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I gotta hand it to collector and friend Paul Kessler who just keeps coming up with great collaboration ideas, one after another.
This is a really nice two blade folding knife in traditional 'trapper' design made by Tom Overeynder to an exacting standard as regards fit and finish. Tom has the knack for knife designs that make engravers drool.
The trapper theme is expertly rendered by Brian Hochstrat, using bulino style for both trapper and beaver panels. More traditional relief engraving featuring two types of gold applique ties everything together. In this photo I have tried to let every bit of detail in the engraving show through. The limit of course, is the computer screen. So, at best, with a net image, you want to see all the detail down to the screen resolution limit, THEN, beyond that, you want the suggestion of detail.
Looking at the image below with this in mind, I hope you can begin to appreciate the extra shaping and shading Brian puts into his work, especially his bulino. I guarantee this photo accurately shows what the knife looks like, but to really appreciate Brian's talents you have to hold the knife in good light and look at for a long time...
This is a really nice two blade folding knife in traditional 'trapper' design made by Tom Overeynder to an exacting standard as regards fit and finish. Tom has the knack for knife designs that make engravers drool.
The trapper theme is expertly rendered by Brian Hochstrat, using bulino style for both trapper and beaver panels. More traditional relief engraving featuring two types of gold applique ties everything together. In this photo I have tried to let every bit of detail in the engraving show through. The limit of course, is the computer screen. So, at best, with a net image, you want to see all the detail down to the screen resolution limit, THEN, beyond that, you want the suggestion of detail.
Looking at the image below with this in mind, I hope you can begin to appreciate the extra shaping and shading Brian puts into his work, especially his bulino. I guarantee this photo accurately shows what the knife looks like, but to really appreciate Brian's talents you have to hold the knife in good light and look at for a long time...
