New Hogstrom Dagger

Don Hanson III

Don Hanson III

Joined
Oct 3, 2002
Messages
12,297
Here's one Anders just finished. I really like the use of cross cut fossil walrus here. Has a super look to it.

hogdagger.jpg
 
That is just stunning. Not being a huge "ring" fan, I might have liked it even better without, but that's just my personal preference.

I love the cross-cut walrus here - and in particular, the way he cupped the ivory between the fittings.

And then there's the blade with that ridiculously cool hamon - wow. Most impressive indeed.

Roger
 
Don Hanson III said:
Here's one Anders just finished. I really like the use of cross cut fossil walrus here. Has a super look to it.
Click to expand...

You have to understand how Don speaks, fellas.

Here, he isn't NECESSARILY saying that he likes the knife....he is saying he likes the ivory.

See, what I see is a GREAT knife with the completely unnecessary and overall look-destroying addition of an assymetrical ring.

Anders is showing is his mastery over the form, the ability to make a wonderful dagger, and the artistic need to deform that classic design.

Well done Anders, bravo.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
the glowing orb of ivory popping out of those darkened fittings is really amazing, but what blows me away is the symmetry of the hamon. Neat o!
 
Kohai999 said:
See, what I see is a GREAT knife with the completely unnecessary and overall look-destroying addition of an assymetrical ring.

Anders is showing his mastery over the form, the ability to make a wonderful dagger, and the artistic need to deform that classic design.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
Click to expand...

I'm with STeven on this one. I like my daggers (some what) symmetrical.

Marcel
 
Well fellas, this is where I come from - I love asymmetry. Sometimes in the grind on the blade or in the pattern of carving on the fittings or like in this case, with a ring....which is truly round and symetrical....or it wouldn't be a ring, it'd be an oval :) In my eye it adds a dimension. The overall shape is not so unique, artdaggers have been made for decades with little going on in the overall profile...after all, a dagger is a straight blade so why not play with the rest of the canvas available.

Thanks for viewing and input is always welcome.
 
Anders, that dagger is a stunner I love the asymmetry. Out of the box, out of the room that the box was in!
 
Asymmetry doesn't bother, me; as a lefty 90% of the people in this world are cock-eyed to me anyway. :D I know nothing of fighting with a double-edged blade but it seems to me the ring would be very useful in indexing one's grip (something I've always wondered about with round-handled daggers).

Would sure love to see a close-up of the handle. The walrus ivory has a sort of "eye of Sauron" look to it.

Is the handle metalwork solid? What material is it? Bronze?
 
Recognizable from across the room!!! Heck, from across the country! :D

While visually I think I'd like it EVEN MORE without the ring, I think it's awesome and would love to actually handle it and see how the ring feels/looks in hand. :)
 
Thank you guys, it warms a september-chilly swedish heart to hear :)

A close up here...and yes, the fittings are bronze - carved out on the inside quite a bit for weightloss and accurate balance and feel of the piece.

Mr. Knight, I don't use boxes when I make knives ;)
 

Attachments

  • index_001_001.jpg
    index_001_001.jpg
    27.1 KB · Views: 78
We'll get a chance to inspect this one again soon. Like many acquired tastes, I suspect it will grow on you.

Just as an aside, Anders took this shot of the dagger and he completely goes against the 'norm' of knife photography and shoots it from left to right, and then pointing downward. Probably the least used of the four positions it could have been in. And, the ring handle appears upside down for a normal (righty) grip.

All this suggests how 'out of the box' Anders is. And right-brained.

I'm looking forward to this. BTW, so is the owner, who has quite a selection of inordinate knives. ;) This, by comparison, will be a Traditional Classic for him. :)

Coop
 
I think its fantastic, been back to look at it a couple times. I can see where the ring would bother some, but I've always liked ringed fighters. I too, would like to handle this one and find the ring adds charactor to a piece that takes it beyond just being another dagger plus it shows Anders great talent and craftsmanship.

Bill
 
I think I reside in the camp of the "no-ring". It's not that I object to the idea completely but in this case, it looks a little like an afterthought. Something that was added and is out of character or maybe out of "line" with the rest of the fittings or the whole knife for that matter. With such a centralized focus of the cross cut ivory, the symmetry of the dagger and the hamon.. it's just too whimisical and "subjective" an addition. To break the "objectivity" of the original archetype, in this case, seems too much ego.
It's your prerogative and a very beautiful knife but it means "buying" the artist much more than the art work.

It's one I'll keep looking at though.. so much that is so nice.
 
The ring was certainly not an afterthought, on the contrary - it's what breaks the symetrical shape of the creation which is the point and almost a must for me. I have made daggers that are all symetrical in the past and will do so in the future....but when I look at my sketch and see something "wrong" or "Unfinished" with it I keep drawing - in this case it was a ring, other times it will be an unsymetrical guard or blade grind. As soon as I getting the feeling I'm trying to create something I put it down - it needs to come to me and not be forced. Many of the designs I'm most happy with are less than 5min jobs...they're just there when I put my pen to paper.

click links to see what I'm referring to:

http://www.andershogstrom.com/knife_gallery.php?knife=134&gallery=daggers&photo=412&number=2

http://www.andershogstrom.com/knife_gallery.php?knife=59&gallery=daggers&photo=129&number=2

http://www.andershogstrom.com/knife_gallery.php?knife=72&gallery=daggers&photo=202&number=3

http://www.andershogstrom.com/knife_gallery.php?knife=67&gallery=daggers&photo=187&number=6

http://www.andershogstrom.com/knife_gallery.php?gallery=daggers&number=8

http://www.andershogstrom.com/knife_gallery.php?knife=125&gallery=daggers&photo=439&number=4

This is getting to be an interesting discussion :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top