More from CKG? (Part 4)

cockroachfarm

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Can you take one more addition to my collection or are you getting bored?

Presenting: the Kirby Lambert Gentleman's Folder (but I was allowed to buy it anyway!)

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Damascus (O2/L6 tool steel combination) made by Kirby Lambert and Brian Lyttle. Blade and handle taken from the same bar.

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Windows show top grade black-lip Mother of Pearl.
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Liners are jewelled and anodized titanium; back spacer is fileworked and anodized titanium.
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Screws are 24 carat gold plated, and the steel thumb stud is, of course, set with an opal.
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The flower on each side was engraved by Brian Lyttle.
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The Lambert Gentleman's Folder. Kirby, take a bow!
 
Some great scores, CRF! You guys really know how to cover a show, also. I may try to make that one next year. I'm not too-o-o far away.:cool:
 
I can't figure out why more people don't come to the Canadian Guild show given the level of quality and the name makers present.

The show is held across the street from the airport or within a mile and a half of the #401 Highway, the major highway link that cuts right through the industrial heart of Canada from Detroit to Montreal.

The show is small by Atlanta standards, 50 to 80 tables, but the spring show is ALL custom while the fall show is mixed custom and factory.

Accomodation is plentiful either in the Days Inn hotel where the show is held or at the dozens of other hotels in the area that serve the airport.

Canadian customs are very obliging for the most part, in fact a couple of years ago they let one fellow in without any identification at all, All went well until he tried to return to Atlanta and American customs refused him permission to board the aircraft. Took him a full day to get his paperwork couriered up to Toronto to sort the mess out.
 
hey roach,

yup, that is a very nice piece indeed! Very flattering pics I might add...especially the closeups of the pearl and thumbstud/engraving.

Regards,
RL
 
That is one of the nicest folders I have seen. I love that simple little engraving by Brian. The only thing I would want different would be some blue mammoth ivory instead of MOP, but that is just my personal preference.
 
Thank you all for the kind comments on a superb knife, from a great young maker. You really have to handle this little beauty to appreciate it, so I hope the photos will let you share at least a little bit in the experience.

Next year, if you live within driving distance of Toronto, try to attend the Canadian Knifemakers Guild April show. This Lambert folder is just one example of the many, many fine pieces you will see.
 
Originally posted by KWM
That is one of the nicest folders I have seen. I love that simple little engraving by Brian. The only thing I would want different would be some blue mammoth ivory instead of MOP, but that is just my personal preference.
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No, no, you're wrong!;) THIS folder needs black-lip MOP...the NEXT folder will have blue mammoth ivory, in your honour!:D You heard the man, Kirby - get to work!;)

(Thanks for the compliments, Keith - next show you attend, I will bring this folder for you to fondle.)
 
You know Holgwer, you are perfectly correct. That knife was meant to have blacklip pearl handles. What was I thinking? It is the next one that should have blue mammoth ivory.
 
Excellent pics of such a fine work of art! Congrats on the new addition to the family. Thanks for sharing and posting so many alternative angles in each picture.
 
CRF. That folder is schweet. No way that could bore us (or at least some of us):D Thanks!
 
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