Sam Lurquin, JS ~ Maximus

Caleb Royer

Caleb Royer

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Maker: Sam Lurquin, JS
Website: Samuel-Lurquin.com
Blade Length: 12"
Overall Length: 17"
Handle: Ancient bog oak
Blade Material: “BadasSam” damascus
Hilt: "Shock twist" damascus

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Mad skills!! The photographer ain't too shabby, either. :D

The knife is a real force, Sam!

Great image, Caleb!

- Joe
 
One of the coolest knife designs ever! I can´t wait to get my beasty Maximus!

And your photography looks absolutely brilliant, Caleb! :thumbup:
 
That is a great knife and photo.

Good job by Sam & Caleb
 
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Easily in my top 5 knives for Blade 2015 and my overall favorite of Sam's. As I have remarked elsewhere, this piece is an avatar of the maker himself. It is pure passion.
 
Beyond the obvious (a piece that tests my ability to remember enough superlatives), great shot and really like the presentation, ie, background arrangement.
 
excellent photo, crazy amazing knife. I'd name it after a dinosaur though, personally :)
 
I don't know... the knife is already very charged/busy due to the shape and material choice, maybe the deep HDR is a bit too much. Don't get me wrong the image is cool, but to me looks like a CG image more than showing the actual subject.
Or...Sam's work actually warps the space-time and suck the beholder into a new strange world ;)
 
Speaking of strange new worlds, this amazing knife would have featured well in a Frank Frezatta painting. I think the lush background enhances the fantasy image.
 
stezann said:
I don't know... the knife is already very charged/busy due to the shape and material choice, maybe the deep HDR is a bit too much. Don't get me wrong the image is cool, but to me looks like a CG image more than showing the actual subject.
Or...Sam's work actually warps the space-time and suck the beholder into a new strange world ;)
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Interesting.

And yet from your effusive praise, you apparently did not feel that the picture below "looks like a CG image more than showing the actual subject" or that the HDR was "a bit too much."

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Can you educate me on the difference? TIA!
 
Caleb's photo is dark, moody and dramatic. I quite like it. I can see why some might enthusiastically embrace this style and others might warm to a more conventional approach. I don't really think it's a matter of right or wrong, better or worse. I'm glad, actually, that different photographers - like different knifemakers - have different aesthetic ideals which are reflected in their work. Variety is good.
 
Wow thank you guys for the awesome comments! And yeah, Roger nailed it. I pretty much photograph my knives however I like in my own style knowing that some people love it and others don't which is perfectly fine. The point where I stopped trying to imagine what other people liked in a photo and started making what I liked in a photo was a huge step forward in my photography plus it's so much more fun that way.
I have to give Ryan Hays some credit for the art direction for both of the themed images with the Lurquin knives. He offered some really great starting points for me to work with and then let me do my thing with it which is seriously awesome!
I like to imagine each photo is a unique little world with the knife being the hero, the Indiana Jones, the Captain Jack Sparrow, or the Han Solo.
 
Great way to approach it, Caleb. The creativity shows. Both are incredible photos.

Tad
 
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