blades, his work is quite distinctive and his bowies are surprisingly quick in the hand.
Best Regards,
STeven Garsson
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Thank you, Steven. I am always open to your comments and actually thought about you chiming in when I posted this.:thumbup:
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Thank you everyone for the kind comments.
STeven - I had a tough time with my mark placement as I was leery of getting a clean/clear stamp into the hammered copper face, so went with the antler piece.
-Peter
STeven - I had a tough time with my mark placement as I was leery of getting a clean/clear stamp into the hammered copper face, so went with the antler piece.
-Peter
Kohai999
Second Degree Cutter
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Hi Peter,
Dremel makes a cordless mini grinder available with a diamond grinding tip. Ernest Emerson uses one to sign blades at shows for the fanboys.
With some quick practice, you could apply your maker's mark to anything, including bathroom fixtures, which is what a buddy of mine did with it at a hotel one year.
I'm sure management was thrilled with his "custom touches".
Best Regards,
STeven Garsson