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I haven't been to active on the forums lately. I've been busting it trying to get some knives together for the Spirit of Steel show this weekend. I thought I'd show my offerings. Because of time constraints (getting a table was a last minute decision), it's all simple working knives. There was no time to do anything fancy.
I've already had a few requests to definitely mark some of these as sold, with tentative sales on others. This could prove to be an interesting show for me. If it keeps up like this, I may have nothing on my table but photos and candy. But that would be fine with me. It would give me more time to have serious chats with the collectors and less time wiping finger prints and spit off the blades, and passing out Band Aids.
The reason there are multiple shots is that I began taking photos as knives were completed.
El Camino and two "Platypi"
The El Camino is handled in Arizona Desert Ironwood, and has nickel silver hardware. The top Platypus is African Blackwood with nickel silver, and the bottom one is Australian Ring Gidgee with nickel silver. By the way, the term "Platypi" was suggested by a friend and customer for the plural form of Platypus. I was thinking about changing the name because when you are talking about two or more of them it almost sounds obscene.
Montero
The Montero is handled in Arizona Desert Ironwood and has stainless steel hardware. This one is just a little longer than I normally make. There were originally two of these, but on the other one I found a little inclusion in the steel on the final hand-rubbed finish. I hated to do it, but I destroyed it and threw it away.
El Camino
I just finished this one. It will be the last that I'll work on until after the show. The handle is Australian Ring Gidgee, and the hardware is stainless.
There will also be a Mountain Man camp knife (hammer texturing on the ricasso and spine).
I've already had a few requests to definitely mark some of these as sold, with tentative sales on others. This could prove to be an interesting show for me. If it keeps up like this, I may have nothing on my table but photos and candy. But that would be fine with me. It would give me more time to have serious chats with the collectors and less time wiping finger prints and spit off the blades, and passing out Band Aids.
The reason there are multiple shots is that I began taking photos as knives were completed.
El Camino and two "Platypi"
The El Camino is handled in Arizona Desert Ironwood, and has nickel silver hardware. The top Platypus is African Blackwood with nickel silver, and the bottom one is Australian Ring Gidgee with nickel silver. By the way, the term "Platypi" was suggested by a friend and customer for the plural form of Platypus. I was thinking about changing the name because when you are talking about two or more of them it almost sounds obscene.
Montero
The Montero is handled in Arizona Desert Ironwood and has stainless steel hardware. This one is just a little longer than I normally make. There were originally two of these, but on the other one I found a little inclusion in the steel on the final hand-rubbed finish. I hated to do it, but I destroyed it and threw it away.
El Camino
I just finished this one. It will be the last that I'll work on until after the show. The handle is Australian Ring Gidgee, and the hardware is stainless.
There will also be a Mountain Man camp knife (hammer texturing on the ricasso and spine).
