Stuart Branson's Tokyo Toothpick

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I'll start out by saying that 'Tokyo Toothpick' is a name I came up with. I didn't pass it by Brother Stuart, so I hope you don't mind, buddy! :)

I last saw this knife just under a year ago. Stuart was finishing it up for the Seattle show and it sold so damn quick I barely remember seeing it. Fortunately the owner, Mike, got in touch and we now have some pictures. This is great because I don't think Stu had time to get any himself, and I really think this piece deserves some bandwidth.

I've also sent the photos to Dan, for the upcoming 'Knife Porn' ebook he's putting together. There's a thread on that somewhere in here, but if you can't find it, drop me a line and I'll help you get your photos to where they need to go.

'Nuf chitchat.













 
I've never seen an utterly straight line hamon before. Bet Stuart couldn't do that again in a 100 years, err, well, being Stuart, maybe he could.:) I consider that one heck of a feat in metallurgy, and can't imagine the control needed to do that without even a spot or movement here or there.
 
That quench line is slick. The whole piece is stunning. Stuart is really doing some high level stuff these days.
 
Thank you for sharing :thumbup:

Stuart has also captured my attention lately with his fusion of American and Japanese art and culture into knife making.
 
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Interesting to see this again. I had only a couple cell phone pics of it on my table from last year's Seattle show.
 
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Really cool piece, I always love your fusion style Stuart.
 
Thanks for posting these pictures! Mr. Branson's work is some of my very favorite and I can hardly wait to get another Japanese-style piece from....some of the best, IMHO.
 
Very cool fusion creation. My 2 cent thought though is that since Edo was renamed Tokyo in 1868
and the wearing of swords was made illegal in 1876, a more appropriate name might be
"Tokugawa Toothpick".
 
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