the mailman cometh -- dagger inside box

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Murray White

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Twas the month before Xmas and who should come to the house but a little uniformed man a bit larger than a mouse. From his blue and white van he did scamper with glee so he could collect a few dollars for a package just for me.

A Megalobyte man did venture to say, "did the package I sent, get to you today"? At first I had to answer, "not yet my friend" but quickly went to the computer to make my amends.

Open the box, dig into the packing, open the the pouch and my head I'm a smacking. Oh, lordy, what have we here? An Anders Hogstrom dagger, my dear as I showed my wife what made my heart go a clatter.

Now to all my friends on BF no BS. This is a rare beauty that I love to caress--Knife that is, my dear wife. your turn is later.

As I fly down the stair with the beauty in sight, the camera abeckons to show this delight.

From Megalobytes post, we give some information

"The large 7" double ground/edged blade is of high carbon steel, and it's differentially tempered to reveal a very active and distinctive double Hamon/Temper line."

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Megalibyte continues with this commentary "The wood on this dagger is called something like: "Redwood Lace Burl", whatever it is, it's amazingly beautiful wood, probably some of the nicest wood I have ever personally seen, and it's finished to a liquid-like gloss."

He does a fine job of describing--much better than me.

"... both the knife and scabbard are made from this wood and the knife and scabbard fit together perfectly. The black fitting at the throat of the scabbard is I believe polished buffalo horn."

"The metal fittings on the knife are antiqued copper, which has a really nice patina and antiqued color, the guard has some simple but neat ancient/tribal type carving. There is a retention loop/mechanism made of this same copper on the handle's bottom and some on the scabbard as well. Needless to say, if you know Anders' work, the fit and finish is about as good as it gets."

I had to do some searching of my home to find a "home" for the knife and fortunately had a stand that is just perfect. Now all I have to do is get the location past my wife. She'll never notice--duh!!

So Mr. Mailman, I thank you again. Stop by another day and we will sign with our pen.
 
A delightful post--in every regard! :thumbup: What a great score. I applaud your selection and prose... :p
 
SharpByCoop said:
A delightful post--in every regard! :thumbup: What a great score. I applaud your selection and prose... :p
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my thoughts were exactly the same...very playful words that tickled me in special places that made me think...wow. i want what he has...:D

congrats.
 
Terrific! (Linguists say the the word 'terrific' has the highest positive valence of any word in modern English.)
 
Well, I guess I don't need to email and ask if you like and want to keep it then? :)

Glad you like it, and I'll send you the bill for the words later. I believe this was an economy version with very few $4 words, so it shouldn't be too bad. :)

Enjoy it, I did (Until the Bill-man cameth. :) )

Ari
 
Hogstrom makes cool stuff and Ari's an OK guy to deal with:p

Actually Ari is a great guy to deal with

That is a beautiful dagger.
 
This one was my knife. I bought it directly from Anders. I traded it to Ari, only to have him put it up for sale at an insanely low price when the bill man hit him up. I wish I would have just bought it back.
And the handle and scabbard are "Redwood Lace Burl". One of the most beautiful pieces I have ever had in my collection. Problem was I had half a dozen pieces from Hogstrom and none from Slobodian, hence I traded Ari in a moment of weakness for a beautiful Slobodian tanto.......You got yourself one beautiful dagger......

Rich
 
thanks to both DSS and Ari then as this makes a nice addition to my collection and it does have a good home. I did change my mind from when I chatted with Ari and did locate it with some beautiful Raku pottery we display in our living room. Phyllis also, figured out what I had in mind before I actually place the knife in this location. It is perfect there.

DSS--what steel is used in the blade?
 
Rich and Murray, as you both know, this is a gorgeous da,gger, and it sure hurt to let it go, but, I had little choice, I didn't want me to be a homeless man pushing a shopping cart down the street full of knives. :)

It's OK though, I still have a sweet Olivewood burl Hogstrom tanto that will now get even more attention and love, as its sibling is no longer here. :)

You just gotta love Anders' work.

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You know what Ari. Anders offered me that tanto before he ever sold it knifeart or was it bladegallery. You know, if I wouldn't have passed on it. You'd be completely bereft of Hogstrom pieces.......lol.

Rich
 
Well Rich, all I can say is I'm glad you did pass on it, you foolish, foolish man. :)

Seriously, If I ever sell this one, I should be shot, then tortured, then shot again. :eek:

Just from owning a few of Anders' knives, I can see that he uses only the absolute best woods out there, the Redwood Lace Burl on Murray's new dagger was truly astonishing (well, and still is, for Murray anyway :) ), and I'm sure Murray will agree, that good as his picture is, the wood has much more gloss to it, and is finished to such a fine gloss, that it is liquid-like, same for the Olivewood on my tanto, just unreal selections of wood from Anders.

I recall some people saying in recent threads, that they generally don't like wood on knives because it's not normally that exciting, but from owning some of Anders' knives I know that very fine and exotic woods can truly be the equal of ivory and stag for visual appeal.
 
I think both of these knife / scabbard combinations are prime examples of just how stunning wood can be.

Roger
 
Ari--just poked around your site. nice collection of knives you have. I think we both have nice homes for some very wonderful creations from a variety of knifemakers. It is so nice to see others collections and the photography threads and forums custom knife thread really add to the enjoyment that collectors now have via the internet.

BTW--can either you or dss tell me when the Hogstom dagger was created? I just like to keep my records up to date with as much info as I can.
 
I can't be exactly sure, but I think I bought it from Anders in 9/2004 right after it was finished. But that's just going from memory......

Rich
 
thanks Rich. wow! I'm third owner in a year. glad you guys were willing to part with it though. BTW-meg, I have a Bailey folder you could probably talk me out of if you want another of his for your collection.
 
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