Dee Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Hello all!! well, i am now back home from all my travels abroad. and so i thought some of you might want to see the JS blades i submitted for my test. I managed to get PointSeven Studios to take a piccy of my blades .. which i am so very glad of as they did a marvelously wonderful job. as some of you might know already, my time away was a really stressful and chaotic time for me. not only did i have the stress of going for my JS stamp .. but the airlines managed to lose my luggage as i came over... clothes, toothbrush .. and all my blades. but, thankfully .. after much hassle .. and the kindness of many many people over the course of the weekend .. i managed to do my performance test .. then submit my blades for judging all in a matter of moments of each other. (as well as get a toothbrush) and yes, i did manage to pass. this was my first real big time knife show to attend .. and i cant even begin to tell you how much of an impact it had on me. not only the testing etc ... but i had so much support and kindness from so many people that it will take me several days to manage to write out all the thank you letters that are required. this is such a wonderful industry to be a part of!! whoops ... ive rambled on again .. anyhow .. enjoy the blades, comments welcome. its good to be back. D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 yay - good job on passing! I wish, sort of, that your lost luggage had accidentally been delivered to my house. Those are beautiful knives (I don't think the clothes would fit). OK - not really, I would rather see you pass the test. But, if they gotta get lost... Really nice work. kc please visit my website http://www.professorsforge.com/ “Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” E. V. Debs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Mayo Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Great looking knives Dee and congrats on getting your J.S. stamp well done . Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFogg Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Well done Dee. Beautiful work. Sorry I didn't make it to Hank's that looked like a gathering to remember. Don Don Fogg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Sexstone Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Dee, those are really nice .. looks like you have spend some time in the wood shed getting you chops together.... I've been wondering what you have been up to ...Well done... I hope you attend more shows... Next time they can't lose your tooth brush again.... Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westoz Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Well done Dee, luv your work. What type of woods are you using?they look great. An effort/outcome worth loosing your toothbrush for. congrats. chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Congrats Dee! They are all beautiful blades! Guess you can relax a bit now ... or you could always make some more awesome stuff for us to drool over. Josh Forrest Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ruslander Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Wonderful work Dee. Mike R. http://www.ruslanderknives.com https://plus.google.com/photos/110306175154054435692/albums/5576891702960826241 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Barton Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Glad your home safe and sound Dee. Hopefully your trip home was uneventful in comparison to your journey to the States. Those beautiful knives you presented managed to show your abilities quite well. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with now you're at the next level. Mike Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Sorrells Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Congratulations! Well deserved. I only live about five miles from where the Blade show is staged, but I didn't make it there this year. In a curious bit of symmetry, I was putting my son on the plane to fly to Australia that Saturday, which pretty much ate up my whole day... Check out Walter's instructional videos: Forging Japanese Style Blades Making Hamons Japanese Sword Mounting Polishing Making Japanese Sword Fittings www.waltersorrellsblades.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Congratulations on the JS, and glad you (eventually) had a good time! Those are some fine blades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Kaschner Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Dee, I can't think of anyone that deserves it more. Great knifes. Well done! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimC Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Serious round of applause from up here in the Washington DC area! Bravo! -Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Daniel Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 beautiful. mind sharing how you achieved the 'pommel' on the first one? i only need 3 things to be happy: my girlfriend, my forge, and fruit juice. Casey W Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Congratulation Dee! Glad everything worked OK, superb knives! Antoine http://antoinemarcal.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Estes Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Grats again and Good Job. Quote just use common sense.......dude your boned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guarnera Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Congratulations. Great Knives. Very Clean. Sounds like overall you had a grate time. Well deserved. Glad you sold your stuff also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Bondurant Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Congrats, glad everything worked out with the luggage. There is only one way to get a JS, to earn it. The back story and drama will just make the experience more memorable for you and friends. So happy for you, . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Keyes Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Great work, Dee. I'd say you earned your place, but you know that. Now that the pressure is off (Ha!) perhaps we'll get to hear from you, from time to time. Geoff "The worst day smithing is better than the best day working for someone else." I said that. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. - - -G. K. Chesterton So, just for the record: the fact that it does work still should not be taken as definitive proof that you are not crazy. Grant Sarver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tate Roth Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Great job Dee. The knives look great, and I'll bet all the trials of the trip ment nothing once you got the stamp. Congrats! Steel is my canvas, a hammer my brush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orien M Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Great work, Dee, and congrats! My hand-forged knives and tools at Etsy.com: http://www.etsy.com/shop/oldschooltools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnie Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Well done indeed. Congrats on the JS. Those are some fine looking blades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake cleland Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 nice one Dee. that is probably the most elegant and distinctive group of JS blades i've seen. are the guards/pommels of the pair of fighters cast or carved? Jake Cleland - Skye Knives www.knifemaker.co.uk "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Holzach Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 (edited) these are beautiful knives! congratulations to the well deserved JS stamp! best ragards, hans edited to add: indeed, eric is a magician! the first two knives on the group shot are the same knife photographed from both sides, right? i love that one! Edited June 16, 2010 by Hans Holzach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandpile Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 DEE- Glad you finally got it sorted out. Thanks be to the ones that assisted you. Congrats on the nice work on the test pieces. Chuck Bennett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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