"The World of Art Knives" Goes to print....

[ddd]

My 7th book, "The World of Art Knives"
is finished and is in the stage where I deal with many little
finishing touches. I also have yet to get the pictures of two
knives and to fit them into the spaces left open for them.
They are two of many that were made specially to be displayed
for the first time in this book....

Then it is going over everything word by word over a period
of several weeks, printing a digital proof sample and going over
everything once again....

By mid December 2009 the book will be at the printers....

Even if I say so myself, this will be the most amazing book on
modern custom knives I did so far from every imaginable aspect.
A stand-alone 272 page book with many new visually exciting ideas
never before displayed in any of my other books.

Here is the front cover.

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)

[Barry Lee Hands]

Excellent! I can't wait to see it. . . .

[Recurve]

Very impressive! Looks like I will be adding to the library. -Jim-




www.shullhandforgedknives.com/

[ddd]

Here is the full jacket of the book (with the two flaps).
A new design concept for a very special book...

Same dimensions as all my other books, 272 pages and over 520
amazing knives.

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)

[ddd]

The book has been printed!!!

Here is the book's Title Page.

Maybe I shall display some facing-page spreads as
reminder-teasers, even though I think that I have shown
these sample pages before, somewhere... ...

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)


The Title Page picture is ?David?s Fighter? #2 of 2 (2009), by Steve R. Johnson.
Engraving and gold inlays by Barry Lee Hands , using for the first time ever his
new and unique engraving and ?Gilded Pearl? technique on both sides of the
premium Mother-of-Pearl handle.

[ddd]

Here are some "teasers" of facing pages from various
introduction sections in the book.

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)

From the section "James A. Schmidt M.S."


From: "J?rgen Steinau, The Steinau Genius"


From "The Knife-Gun Art of Bruce Bump M.S."

[ddd]

The main shipment of books travels to the USA by sea and will
be with Tim Hancock probably early in April...

The official introduction will be at the BLADE Show in June 2010
and we shall be located at TIM HANCOCK's table...

Attached here for anyone interested is the TABLE of CONTENTS.

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)

[samuraibill]

I will be attending blade, and I hope to see you there. i would like to get a copy.