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Post by Redrummd on Aug 30, 2009 23:25:40 GMT -5
Okay so next time I know to shrink my pictures before I post them so these are at anout 10 magnification. This Buck 110 has a polished blade and has Skokomish River Flower Jasper scales. It is from my "Personal Collection Series". There are no flaws in the stone, knife or workmanship and my "Personal Collection Series" consists of only my best works. This Flower Jasper is EXTREMELY rare, in fact only one 20 inch wide boulder was found in the Skokomish River and was probably dropped by a glacier as no other has been found. It has a lot of hemitite running through the jasper. The hemitite is the black shinny spots and contains so much iron that a magnet will stick to the stone. I own about 20% of all of this stone that has been found and only a very small amount of the stone has the tiny red flowers (poppies). If you look closely you can find a couple of the yellow flowers and some that look like shaded yellow or brown flowers. Just the incredible mix of colors in this stone is very rare. This knife is durable enough to be used as an Every Day Carry knife. The stone scales are actually really durable and won't be harmed banging around with keys and change. Even if dropped the bolsters protect the stone well although I wouldn't recommend dropping it onto stone or concrete. It is stone and could chip or be cracked if it lands poorly....     |
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Post by ken on Aug 31, 2009 7:08:15 GMT -5
You are right about LARGE. Makes it hard to see the
whole thing even with browsers 50% zoom.
Looks superb. One that I would like in my collection, too
Love the stone.
Ken
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Post by arappaho on Aug 31, 2009 9:03:31 GMT -5
Yep, Those are some BIG pics allright! ;D That's some gnarly looking jasper. Looks like a keeper to me. Nice work, and welcome to the board, by the way. Look forward to seeing some more pics of your work, and I wouldn't mind seeing a pic of the slab of jasper you are using for background in these pics.  Joe |
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Post by Redrummd on Sept 8, 2009 22:44:15 GMT -5
Okay, I am trying this again and I think I got the pictures down to a reasonable size. I am still trying to figure out how to use this site. This Buck 110 has a polished blade and has Skokomish River Flower Jasper scales. It is from my "Personal Collection Series". There are no flaws in the stone, knife or workmanship and my "Personal Collection Series" consists of only my best works. This Flower Jasper is EXTREMELY rare, in fact only one 20 inch wide boulder was found in the Skokomish River and was probably dropped by a glacier as no other has been found. It has a lot of hemitite running through the jasper. The hemitite is the black shinny spots and contains so much iron that a magnet will stick to the stone. I own about 20% of all of this stone that has been found and only a very small amount of the stone has the tiny red flowers (poppies). If you look closely you can find a couple of the yellow flowers and some that look like shaded yellow or brown flowers. Just the incredible mix of colors in this stone is very rare. This knife is durable enough to be used as an Every Day Carry knife. The stone scales are actually really durable and won't be harmed banging around with keys and change. Even if dropped the bolsters protect the stone well although I wouldn't recommend dropping it onto stone or concrete. It is stone and could chip or be cracked if it lands poorly.... |
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Post by arappaho on Sept 8, 2009 23:14:52 GMT -5
Well, redrummd, you didn't have to go to all that trouble, but I'm glad you did.  Glad you are figuring out this site! I took a look at your site, and I think that Case XX on the front of your Homepage is about the prettiest knife I've ever seen! The way the dino bone accents the raindrop damascus, or vice-versa, is just plain perfect to me. I'm also impressed with your choice and use of all your lapidary material. Beautiful material that had to be hard to find. It looks like alot of high-grading to find the pieces you finally use. I will be checking out your tutorial soon. Your craftsmanship is excellent quality. Glad you found this board and welcome. Joe |
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Post by di66er on Sept 9, 2009 8:31:58 GMT -5
WOW you do fine work, beautiful!
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Post by 4cornersrocks on Sept 9, 2009 9:26:35 GMT -5
Nice site, great job on the knives!
Is that flint the knife is sitting on? What kind? off topic I know...
Do you cut the mokume bolsters on a belt grinder or on a lap setup?
Check out link in Redrummd's signature everyone, cool stuff to be seen!
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Post by arappaho on Sept 9, 2009 9:56:28 GMT -5
Hey 4corners, I'm guessing Polish Flint for the piece the knife is sitting on. And the Skokomish River Jasper is certainly unique. It almost has a dino bone look to it. But I don't know what to think about the fact that only one boulder of it has ever been found. But I'm glad you got your hands on a piece of it, Red. Joe |
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Post by Redrummd on Sept 9, 2009 10:29:20 GMT -5
Yes, the flint is Polish flint. It just is a vey good neutral background and it shows well in the highly polished spine and bolsters on the knives which helps show the metal polish off.
It is not really a big surprise that only one small boulder of the Skokomish River Flower jasper has been found. The mountians around the river are in the Olympic Park, the land is highly forested and it could be a glacier drop from many miles away from the glaciers' that were a mile (or more) thick during the ice age.....
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Post by 4cornersrocks on Sept 9, 2009 22:35:15 GMT -5
Polish flint, now I remember!
Regarding the 1 boulder I understand, there are some very small and odd geological areas here which produce very rare minerals. We have a very tiny area here that produces a silicated flourite with chalcopyrites that is unusual as well as several other oddities, coloradoite, sylvanite, etc. A friend of mine has also found some rare glacial minerals, wyoming jade here in CO!
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Post by romare on Sept 9, 2009 23:23:34 GMT -5
A stunning piece. The fourth photo especially shows both the material and the craft to great advantage. Thanks for posting it.
Mark
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Glad you are figuring out this site! 
