Six from TIM HANCOCK

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Here are six knives as they will be displayed in Tim Hancock's forthcoming book.
The section in the book displaying about 100 of Tim's knives will be divided
according to the various collections they came from.

The three folders are from the John D. Boldan collection and the two Bowies
and the dagger are from the collection of Gerald Thomas.

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)

From my book "Tim Hancock The Art of the Western Bladesmith"
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From my book "Tim Hancock The Art of the Western Bladesmith"
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I'll take 'em!:p



WOW! Beautiful knives, beautiful pics!
Thanks for posting.

Kind regards,

Jos
 
I like them all but that second Bowie and the dagger are the most appealing to me.

Marcel
 
I'm a fixed blade guy, so why did I swallow my tongue over the folders with the Hansonian ivory? Maybe cuz they look like fixed blades--City knife/Stiff Horn.

ken
 
ddd....fantastic pics as usual....that dagger is ridiculous.....a quick question on your photography....i don't want to derail your thread though....all of the pics i have sene u post have the knives"floating" in space....with no references in them....is this part of your "style" as a photographer or do you do it mostly becasue they are pics that are going to be in books u publish.....i always liked knife pictures that incorporate "props" to accentuate the knife.....ryan
 
I love the dagger and the folders. He had a dagger somewhat like that at the ABS Reno show a few years ago.
 
David,
Beautiful knives. I also like them all but especially the dagger.
Jim Treacy
 
ryan9977 said:
ddd....fantastic pics as usual....that dagger is ridiculous.....a quick question on your photography....i don't want to derail your thread though....all of the pics i have sene u post have the knives"floating" in space....with no references in them....is this part of your "style" as a photographer or do you do it mostly becasue they are pics that are going to be in books u publish.....i always liked knife pictures that incorporate "props" to accentuate the knife.....ryan
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Ryan,

To answer your question, I'll quote from the Preface of my first book
on modern custom knives, "... Custom Folding Knives" (2003):

"...I was also concerned about creating a visual language which would not
confuse the viewer. Custom knives are often depicted on elaborate
backgrounds, surrounded by confusing artifacts. I decided to show the knives
alone - something like showing the beauty of a great painting on a plain wall,
letting it "sing" for itself without any surrounding distractions. This demanded
the consent of the world class photographers who were commissioned to
photograph the folders over a period of several years. It also demanded from
me over 800 hours of computer work, carefully pulling images from their
original backgrounds, combining several folders into one illustration and
enlarging various sections of the folders to show, in detail, what this art is all
about. The "manipulated" backgrounds were created so as to compliment the
beauty of the knives, and a hue was chosen..."

Hope this helps you understand my way of displaying knives.....
AND, the knives are not floating around in the air... They lie on the
background displaying their shadows to prove this.... :)

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)
 
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