Ok Chuck...You twisted my arm.
And so it's back up they will go...
This one's been a long time coming. Finally got it finished.
The collector, who bought the knife (Chuck Gollnick...see his post in this Gallery "Topo Gigio by Dennis Greenbaum" or click on the URL below), had requested that I not post photos until he had a chance to take photographs of his own and post them to his site. He just posted his photos last night. You can see his interesting "Photo Exhibit" of the knife, including his fun explanation of how it came by the name "Topo Gigio" here:
http://www.balisongcollector.com/greenbaum/topoGigio1.html
Blade- Hand filed/carved Eggerling Damscus
Scales- Carved Elephant Ivory
Liners- Anodized, Fileworked Titanium
Screws- Nitre Blued Alloy Hex Screws
Sapphire inlays in the stop pins (open position)
Latch- 416 SS
Heat treated to non-magnetic with a Mapp Torch and quenched in heated Automatic Transmission Fluid (all per instructions kindly provided to me by my friend Bob Eggerling).
This knife was challenging to say the least. Once I got past figuring out the geometry, trying to then match each of the 4 carved ivory scales was "lots of fun"...
Especially given the response this received at the Blade Show, I plan a doing a number of these...each with a different handle design. I've already begun a 2nd and so far have carved 2 of the 4 ivory scales.
I was able to shoot some pics of my own before shipping the knife off to Chuck. Sorry for the quality of the photos. Just can't seem to get the hang of my new Nikon 8700. I know it's an excellent, top-rated camera, but it probably deserves someone with more photography expertise. Besides that, I didn't spend a lot of time on the photography, since I knew that Chuck was going to be photographing it as well.
I tried several backgrounds (as you'll soon see)...In hindsight I should have gone with something other than the blue background, which too closely matches the blues in the knife.
Anyway, hope you like it!
Dennis Greenbaum
PS. Thank you Chuck for so generously taking all the time and trouble with that great display of the knife!
