New sword, new photographer.

Great 3D look to that photo, and i love it when things come together, it was meant to be.


Mark Behnke
 
Kevin, that is a truly outstanding piece, I am humbled. I truly admire all your work. I have never been able to forget the seahorse bowie you brought to the Bayfield show, still think of it often.
Wolfe
 
Blackfeather stole my line, exactly! Anyway, we are all so proud to have you on our team Kevin. Not only as teacher, instructor, schollar, but maker as well. Congradulations on a magnificent piece so very well done. Like someone earlier said though, this would have been a great WIP, but there's time for another.
Robert
 
Well, I really happy of this development, so now there will be a lot more pics of you swords... :D
Great work there! Sober and rich at the same time, very elegant.
 
Very beautiful sword Kevin! It sounds like you'll have a long term business relationship with this photographer. Perhaps a reciprocal one!
Thank you for showing us your work.
~Alden
 
Kev, I gotta say, what a great sword and picture.A rare "total package".
Wish it were mine. Kevin Fox
 
Fletch Helical said:
Stunning work Kevin, it is beautiful. :thumbup:

You really should've done it as a WIP ;)

-Matt
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First of all, thank you all for the very kind feedback. Positive feedback from ones peers in their craft is always means the most.

WIP threads are cool, and very informative, but I have done a few and they are very labor intensive and can require a project to take twice as long to interrupt the work to take the photos. Those who have been chatting with me for a while in different forums are aware of the ones I have done in the past and after my experience in them, I would now charge a premium for a customer who wished step by step documentation of the work. My hats off to those who regularly do WIP’s as many may not realize how much effort goes into them.
 
Burton said:
Wow fantastic piece! The pics do the sword justice. It was nice to meet and chat a bit at the Troy hammer-in. How was the photographers prices compared to "knife" photographers?
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I asked him for a quote in our first conversation and I was pleasantly surprised to find that he was almost dead center in the range many of us are already paying, but without the expense of shipping or traveling to get the work done. I would like to say that this is not to take any work from Point Seven, Coop or any of the other photographers who meet our needs so well, I absolutely LOVE their work and have had great time working with them on every shot they did for me. But my poor scheduling skills and time management has caused literally some of my best work to never be documented or seen by anybody but the owner they shipped to immediately upon finishing. And swords pose challenges that the photographers can’t deal with well when set up at a show and not in their studios. By considering a really good commercial photographer, that is only minutes away, I can now document all of my work and the proximity allows me more personal input on the process.
 
wolfeknives said:
Kevin, that is a truly outstanding piece, I am humbled. I truly admire all your work. I have never been able to forget the seahorse bowie you brought to the Bayfield show, still think of it often.
Wolfe
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You may feel humbled, but I am truly honored to receive such praise from a maker I have always considered one of the most talented artists in the business.
 
deker said:
As always Kevin, I'm in awe of your work. What are the odds that this one will be shown off at Ashokan? :)

-d
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This tells how the proximity works for my scheduling- as soon as the last shot was taken I went out in my truck and got the packing materials, brought them into the studio to pack the sword up. The UPS office I have done business with for years is in Lansing as well, so the blade went from under the camera to being in the hands of new owner in less than 24 hours. Great for the customer and my travel budget, but bad for anybody wanting to see it at Ashokan. :(
 
Chris Meyer said:
Beautiful sword Kevin! What are the dimensions, and how much does it weigh?

Nice picture too.
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Doh! One downside to such quick shipping I forgot to get exact weights off from it. :o The blade is 31” in length. The overall length was around 37”. I would estimate the weight to around 2 lbs. POB around 7.5” in front of guard.
 
rhrocker said:
Blackfeather stole my line, exactly! Anyway, we are all so proud to have you on our team Kevin. Not only as teacher, instructor, schollar, but maker as well. Congradulations on a magnificent piece so very well done. Like someone earlier said though, this would have been a great WIP, but there's time for another.
Robert
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Indeed, I am never fully comfortable with posting my work on these forums that I see as places for me to help others with information, not sell my goods. But the reason I do bring myself to share things when I can is to show that I really can, and do, make things myself now and then instead of just trying to tell everybody else how to do it. Needless to say, I disagree with the old saying “those who can- do, those who can’t- teach”. Those who really can should be able to do it and teach it, those who can’t should always have a good line of BS rehearsed and ready;).
 
Kevin R. Cashen said:
Indeed, I am never fully comfortable with posting my work on these forums that I see as places for me to help others with information, not sell my goods. But the reason I do bring myself to share things when I can is to show that I really can, and do, make things myself now and then instead of just trying to tell everybody else how to do it. Needless to say, I disagree with the old saying “those who can- do, those who can’t- teach”. Those who really can should be able to do it and teach it, those who can’t should always have a good line of BS rehearsed and ready;).
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One of the reasons that I am very happy to see one your too rare postings
of your work is that you show us just what is possible with sufficient skill,
artistry and attention to detail. This is especially true for the later
European swords where you have chosen to take on a whole different
set of problems than those found in the more common Medieval and
Japanese blades.

For most of us, it's not about selling your goods because there's no way we
could afford them anyway. While a WIP would be wonderful, simply looking
at the final result is educational. You teach a lot about heat treating on these
forums and your Ashokan presentation on precision fitting of guards and
blades was a revelation but the details in the complete package of one of
your swords teaches too.

For example, just how did you make those sheath fittings?
 
Wonderful looking piece! the whole package works beautifully together :)
 
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Kevin.
That looks like one of those rare pieces that cause the maker to ask
quietly..."how am I ever going to surpass this..?"

Awesome piece, and I like the photography too...
 
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