New Sheffield style spear point...

anvilring

anvilring

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<font face=arial black color=darkblue size=4> Blade is 5160, sanded to 400 grit or so, seven and a half by a little over one and a half inches in length; spine thickness is quarter inch. Driven on "snowman" style nickle silver guard and pins and hafted in stag.

I'm trying out a couple of different forums to see what works best. The exchange forum, the one where folks are selling knives, does'nt seem to have much stuff like this; old that is... my object of course is to sell a few knives...
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[This message has been edited by anvilring (edited 06-14-2001).]
 
Not my style but if that knife is any indication of the quality of your work then I think you will be backlogged by no time.
If you are trying to get your knives out in the market go to this sight, www.customknifedirectory.com, they cater to your needs. Nice forum too.
Good luck sir. That knife is outstanding! Beautiful work.
 
That is an outstanding piece of work. Stunning.

The problem with for sale posts in this particular forum is that the place will begin to look like a flea market and discussion would most likely take a back seat to marketing.

All of us as collectors makers and sellers, have a vested interest in seeing knives sell.

Not sure why the Makers For Sale is inappropriate. At the same time it would be a shame if we had not been treated to this beautiful knife.

I guess all I am saying is it is a good thing to see knives here. With discussion on materials and challenges it presented a low key marketing stance might be the better way to go in a custom discussion forum. Where we are getting the knife and maker in the public with discussion and an all out sales pitch in the exchange area.

If enough people diagree with that, who am I to want something different. I am open to suggestions.

As far as CKD, I think it is a fantastic site and is a boon to Custom knives.

The only problem I have is that there seems to be a feeling that there is a need to bash "Spade Forums" as we are called by the leadership and use BF's success at the same time. I would love to become a bigger part of CKD I have a lot of friends who participate there, but at the same time there has been a strong effort to create an atmosphere of respect and fun here (we do not always succeed since it is harder with the greater and more varied number of members here.) and reading the BF bashing over there does not do much to encourage my mutual respect and participation.

I would much rather see us treating each other with respect than seeing statements such as we (CKD) are BF's "worst nightmare". I do not think so, I think BF might just be CKD biggest (or at least of of their biggest referrers), but I guess that is not as important to their leadership as the need to put down BF.


I would rather see a more united group of makers, collectors and sellers treating each other with respect and having fun no matter what venue they prefer in promoting and enjoying custom knives.

It seems to me that the above stance would be more fitting than the forum bashing that is practiced and encouraged.

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[This message has been edited by Gus Kalanzis (edited 06-15-2001).]
 
I'm sorry you think that way about the CKD Gus. I don't ever remember seeing a post with we (CKD) are BF's "worst nightmare". If you could point me in the direction of that particular thread I would appreciate it. The only thread I recall that has anything to do with this forum was not bashing BF just gentlemen telling each other what they think of BF. You said yourself that the shear numbers here make it hard to create an atmosphere of respect and fun. This is true, when you are here you have to be on guard. I have heard it said here so many times that you have to have a thick skin if you are going to be here. Why? At the the CKD that is not an issue. There hasn't been one flame war at the CKD because there IS that atmosphere of respect and fun. There is no "trying". You are right about one thing, I did find the CKD by participating here!
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Again Gus I'm sorry you see the CKD that way but instead of me defending the CKD and you "bashing" them, why don't we let anvilring see for himself if he thinks the CKD is the right place for him or not.
Again anvilring, NICE KNIFE!!!!
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If you would read the above post I was not bashing CKD. I was explaining why I am not comfortable there.

On the contrary (again) I think CKD is fantastic and a boon to custom knives.

It has nothing to do with what I think, but rather with what I read.
There is a thread where the statments I made were posted by the CKD admin (worst nightmare and "spade forums").

Foldervsfixed I am not trying to create a battle here. I emailed you the post ver batem that made the statments above and also stated that BF does not have a venue for selling custom knives. In fact, I bet a for sale post in our forum might just sell a knife quicker than it would over there.

The words in the post made by the CKD admin. that I emailed you do not seem like the words of a "gentleman" to me at all.

Let me know what you think. I am willing to listen.

[This message has been edited by Gus Kalanzis (edited 06-16-2001).]
 
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anvilring, I think that knife is a beauty and just what I'd be looking for if I wasn't totally tapped out from Blade Show.
I agree with Gus, I would hope this Forum be left as a discussion forum and the For Sale by Makers remain just that. Of course makers should show off there new work here (if it's For Sale or not) hopefully some good questions and discussion will evolve so that we can learn more about the new makers joining us. I don't know of a better venue for makers to interact with buyers than right here.
I visit CKD and post on their Photo Forum, but in all honesty as good as it is it's still like watching paint dry compared to the pace of BFC. As far as needing a thick skin here, it's hard to have an honest and open forum without ruffeling some feathers. If you never want to hear a discouraging word and the skies need to be uncloudy all day, maybe you need a home on the range and not CKD.
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Yep the threads are the same. I gotta say what he said was uncalled for to say the least. It just seems he had enough of this place and the constant flames (shrug). I know you were not bashing the CKD I was just showing how things can get "out of hand" whith a few words. Shure enough here's my ol' buddy PhilL with his $1.50s worth.
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By the way PhilL nice purchases at the Blade Show. Those are beauties.
The only reason I mentioned The CKD was he said he was wanting to sell knives, there he would have representation. Here it's a one man kinda opperation. I understand how you feel Gus but that thread has nothing to do with this gentleman's labor of love. Their forums are mostly for makers by makers, and the whole sight is not just about their forums. They are knife dealers first and the forums are there for the makers to get together (as well as anyone else that is) and talk about the craft. It is maker oriented, anvilring is a maker I thought he would enjoy it. I did not intened to make it seem like I was telling him "Forget BF go to the CKD their better." I really don't know what else to say other than sorry to anvilring for turning his topic into a circus and my appologies to you gus if you thought that is what I was doing. Oh yeah and PhilL?
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Greetings and much thanks to all who have posted a reply to my little thread. I really did'nt mean to cause any trouble; as I said I'm just trying out a few things here to see what gets responses and what does'nt. As for needing a thick skin, I find this sort of discussion (between Gus and folderVSfixed for instance) to be rather enlightening really; as far as I can tell, this is a pretty respectable board compared to some I've visited. I dont find that so strange however as for the most part, knife people are fairly civil folks to begin with. Prior to this post,I did'nt even know about CKD so for one thing,I'm going to further investgate their site and also as Gus suggested post a knife on bfc's "exchange" and just see what happens.
I'm always willing to hear new ideas thus happy to read your posts. As for causeing any harm to my thread, not to worry, it's always nice to hear from fellow knife enthusiasts and let discussions fall where they may...

regards, mitch
 
Mitch, you have my vote buddy. That's a beautiful piece of work. The only thing I would have changed on it is to put a light acid etch on the blade to give it that 'old' look. I've been doing that for a while now and it really makes a difference in the knife's appearance. And it's easy too.

I'm working on a very similar bowie right now and I may post a pic like you've done for comments and suggestions. It's a great way to learn about what people like and don't like. The comment folderVSfixed made earlier is a classic example of good feedback on your work. He doesn't really 'like' the overall knife, but gives you credit for excellent work. That's gotta make you smile. I would enjoy seeing more examples of your work Mitch.
 
That's a beautiful knife, but why does it remind me so much of the old (50's) British jungle field knife? Of course, this would be the stepped up version, but the shape is very similar isn't it?
 
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