It's big, and bold to boot. Beautifully executed by Jerry. Read below how he built the blade billet and what the knife is all about. Pretty impressive, IMHO.
"The American Bowie….A 13 inch blade, one for each of the colonies America started out with. The client wanted a layer for each man...
Wow, this was a fun project. Dude (code for anonymous) contacted me, said he was going to sell this knife and would I shoot it since it was never properly photographed. Said the knife had been published in a book which he would include. Everything arrived (including sheath, authenticity...
You may have seen this one if you followed threads about Jerry Fisk's annual 'Scoundrels and Scalawags Symposium.'
Jerry said, "It is only the second NLT marked field knife I have marked so. All in all my thought is that it is the best Sendero that I have made.
Fully engraved with deep relief...
For a man whose shop just burned down in January, Russ Andrews is kickin' it!
Link: http://www.customknifecollectorsassociation.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=3059&referrerid=49
The knife & sheath shown below has a new owner who has also had to deal with some pretty big challenges. His area...
About this custom order Jerry said:
"He could not afford gold or deep relief
engraving. So it was a smaller budget but I still gave him
more than he paid for.
He does good things for other people often that we see
with no thought of return to himself and I thought it should be revisited
back...
Jerry made this bad boy for a collector in China. I read somewhere that as the market for very high end custom knives has cooled off a little in the US, it has also picked up in China. With this blade's destination in mind I opted for a somewhat different background. Edged tools and weapons have...
Here are two of Jerry's latest, both featuring historic materials and built upon themes very much in the minds of many Americans these days.
The first one is a spectacular large Bowie style knife featuring 24 kt gold inlay engraving and beautiful wood scales from a Horse Chestnut tree planted...
Here is a simple basic example below. Note your eye is drawn to the blade toward the tip and from there it's a very easy trip for the eyes to move toward the nice softly lit handle. So lots of folks would find there eyes sweeping back and forth from the bright area of the tip set against a dark...
I was recently asked to explain how I approach making, then posting a successful custom knife photograph. Here's part of my reply. Keep in mind there are lots of ways to skin a cat and this is simply my way:
My strategy is information, information, information (like in real estate; location...
Thanks guys.
Chuck, thanks for your clarification. In my (admittedly incomplete) research I did find one brief mention of the design pre-dating the arrival of muskets in NA but no additional info or visuals.
However, the the design must be very old. It's a shape found in nature and of course...
Surely the war or fighting club in one form or another has been around for many thousands of years. Ancient artifacts feature stone skull crushers and it is likely that flint, bone, antler and metal versions evolved from those crude and primitive tool/weapons. In collecting circles pipe hawks...
This is JR Cook's CKCA Mini Show knife and it's a beauty! The Custom Knife Collectors Association Mini Knife Show is held each year on Thursday evening before the BLADE SHOW in Atlanta. Members get a chance at knives by 5-7 top makers made just for the show and specially priced - one of several...
Thanks to Jerry for asking me to shoot this remarkable creation and tip 'o the hat for the patron who made it possible. Per Jerry:
"The Damascus was made from steel from tower one and two of the trade center and has a sun rise pattern.
The blade has 342 layers, which is a missing man weld [like...