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KnifeMaker Comment by Andy Larrison on August 25, 2016 at 10:58

Kershaw help needed.  My brother has a Kershaw "leek" 1660.  He was looking at replacing the handles with something lightweight and compact.  Any suggestions on where I should send him searching?  We are located in Columbus Indiana.

Comment by Ron Cooper on August 24, 2016 at 15:34

Allanm,

None of the links worked. You need to click on the blue icon marked "LINK" in the top lefthand corner of the message box and then enter them there before posting them otherwise they won't work. 

Give that a try...I'd like to see your pics!

Cheers!

Comment by allanm on August 24, 2016 at 15:24

Here are some of mine from over the years Ron. The last link has a variety of other "touristy" stuff. It was a visit back to family in South Africa after having moved to the US a number of years before.

The first link is rather recent, all US based.

https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipN1FLcPlycfraFLOGE5Dla6ZyHCoyk...

The second link is flowers, taken in the US - many are proteas, the South African national flower

https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipP8tjotp-YBVMifUeFLwiFAiNMYMmW...

This link is all in South Africa, most flowers in Kirstenbosch national botanical garden, in Cape Town

https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipMzpIjEmgU3LDQnWEHa9PtEqG9zB5e...

Comment by Ron Cooper on August 24, 2016 at 13:55

Thanks, Allanm! I appreciate your comment. 

Many years ago I got the Photography bug and dropped a small fortune on 35mm camera bodies and lenses. I ended up with boxes full of pictures and slides.

Carrying bulky bags with cameras and lenses was cumbersome and didn't really lend itself to spontaneity the way that walking around with a small digital "point and shoot" camera you can wear on your belt does today. 

I am fortunate to live just a mile away from the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens. And that's where the vast majority of my wildlife and nature pictures are taken. I have long regarded the grounds of the Arboretum as one of the most beautiful places on the planet. With 127 acres of flora n' fauna from around the world there is never a shortage of interesting subject matter to point my tiny camera at.

Plus, prowling the grounds of the Arb serves an added benefit for me in that it gets me out of the house and into the sunshine where I also get some much needed exercise to keep my septuagenarian bones from rusting. (Talk about run-on sentences!) I go there everyday!

Cheers, my friend!

Comment by allanm on August 24, 2016 at 7:32

Nice photos Ron - I'll take more time looking too. I used to do a lot of general nature, but mostly I was interested in macro of flowers and seeds, and bugs. Many butterflies and caterpillars.

Not so much any more - strange, I did all that in the day of slide and film photography, did some digital but over time interests pulled me different ways

Comment by Ron Cooper on August 23, 2016 at 20:05

Derek, I completely understand and appreciate what you mean about being in that "right state of mind." I find myself in that same situation with so many "side projects" that I have placed on the back burner.

I've been doing less and less with knives lately and spending more time out in nature taking photographs. Everyday I grab my little point and shoot camera and go out looking for something interesting to photograph. If you ever have some time on your hands, have a look at some of the pics I've been taking.

Here's a link to my Flickr page: Ron's Flickr Page

There are more than 2600 photos posted on 27 pages so far! And there are even some of my knife pics posted between the birds n' butterflies!

That red Jarrah should make a beautiful handle for that Bowie knife! I will look forward to seeing the finished product somewhere down the line. 

Cheers, my friend!

Comment by Derek Wells on August 23, 2016 at 16:28

Ron I have some deep dark-red Jarrah which should come up nicely. This has been a side project for a while now ... one I go back to every now and then. It is one of those projects that, for me, requires a lot of concentration & I need to only work on it when I'm in the 'right' frame of mind. I will post pics when I 'finally' get it done.

http://www.woodsolutions.com.au/Wood-Species/Jarrah

Comment by allanm on August 23, 2016 at 7:25

That's a good looking vice Derek, and of course Dale ... I might have to make something like that one day. My small red steel vice works, but I was very careful while using it, where wood with leather would be better.

Of course Jan and others will be amused to know that my original comments about tools I have "for now" literally is for now and I'm already attracting comments from my wife when I talk about wanting to add a 1x30 sander. And maybe a power saw which I don't have any more. Many moves along the way, including one across continents and I don't have many tools.

Comment by allanm on August 23, 2016 at 7:21

Michael, I just saw now I had missed your reply. I did post another area about my Western knife - and forgot to come back here. I put up a few photos, but the whole sequence is on a flickr album as well at http://bit.ly/2beBfd9

Even though it is "finished" I will likely do a little more sanding and polishing on the pommel and scales. I didn't want to take much more off the blade because removing all the pitting would just remove too much material.

Comment by Ron Cooper on August 23, 2016 at 4:01

What kind of scales will you be slapping on the Bowie with the bronze guard, if you don't mind me asking?

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