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Severtech: Great idea on the calender, and one that I need to bounce around more. I think it could fly.

Cerebus: I am getting pretty durn good at PhotoShop 7.0. My camera was a Canon EOS-10D 6.3mp DSLR. I brought an 8mp Nikon 8700, but the Canon is just an easier camera to work and is the pro's choice.

Carnifex: Thanks for sharing that. That sounds very familiar.

The rest of you guys: I appreciate your praise, but now my head's too big. :eek: Save it for the knives and makers. I'd love to hear comments on them. Thank you. :)

Danbo was 'helping' me choose backgrounds by way of scowling at my choice on one knife. Unfortunately for me he was right on. :grumpy: :p ;)

I'd have him as an assistant any day! :D

Coop

OK, back to business...

Lloyd Hale has a longstanding and elusive career. Maybe these next two daggers will help us all appreciate just how much of a legend in knifemaking Lloyd really is. I don't have exact dimensions, but these were BOTH over 15" long! Simply outstanding!



Anders Hogstrom has a handle or three on his wonderful Swedish knives, and has a great hamon as well. Also his inspiring sheathed dagger is probably influenced by a viking design. Nicely done.



More in the next post..

Coop
 
Des Horn from South Africa worked with Armin Winkler on the engraving of his delicate folder. I love it when a knife is a beautiful closed as it is open. This one surely is.



Charles Kain has a style that you can pick up from across the room. His work is clean and engaging. He likes them fancy! This had a deceptively thick blade and locked up tight.



Michael Kanter hails from New Berlin, WI. One of the thousands of little-known but quality makers we enjoy in the USA. Here are two of his hunters that are drop-dead gorgeous. (BTW, his son's name is Adam. He's 8 yrs old. :D)



Well that's it for tonight. Look for more tomorrow or soon.

I appreciate the comments on the knives. Hold your tongue about me... ;)

Coop
 
I have encountered a computer problem with this thread which I have been unable to correct and with my limited computer expertise have even run out of ideas as to the cause of the problem, much less a possible solution.

I am, it seems, the only person unable to see any of the images that Coop has posted here in this thread. I can see images posted in threads and posts in other BF forums and sub-forums, both thumbnails posted as BF attachments as well as independently webhosted images. I can also see images previously posted by Coop from his FotoTime host site as well as the images on his website.

I have received no response to my post yesterday in the Blade Discussion Forum, Help! Image Viewing Problem, which is perhaps a bit more detailed than the brief statement of the problem above.

Any enlightenment and assistance toward understanding and/or a solution will be greatly appreciated.

I certainly do not wish to further encumber this thread with off topic material and post this plea here only in desperation. If any of you can provide assistance please reply to the other thread, not here. Thanks.
 
I really like Coops photo of Anders Hogstrom knives. Anders just makes some of the coolest knives out there. Great work and a great guy, I always enjoy visiting with Anders at the shows and looking at his knives. If you havn't checked out his work, you must.

Don Hanson lll
 
Coop- I know it will fly. A calender ala David Daroms book. Top grade paper, photos go without saying, and how about a replacable or multi year calender. I would not mind seeing your pics for a month every year for many years.

Don- I have one of Anders blades I got in Vegas some years ago and it is fantastic. He also is a great woodworker and any of you ought to get him to make a case if you buy one of his. It's worth it. I WILL get more AND add several fabulous Don Hanson knives to my collection.
 
Folks,

Thanks for the kind comments. It's a good skill, I know. :D OK, here we go again...

Peter Martin took top honors with his 'Fantasy' knives. Here are a pair of scorpions with a gold carriage, and LOTS of detail work inside. :)

Then he has this wonderful 'Butterfly' folder which has a black pearl side and an ivory side. Like a moth to a butterfly it morphs before your eyes...! :eek: :101



Two words: 'Scary Sharp'. Who comes to mind??



Coop
 
Mardi Meshejian just achieved his ABS JS title this year. He's never afraid to experiment with organic shapes and materials. The first photo shows that.

Then check out his 'San Mai'-style bowie. That IS titanium bonded to a steel core! WOW! :eek:

Lastly he expands his craft to a shapely and raw pearl folder.



Cliff Parker and Don Hanson spent time working together in the forge. You can see the similarities in the styles, especially the interesting characters in the mosaic bolsters and blades. Cliff gets full credit on these two. The first has a series of spiders and initials and checkerboards and anything else you can dream up tossed in the mix.

But the NEXT folder is MY favorite. Let's just say Cliff also has a keen sense of humor and longs for saturday morning cartoons again...



Coop
 
Mark Steinbrecher has made a number of auto daggers I have shot in the past. Now he turns his attention to a bolster-release auto with mammoth scales, and another manual with dark green mammoth scales. Both have a 'Road Warrior' sense of urgency.



John W. Smith continues to stun the knife world. He's the same guy who can belt out an inexpensive tactical, and then turn his attention to an 18k gold interframe with pearl and his engraving.

So good, in fact, that he won 'Best Folder' for the effort. Sublime for the eyes!



Jerry Rados is mostly reknowned these days for his 'turkish twist' damascus. Here it is in his own folder. The flutes on the pearl really let this shimmer. I can't even begin to capture the glow.

And the 'Cool Factor' goes up a few notches with his special screws and the tool that is included to assemble and remove them. How about that!?



And my last entry for this set is a period dagger by a young knifemaker, Robert Rossdeutscher, who wore period clothing all the while as well. Maybe the Outpost fellows know of him?



I'm 3/4 way done. Getting close.

Coop
 
Cliff parker, Peter Martin, Mark Steinbrecher, WOW !!!
Great knives, Great guys.

Don Hanson lll

P.S. Thanks Severtecher
 
Dan Hanson lll makes some of the most beautiful knives I have ever seen. The best fixed blade award that he won should have been followed up with the best in show award as well. that knife was stunning. If you havent seen his knives in person you need to!!

Great job Mr. Hanson

Adam Michael
 
Simply outstanding photographs, Coop! It was a pleasure to meet you at the show.

I always like to be able to match a knife to a face so, with your permission, I'm going to post a couple of the quick shots I snapped of some of the attending makers.
 
Wow - the awesomeness continues! You can put me down for a calendar as well Coop. ;)

Roger
 
OK, I am ready finalize this series now. Like in show biz, I will leave you wanting more..... ;)

C. Gray Taylor is reknowned as the 'Cremé de la cremé' of traditional slipjoint makers. His work is rare and wonderously outfitted. Look over these patterns to see if you agree. Yes, that is 18K gold blades on that last one...!



André Thorburn is one of a number of South African makers who attended the Chicago show. Typical of the South African makers is his top-level work at moderate prices. Always a treat to see what's up on his table. :)



Buster and Julie Warenski conspire to delight the 'sense of elegance' on this stunning piece. This knife is a 'supermodel' of fine daggers. :eek:



Coop
 
Stan Wilson made sure a dealer handed this off to me to get photographed. He couldn't make it. Nonetheless, his work was recognized by all who glazed over this curvy piece. I don't think I have EVER seen a more luxurious set of black pearl scales. That's the real deal.



Owen Wood now lives in Colorado from South Africa. He gained the judges attention with this especially nice folder and won the special 'Judges Award'. He employed the work of a not-very-familiar engraver: Amayak Stepanyan. He will soon be on everyone's lips with this level of engraving work. Look at the next photo of a knife I did by an unknown-to-me Italian maker, but with Amayak's characteristic Art-Deco style.



And as a final salute to this wonderful show, I present to you a knife that Mr. Ed Wormser himself wished that I would photograph for him. It is so very stunning that I will let it speak softly to you. Very softly....



Well, I am done editing and I have miles to go before I sleep. Lots more printing and mailing to do, along with hard-copy submissions to three publications.

I'm glad you enjoyed this show from the comfort of your home or office. :) I owe it to the makers to showcase their work out here on the net. They were good to me, and I am good back at them.

Coop
 
Worth mentioning that :

1. Des Horn's folder makes use of a unique pivot mechanism which hides the pivot pin without resorting to the usual "clamshell" design.

2. That Andre Thorburn's folders feature the forged damascus of Ettore Gianferrari, a world-class knifemaker in his own right.
 
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