The KNIFE ART of a LEGEND

I was fortunate enough to first meet Jim Schmidt at his home just before he was delivering 3 knives at an upcoming show. "Rainbow" was one of them. I remember how proud he was of the toothpick and tweezers built into the knife.

He showed me around his shop and gave tips and pointers, he was extremely forthcoming with help and information. Probably a reason so many makers have been influenced by him

Grant
 
severtecher said:
This is exactly my thing. Thanks for the post Dr. Darom. You guys who are not aware(inconceivable to me) of the good Doctors work better get online and find his great books on knives. You will be blown away.
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I'll second that recommendation. (And any man who can spell "bail" correctly, in this context, can't be all bad! ;) )
 
Kohai999 said:
There is one other one, it has gold pins and accents, and my friend owns it, as well as the hidden push dagger....but forthcoming pictures are doubtful...my apologies.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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Well Steven, SURPRISE, SURPRISE!!
Here is Jim Schmidt's second Viking Dagger, the one you
mentioned earlier, with its push dagger not hidden any more...

Took quite some time, but this one will be displayed in my
next book "Knife Art" (2010) as part of Phil Lobred's collection.

Amazing piece, no doubt about that!

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)

From my forthcoming book "Knife Art" (2010)
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This is yet an other example of the giant Jim Schmidt was. What an amazing knife:cool::thumbup:

Marcel
 
ddd said:
Well Steven, SURPRISE, SURPRISE!!
Here is Jim Schmidt's second Viking Dagger, the one you
mentioned earlier, with its push dagger not hidden any more...
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Forthcoming definition-"being about to appear or to be produced or made available".

Phil took ownership of the piece in October 2007, my reference to it was made in February, 2008....the photograph was taken in February 2009 if I remember correctly.

I never said we wouldn't see pictures of this knife, I just said it wouldn't happen any time soon.;)

Is there any doubt as to my veracity?:D

With absolute respect and appreciation for the Marton's piece, I like Phil's much better.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Kohai999 said:
Forthcoming definition-"being about to appear or to be produced or made available".

Phil took ownership of the piece in October 2007, my reference to it was made in February, 2008....the photograph was taken in February 2009 if I remember correctly.

I never said we wouldn't see pictures of this knife, I just said it wouldn't happen any time soon.;)

Is there any doubt as to my veracity?:D

With absolute respect and appreciation for the Marton's piece, I like Phil's much better.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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Okay, Steven, I meant no harm.... I don't think that there
is anyone around who could challenge your accuracy, correctness,
honesty or sincerity. I'll be more careful next time.... :)

One question, though, isn't my next book "forthcoming"?
It is nearly finished...

I too like Phil's knife better.

See you at the BLADE Show!

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)
 
ddd said:
Okay, Steven, I meant no harm.... I don't think that there
is anyone around who could challenge your accuracy, correctness,
honesty or sincerity. I'll be more careful next time.... :)

One question, though, isn't my next book "forthcoming"?
It is nearly finished.......

See you at the BLADE Show!

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)
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No harm taken, David, hence the smiley.:D

Since you and I both appreciate language play, although you have me at a severe disadvantage as you are MUCH better at Hebrew, lol;), I would say we need a reference point.

Your book is due to be finished soon, but will not "debut" until Blade 2010. So what would be the reference point? That is over a year from now, the average lifespan of a white male is 75 years....I would say that is a significant amount of time in relation to our lives....would that be "forthcoming" without some sort of modifier?

I'll not be at Blade this year, going to Josh Smith's show instead, will you be at the AKI again? If so, I'll see you there.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
With absolute respect and appreciation for the Marton's piece, I like Phil's much better.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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I like this one better too. All things (almost) equal, it's the scales that set this one apart from the other one:thumbup::cool:

Marcel
 
Ah, Steven, you count time by average human being life span,
I look at the bigger picture for reference. The expected "lifetime"
of my books in one form or an other - 1,000 years. Therefore... :)

Anyway, see you at the AKI. I hope to bring a proof printing
of "Knife Art" with me too.

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)
 
David,

Would it be all right with you if I posted some additional pics of Schmidt knives?

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
ddd said:
Ah, Steven, you count time by average human being life span,
I look at the bigger picture for reference. The expected "lifetime"
of my books in one form or an other - 1,000 years. Therefore... :)

Anyway, see you at the AKI. I hope to bring a proof printing
of "Knife Art" with me too.
All the best,
David Darom (ddd)
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That could be just the little additional push I need to make a trip to California in October. ;) :D
 
Kohai999 said:
David,

Would it be all right with you if I posted some additional pics of Schmidt knives?

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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By all means, Steven. I started this thread so that others could
also post pictures of Jim's knives!

By the way, I am having a special introduction section in "Knife Art"
about Jim Schmidt and his amazing knife art...

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)
 
These were taken by martinr, and I'll let him tell the story, if he chooses, because I don't know diddly about them:









Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
What an amazing collection of Jim Schmidt's knives!
Thanks, Steven for posting the pictures!

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)
 
I became aware of Jim Schmidt and his exquisite knives from your books DDD. Somehow, I managed to miss this thread entirely until the recent posts.

THANKS...

I think Jim Schmidt was one of the all time great knifemakers and from what I read, quite a remarkable man in many ways.

Peter
 
STeven, thank you for posting the pictures. The knives belong to Walter Hoffman, I did some photography of his collection and these were one of the highlights. I think a couple are also shown in Dr. Daroms book Custom Folding Knives. Also, Tom Huttons collection of Jim Schmidt knives was on display at the Santa Barbara show. Just amazing. It's hard to tell from the photographs but the knives are LARGE, from what I've heard so was Mr. Schmidt.
 
martinr said:
STeven, thank you for posting the pictures. The knives belong to Walter Hoffman, I did some photography of his collection and these were one of the highlights. I think a couple are also shown in Dr. Darom's book Custom Folding Knives. Also, Tom Huttons collection of Jim Schmidt knives was on display at the Santa Barbara show. Just amazing. It's hard to tell from the photographs but the knives are LARGE, from what I've heard so was Mr. Schmidt.
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You will be able to read about Jim Schmidt the man and
knifemaker in an 8 page section in my next book dedicated
to his major contribution to the world of modern custom knives.

Jim's amazing Goblin folder shown below is also a part of
this section of his in "Knife Art" and comes from
the collection of Dr. Pierluigi Peroni (Italy)


All the best,
David Darom (ddd)

From my next book, "Knife Art" (2010)
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Mr Schmidt also left his mark on the knife world by teaching & influencing other knife makers such as Barry Davis, Dellana, & others.
 
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