Who Would Be Interested In Doing A Collaboration Classic Hunter With Me??

This sounds good :)

I was starting to wonder what happened to that impatience that started to float around when I was making the steel ;)

Look'n good :D
Nick
 
I've never been involved in a collaboration knife before but one thing I've observed in others is that the urgency of getting things moving waxes and wanes through the couple of years it takes to complete one. I think you just happened to be working on it during one of our urgent periods. ;) Just wait - when it comes time to sharpen this baby, you're gonna be holding up the universe! :D

Just think though; you're going to be the one who gets to cut with this thing! I admit to a certain envy of that position.

I really appreciate all the pictures. That's what keeps my interest piqued. Dan, you'd better be taking pics of your handle construction too! :D I haven't looked at your site but I suspect you'll be adding Roger's most recent ones?

Is it time yet to start thinking about documentation? Who's going to write this up? Has anyone thought about editing this thread to include as documentation with the knife? Dan's website as well? We could make a whole book to go with it if there was any interest in that. (I've done some bookbinding.) Seems to me the ultimate owner could take great enjoyment from reading about his/her knife's creation. Done right it might actually add monetary value and maybe even set a precedent for future collaborative works (by others!).

Not tooting my own horn, but as an example a buddy and I built futuristic samurai armor a few years back and entered the Masquerade at the 1997 World Science Fiction Convention in San Antonio. For the unititiated, this is a big thing; among costumers Worldcon is one of the two or three major venues of the year. To get to my point :rolleyes: , the project took us about a year and a half of construction. The whole time I took photos, saved receipts, kept a few cardboard patterns, etc. I even had saved bar napkin sketches from years before we actually began building the armor... At the end I put everything together in a big binder and took it along.

Part of the judging for costuming is workmanship; judges pick you over, asked piercing questions, call their peers over to look at one detail or another... Okay, to get to my point :rolleyes: , the judges liked my documentation so much - they'd never seen anything like it - they created a whole award for it: Most Bodacious Documentation. Really. We came away from the Con with three "Best Ofs." Best Master Division, Best Workmanship, Most Bodacious Documentation. (Though not Best of Show. That went to a bunch of sewing.) Anyway, my point :rolleyes: is that good documentation of the process of creation can be quite impressive.
 
Dave, that's really cool about the armor and documentation! I like your idea for the knife documentation, also. Ol' Dave's wheels are always turning!
 
Dan Koster: * Certificate of Origin

OK Roger not a problem here.

I'll get those pictures up soon.

dang, don't I like that Mokume contrast with that Ivory :D
the colors match very nicely too I think.
with the Blade etch,, it's going to be busy..but I think the dark colors will pull it all together what do you guys think?
 
they are up now here
http://www.knivesby.com/jade.html


http://www.knivesby.com/collaboration.html
Here is what I have so far, please add or clarify if needed.
Bruce Bump:* Etching and technical direction

Burchtree Michael Burch:* design and blank profiling and write up.

itrade Steve Sando:* design and blade finish prior to etching

Nick Wheeler:* Damascus, presentation edge and edge retention testing
The billet is of a 1084/15N20 mix. Heat treat spec's

ddavelarsen Dave Larsen:* blade grind and File work

Laredo7mm: Sean Couch * Mokume and Jade

John Andrews:* jade, shaping, cutting and drilling

Rlinger Roger linger:* HT and handle scales Heat treat spec's

Gray Maker Dan Gray: * bolsters and handle fit

Jay Maines:* sheath

pendentive Dan Koster: * Certificate of Origin

Harry Knickerbocker:* Bola (from scrap pieces), tang tip, assist Michael with writing


:eek: :confused: :confused: did this get done before H/T
ddavelarsen Dave Larsen:* blade grind and File work :confused:
 
Dan-

I just wanted to make sure Roger gets credit for edge testing since he did that right after heat-treat. :D

Nick
 
ddavelarsen said:
Dan I didn't do any filework on either blade. Am I grounded?
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:eek:
your wings are cliped for good Dave :(
now you have to buy a carbide file to work with :D just kidding
I'm sure it's not a big deal for anyone ,, no one caught it.. :)

anyone want to wack Dave? :D
 
Dave - consider yourself officially wacked.... (not whacked.....:eek: )


:footinmou
 
Daniel Koster said:
Dave - consider yourself officially wacked.... (not whacked.....:eek: )


:footinmou
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who ever told you I could spell,
They Where Wrong
:D :D :D
wack wack a polish duck ? :)
 
was just thinking of this last night.....as usual, DanG beat me to it...


Dang...!


:D :footinmou




I've forgotten what I'm supposed to do? :confused:



Just kiddin.....:p
 
Dan K., I have a question for you too at the end of this post.

Sorry guys; I did see the last two posts a few days back but did not know how to answer at that time so I hesitated until knowing better. I have been up against the clock but now that I have finally finished my first big WSK and the knife I am finishing now is at a point where there will be time waiting on bonding materials to cure I can get back on it. I am hoping to be able to send her out to Dan Gray by months end (8 to 10 days). I should be able to do that. The jade is profiled. I still have some jade contouring to do and the profiling of the ivory, and am sure there is an etc. or two in there somewhere.

Dan K., how is the certificate of origin coming along?

RL
 
rlinger said:
Dan K., I have a question for you too at the end of this post.

Sorry guys; I did see the last two posts a few days back but did not know how to answer at that time so I hesitated until knowing better. I have been up against the clock but now that I have finally finished my first big WSK and the knife I am finishing now is at a point where there will be time waiting on bonding materials to cure I can get back on it. I am hoping to be able to send her out to Dan Gray by months end (8 to 10 days). I should be able to do that. The jade is profiled. I still have some jade contouring to do and the profiling of the ivory, and am sure there is an etc. or two in there somewhere.

Dan K., how is the certificate of origin coming along?

RL
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sounds good to me Roger. I know what you feel like..it's like a YO YO.. :)
 
Sorry guys again for being late (again).

I remember so well my anxiousness for Nick to get the steel forged or if he would ever get the steel forged. Well, back then I had a day job and was making knives for the reason of learning how and for the fun of it. Now I am on the other side of the fence. I no longer make knives for the fun of it. It is knives and only knives that keep the electric on and this computer running. So as a result I have been very tardy. All that will change Sunday (after the Steeler game is over). Sunday and Monday and Tuesday, if needed, is dedicated to the collab knife. I will have her out to Dan by Wednesday. That is my word as a former Virginia gentleman.

Dan, I have given much thought and have decided since I am not a take a part maker it is best for the knife and for the team that you do the scale drilling. This is no knife for me to learn on and you are experienced at that. I will have the scales ground to thickness, dove tailed to fit, and the jade completely contoured to bolsters curves. You will need only drill and either finish or send back to me for finish. Finish will be small potatoes.

Thanks all for your great patience with me. I never planned it to happen this way.

Dan Koster, how is the certificate of origin coming along? I have asked this same question of you at least three times in better than three months and have yet to see a responce to the question. I did notice that not very long ago you peeked in here wondering what the hold up was and that you mentioned not remembering what your part in this was. Gosh Dan, you've only got the Certificate of Origin. It's only one of the single most important components. I can not believe you don't remember that. We will be needing and the owner will be needing a professional Cert.. It will look as good as I know you can make it and that is why you were chosen. Start feeding back here on some of your thoughts about that and asking for feedback to you - please.

Roger
 
welcome to the dark side :eek: :)
not a problem here Roger
as far as take downs I'm not that far ahead of you
that will be my first too
of this type, other than folders ..
 
This thing always seems to happen with collab knives. Im glad I didnt have the stencil made yet. Do we want it to say: 2003 2004 or 2005? Yep its been that long. :grumpy:
 
Roger - sorry for the no-response

I am waiting until the knife is finished - I want to take pictures, see it in person, etc. It will help make the cert. look better and more coordinated as a whole package.

Anybody making a box? That would be a nice touch.
 
One nice thing about having my part done is it's all spectator from here on out. :D It's going to be one beautiful knife eventually. Nice thing about this one is that it hasn't disappeared all together the way some others have. Roger I sure understand how paying work gets in front of something else, and how the current hot project can override those that have been in progress for a while. (I have a push dagger blade that's been on my bench for about a year and a half (maybe longer) that I'm just now starting back in on. (I have noticed that my grinding is better now than it was when I did that blade - lot of trying to fix stuff I was satisfied with back then. That's the danger of letting something sit too long - you get past it!))

Dan a box is a good idea; do we have any woodworkers in the gang? If not I could take a shot at it if we don't require any fancy joinery. I have some nice Iowa walnut that would make a decent sandwich kind of box, if nothing else. But that wouldn't hold a sheath.
 
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