Stradivarius Camp Chopper**SOLD**

TK Steingass

TK Steingass

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Hi Fellas:

I picked up an old, dusty violin at a yard sale last week - the strings were missing and a couple of the ebony pegs were cracked. I paid $5.00 for it. I liked the highly figured fiddleback walnut and thought I could also scavenge the ebony out of the pegs for a nice camp chopper. What you see in the handle is the marriage of the fiddleback walnut and ebony with thin red liners. I salvaged enough wood for two of these camp choppers. When I busted up the rest of the violin for firewood, a piece of crinkly paper fell out - it said: Made by Antonio Stradivari, October, 1696. You never know what you're going find at a yard sale......I usually spend $30 - $40 for a set of scales of this quality. $250 delivered - first "I'll take it" gets it. I prefer Paypal at tksteingass@frontier.com Maker's lifetime common sense warranty and free sharpening

Best regards,

TK

3/16" O-1 stock
6" Flat ground blade - convex edge
10 3/4" OAL
HT to Rc 60-62
Superfine scotchbrite belt finish
Stradivarius fiddleback walnut scales
Ebony bolsters w/ black micarta pins
Mosaic pin - SS thong tube
Thin red liners
8-10 oz hand-stitched sheath

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You've got to be kidding. At least this will continue to make beautiful music for someone. The marriage of ebony and walnut is reminiscent of that double bird EDC you had on here a while back, only better endowed. Nice work.
 
TK Steingass said:
When I busted up the rest of the violin for firewood, a piece of crinkly paper fell out - it said: Made by Antonio Stradivari, October, 1696. You never know what you're going find at a yard sale......
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I need to get to more yard sales! Beautiful knife.
 
PM received - this knife is sold. To all, thanks for the kind words!

TK
 
Nice knife but I really would have rather had the dusty violin! "Of the 1,100 violins that Stradivari is believed to have made during his lifetime, only 650 are known to remain." - make that 649 now :p

"his "Lady Tennant" violin was sold last year by Christie's for more than $2.03 million, the highest amount ever paid for a musical instrument at a public auction." :eek:
 
I'm sure Antonio would be proud to own this one. :)
Nice touch with the micarta pins. Your attention to detail matches your talent as a knifemaker. That's a winning combo. :thumbup:
 
WOW!!! I can't believe that you broke up a violin for knife scales, that might have been worth a fortune. I would at least have had it checked by an expert. There are a ton of fakes around, but you never know, until you check it out.
EarlFH
 
According to this it sounds like it was probably a fake or at least not an original - phew!

Inscription
• All Stradivarius instruments have labels visible through the f-hole. If it is a relatively new piece of paper, written in plain English, then it is not a real Stradivarius. Anything which starts with "Made In_______" was produced after 1957. Stradivari instruments had a printed label , written in Latin. The label reads: "Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonenfis; Faciebat Anno 17__", which means "Antonius Stradivari made this in Cremona in 17__". The last two numbers of the year are usually written in by hand. If they are printed, then it is more likely a copy.
If the violin has "sotto la disciplina" written on its label it was not made by Stradivari himself but under his supervision. It may still be worth a lot of money.
 
EarlFH said:
WOW!!! I can't believe that you broke up a violin for knife scales, that might have been worth a fortune. I would at least have had it checked by an expert. There are a ton of fakes around, but you never know, until you check it out.
EarlFH
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Yeah, but a Stradavarius Camp Chopper has to be worth a small fortune.....:) :rolleyes:
 
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EarlFH said:
WOW!!! I can't believe that you broke up a violin for knife scales, that might have been worth a fortune. I would at least have had it checked by an expert. There are a ton of fakes around, but you never know, until you check it out.
EarlFH
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EarlFH:

I was kidding!! No violin was involved!!

Best regards,

TK
 
Years ago I knew a violin/guitar/lute maker. He showed me some wood he was using which had been cut in Austria in 1748. A day spent with him was an education in wood and wood work.
 
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