Honestly, the addition of that art was like taking a very nice knife and turning it into one of those pens where the girl's clothes come of when you turn it upside down. Sorry, I'm not conservative in the least, but I find the artwork more pornographic than classy. Maybe if she wasn't crossing her arms under her tits. I don't know, just some constructive criticism from a knife enthusiast and an artist.
IMO JB,
you nailed it !
Not the critique of the knife or the scrim mind you, but the reason some folks who posted found the scrimshaw offensive. You nailed the fact that,
unfortunately, so many folks have come to see women as nothing more than sex objects.
Rather than seeing the beauty of the human form in its entirety, as in Nicks scrimshaw, JB, you see nothing more than "tits". I don't know what to say or think about that ??
FWIW, I prefer to call them Breasts, they come in many sizes, shapes and forms, and
SURPRISE!, most women have them. I say
most because some women, and even some men, through an unfortunate accident or disease (Cancer for instance) have had to have surgery to remove the entire breast or parts thereof.
IMHO, it certainly doesn't make them any less of a women, or in rare instances, a man. It's just life.
We're
all human, and we
all share the same basic body parts. Whats to be ashamed or embarrassed about ?
I see nothing inappropriate or "dirty" when I look at this piece of work. On the contrary, I see a
Beautifully Made piece of Functional Art, in
every way. From the engineering standpoint of a well designed knife, extremely difficult and time consuming to make
Feather Pattern Damascus, a bugger to work with 6AL4V titanium liners, spacer or backbar that are fileworked and anodized to perfection, to well done, fantastic scrimshaw of the Female Human Form. Simply beautiful.
How anyone could compare the addition of Nick Finocchio's scrimshaw work on Kevin Casey's Folding knife to the cheesy pen you described in beyond me. And
certainly not what I would call
constructive criticism from a knife enthusiast and an artist. In fact, I found it more divisive than constructive.
However, I guess that's what makes
BladeForums such a unique place on the web. As long as it's civil, everyone is entitled to their own opinion - like it or not.
All the above being said, I love this piece in its entirety. Darn near spotless !
Knifemaking doesn't get much more clean than this. And having handled quite a few pieces of your work Kevin, I would bet money the blade movement, along with the lock-up, is smooth as silk.
Bravo Kevin ! Bravo Nick ! One heck of a beautiful piece of Functional Art - in
every way.
One other aspect that takes this one off the charts, is the Loveless like front & back scrim, reminiscent of Bob Loveless' double "nude" logo marked knives. I Love it !
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