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It's been many, many years since considering any knife with brass, whether it be the guard, the
pommel, ie, pretty much anything brass, forget it. Maybe a Loveless, but still, I mean, brass? Any collector desire for brass vanished years ago.
Brass was the last thing on my mind when I saw another of Bob Ohlemann's Rangermade folders with that very special etched bolster treatment he's perfected. Coupled with his eye for design and artistic bent, he proceeds to create TRUE art folders, something that many advertise but few deliver.
When I saw this piece on Kevin's "What ya bringin' to Blade" thread, I was VERY attracted to it just as I was when I first saw his "copper" folder. This particular bolster treatment was over the top, I just loved it. I called Bob, interested in acquiring, then asked if the bolsters were bronze, and if not, what then. I just couldn't figure it out. That's when he dropped the "brass" bomb on me.
I just couldn't believe it. I was conflicted, REALLY conflicted. I've always told those I "mentor" not to consider knives with brass. For me, brass would have ALMOST ALWAYS called for an immediate "Thanks, but I think I'd better pass". HOWEVER, I knew Bob's knives from previous purchase and no one does such artful bolster treatments. Between the few pics I had seen and the PERFECT mechanism builds he achieves, I was overwhelmed with the words "Yes, I'll buy it - please!".
The lesson here, for me at least, is not to be so absolutely fixed in your views about knives, materials, and yes, even views about life issues. Because it is in that change that you are more likely to find more of what you want, in knives or in life.
Incidentally, this piece even fooled expert Jim Cooper ("Coop") who handled it and imaged it. Part of his comment was "(bronze?)". Thanks go out to Coop for his great imagery and, of course, to Bob Ohlemann for another of these artful folders. They are a cut above (way above). And this particular one has just the right heft I like, with a slightly larger girth that plants it firmly in the hand. These Rangermade folders beat the hell out of so many of those other overpriced, secondary-market-challenged tactical pieces from makers who really don't have much committment.
JUST SO YOU, THE VIEWER, CAN GET AN IDEA OF BOB'S ARTISTIC CONSISTENCY, I'VE INCLUDED AN IMAGE OF A SECOND FOLDER OF THE SAME MODEL, AT THE VERY BOTTOM (BELONGS TO BURGA, NO LONGER MINE)
Blade length: 3 1/2"
Closed length: 4 1/2"
Scales: Mammoth Ivory
Bolsters and Backspacer: If ya don't know by now........................
pommel, ie, pretty much anything brass, forget it. Maybe a Loveless, but still, I mean, brass? Any collector desire for brass vanished years ago. Brass was the last thing on my mind when I saw another of Bob Ohlemann's Rangermade folders with that very special etched bolster treatment he's perfected. Coupled with his eye for design and artistic bent, he proceeds to create TRUE art folders, something that many advertise but few deliver.
When I saw this piece on Kevin's "What ya bringin' to Blade" thread, I was VERY attracted to it just as I was when I first saw his "copper" folder. This particular bolster treatment was over the top, I just loved it. I called Bob, interested in acquiring, then asked if the bolsters were bronze, and if not, what then. I just couldn't figure it out. That's when he dropped the "brass" bomb on me.
I just couldn't believe it. I was conflicted, REALLY conflicted. I've always told those I "mentor" not to consider knives with brass. For me, brass would have ALMOST ALWAYS called for an immediate "Thanks, but I think I'd better pass". HOWEVER, I knew Bob's knives from previous purchase and no one does such artful bolster treatments. Between the few pics I had seen and the PERFECT mechanism builds he achieves, I was overwhelmed with the words "Yes, I'll buy it - please!".
The lesson here, for me at least, is not to be so absolutely fixed in your views about knives, materials, and yes, even views about life issues. Because it is in that change that you are more likely to find more of what you want, in knives or in life.
Incidentally, this piece even fooled expert Jim Cooper ("Coop") who handled it and imaged it. Part of his comment was "(bronze?)". Thanks go out to Coop for his great imagery and, of course, to Bob Ohlemann for another of these artful folders. They are a cut above (way above). And this particular one has just the right heft I like, with a slightly larger girth that plants it firmly in the hand. These Rangermade folders beat the hell out of so many of those other overpriced, secondary-market-challenged tactical pieces from makers who really don't have much committment.
JUST SO YOU, THE VIEWER, CAN GET AN IDEA OF BOB'S ARTISTIC CONSISTENCY, I'VE INCLUDED AN IMAGE OF A SECOND FOLDER OF THE SAME MODEL, AT THE VERY BOTTOM (BELONGS TO BURGA, NO LONGER MINE)
Blade length: 3 1/2"
Closed length: 4 1/2"
Scales: Mammoth Ivory
Bolsters and Backspacer: If ya don't know by now........................
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