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Old 11-04-2010, 08:59 AM
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Boise Show Preveiw is up!

Morning Everyone!

I just completed my Rocky Mountain Knife Show Preview (the Boise Knife Show). You can see what I will have at the show by following this link:

Rocky Mtn. Knife Show Preveiw

Hope to see you in Boise!!


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Old 11-04-2010, 09:57 AM
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Awesome work Ed

Really like the 416SS/Mosaic hunter, whats the wood and spacer material?

Good luck at the show
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Old 11-04-2010, 10:24 AM
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Do you mean this one?


The spacer material is copper and black fiber spacers with patina, and the handle is African Blackwood.


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Thumbs up Awsome, as usual!

There's not one in the list that doesn't zing me . Those laminates are so cool. That is going to be your
distinguishing trademark, Ed.

I also really like that 52100 blade with the checkering on the spine. It's my favorite of the carbon steel
blades.

You should do very well, my friend. Wish I could have been there.

Dana
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"ditto"

I think Dana hit the nail on the head with the laminate being a trademark. I really like the texturing on that blade. Real nice work Ed and good luck at the show.

Jim

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Thats the one

That knife is all kinds of awesome!
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Beautiful work. I have always admired your work. I have a total newbie question. On the handle, like the one above, you have fine sanded wood and a pitting of some sort. How do you do that? Is it sanded blasted?

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Ed, Great lineup. I always look forward to seeing your preview's. Ah I almost forgot I will get to see them in person. That folder is over the top. I know you have put alot of heart into that one.

See you next week Pal


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Thanks Guys!

Bing: Looking forward to dinner with you on Friday evening!


David: All of that texturing was done with a small rotary air tool. The model I have is a GRS 850. It's a lot like a dental drill/tool, that uses 1/16" shanked burrs, and turns at 400,000 rpm. I first draw out the area I want to work on with a "grease pencil", then cut the outline and the depth I want. Each of the individual divot are a single touch with a very small round carbide burr. Just the texturing on that handle represents about 2 1/2 hours of work under a lighted magnifier.

A long time ago, JD Smith (another ABS Mastersmith) said something to me that has stuck ever since....most of the time a knife is just color and shape....why not add texture to give it an additional dimension? That's where the idea originated for the carving/texturing I do on a lot of my knives.


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Hi Ed, Great line up, I'm looking forward to seeing you and them at the show.

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