Scagel Madness.... by request

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Will Leavitt - your wish is my command.
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Well chosen samples of Scagel's knives for this
visual display, Buddy.

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)
 
WOW... I'm happy now :) I've got some red deer tips that will become Scagel inspired knives. :D

At Tannehill I probably looked and steamed up the glass on Dr. Lucie's display for 45 minutes before my wife told me that other people wanted to look. Ah well. I would've stood there for hours just looking at those knives.

Thanks a bunch!!!
 
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HTMD said:
Will Leavitt - your wish is my command.

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I am not a big fan of the look of some Scagels, but this one has to be one of the most attractive of his knives that I have ever seen,
 
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I agree Joe
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I have seen that blade style before, but with the skinny handle with the "beak" buttcap. On this one, not only does the handle look better, but Scagel just nailed the blade profile and grinds.
 
Thanks Buddy. They are beautiful Scagels and in remarkably good condition.
 
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awesome, buddy, thanks a lot! the grinds of the first two examples are incredibly beautiful!

best regards,
hans
 
Absolutely stunning photographs, making the often-mediocre-looking Scagels VERY desireable.

Worthy of a book. :thumbup: :thumbup: ;)

Buddy, you're my hero. :D

Coop
 
Buddy,

Not trying to be off-topic, but what camera are you using? Those photos are awsome. I know that proper lighting is 90%, however, having a good camera is bound to come into play.

Thanks.............. Robert
 
Robert - If you right-click on the photo and choose Image Properties, you can see a bunch of info about the picture, camera, and software. Here's the camera he used:

Image input equipment model: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
 
Thanks everyone. We all seem to agree about #1. The lines are sublime.

Certainly camera, lens and lighting are important but the most important thing of all is having great teachers who provide support, encouragement and the occasional kick in the pants that says, "C'mon, you could do a lot better than that if you'd just try harder!" My sincere thanks go out to Jim Cooper, Terrill Hoffman, Chuck Ward and Eric Eggly - in particular Jim Cooper, who has been both friend and mentor. I like to call him "Super Coop" because he single-handedly raised the bar of excellence in this field of knife photography to new heights.

OK, group hug over - back to the knives.

PS: Thanks also to Dave Ellis who cut me some slack for co-opting his Moran Madness theme.
 
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Robert - If you right-click on the photo and choose Image Properties, you can see a bunch of info about the picture, camera, and software. Here's the camera he used:

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Thanks for the info Kelly, however, my computer doesn't give me an "image properties" option when I right click. It simplly says "properties" which tells me where the file is located and the size of the pic.

Maybe I don't have something set right.

Thanks again,

Robert
 
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As others have stated, I really like this piece.
It doesn't follow the typical Scagel design, not that I don't like the Scagel design.
Just wondering Buddy, would it's uniqueness make this piece more or less valuable than a similar piece in regard to size and condition that more followed the Scagel design such as the piece in photo #3?
 
Robert - I recently switched to Mac from PC and I can't do what Kelly described either. What I can do is select an image, click file menu and select get info. A small window pops open and has several sub-categories with all the info that might be available. This assumes 'Finder' is the default open application on your desktop.

Kevin - Not uniqueness per se but first, the ultra mint condition and second, the rare tooled Heiser sheath and third in importance as regards value is the elegant design execution. Those three elements conspire to make that knife/sheath combo worth a small fortune. Of course that's just an estimate - could be worth a large fortune too ...or at lease somewhere in between. ;)

The #3 knife may be more typical of Scagel's style but it has it's own valuable attributes; smaller size than the typical camp knife including a smaller (thinner) handle possibly made for a smaller hand, and the sheath is original to the knife and made by Scagel. The knife's condition is excellent. Still, it may not be as valuable as #1. Here's a composite shot of the knife:

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Thank you Buddy! What an incredible group. And, thinking how these knives survived in such remarkable condition..

About the history, of Scagel. Was Dr. Lucie the first (only?) to give serious effort (in early days) to preserve/ collect the work of Scagel, or were there others?

Amazing man. Undeniable genius.
David
 
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