Pictures from Bowie's hammer-in

North · Oct 2, 2006

I have posted a gallery of pictures from Ron Claiborne's hammer in at:

http://whnorth.home.att.net/bowiegallery/index.html

Bill

fitzo · Oct 2, 2006

Those were great to see. Thanks!

With a fresh coat of paint on the shop and that new slab, looks like it must be pretty spiffy now.

Sweany · Oct 2, 2006

thanks, very high quality pics too.

indian george · Oct 2, 2006

Is that Ole Dog Ron in one of those pic's??????

North · Oct 2, 2006

indian george said:
Is that Ole Dog Ron in one of those pic's??????

Yep, on the right in the second picture.

helmar4578 · Oct 2, 2006

Ain't I got a purty neck?---and take a gander at them thar eyars! ---Sandy---

Robert Dark · Oct 2, 2006

Great photos. Thanks for sharing and thanks for not posting a pic of me completely missing the dang can in the cutting contest. (although I almost severed the 2X4 it was sitting on

)

I thought I had a good thing going there......... Reasonable time through the 2X4.......... Nice even slice through the hanging rope.............. Missed the damned can completely

......... Its rough getting old. You start going "blind", "cripple", and "crazy".

Had loads of fun anyway.

robert washburn · Oct 3, 2006

Who won the competition? Thanks Robert

Robert Dark · Oct 3, 2006

Tracy Dotson from Florida won the competition (With sunglasses about to cut the bottles) and Bill Wiggins from NC came in second (Big guy cutting the can).

Two super nice folks who make some beautiful knives (sharp too).

R. Ellis · Oct 3, 2006

That is not Bowie on the right in the second pic. Altho Bowie is a grey haired old fart. He is a different grey haired old fart. My appologies to the gentelman in the pic. I heard the camera would not work when shined on Bowie.

Here is a shot of Bowie in his younger days. This pic was taken with a special BS filter over the lense.

Robert Dark · Oct 3, 2006

R. Ellis said:
That is not Bowie on the right in the second pic. Altho Bowie is a grey haired old fart. He is a different grey haired old fart. My appologies to the gentelman in the pic.

That is indeed Bowie in a deep discussion with Wild-Bill Wiggins. Thankfully it is not a straight forward face shot. That expensive camera would have broken for sure.

R. Ellis · Oct 3, 2006

He told me me he was going to have his head shaved and have the map of the world tattooed on it. That's why I figured that could not possibly be him. Oh wait...you don't think he could have "kidding" about the tattoo do ya? Where is my receipt for this BS meter?

North · Oct 3, 2006

Roosko said:
That is indeed Bowie in a deep discussion with Wild-Bill Wiggins. Thankfully it is not a straight forward face shot. That expensive camera would have broken for sure.

Roosko is right that is Bowie. A thinner than before Bowie. I did take an almost head on picture and thankfully the camera wasnt damaged permanently, although it refused to focus properly for several shots afterwards.

Bill