First....Jim Cooper did a fantastic job on the photograph and I was so glad to see him and his lovely wife at the Blade Show.
This is a Johnny Stout automatic folder. It really is a nice piece of equipment and the work is absolutely the best. The only request from Johnny was that I try to favorably match the feather pattern in the blade. The other knife shown is one we did last year for the same client and he wanted both photographed together.
Back at the engravers booth, in a discussion, we all agreed that 24K gold was very hard to sculpt....it really is a challenge. I lightly stippled around the engraving to give the gold and Damascus some contrast....I thought this turned out well.
If you should have any questions....please feel free to ask. I will do my best to explain.
Thanks
