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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on January 27, 2015 at 16:01

No I never have John. In fact have disabled my scanner as I seldom use it. Maybe someone else will have an opinion.

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on January 27, 2015 at 18:21

I never have either

FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on January 27, 2015 at 22:49

Any part of the knife that lays flat against the scanner bed will come out good.  Any part that leaves a gap between the scanner bed will not come out as good.

Permalink Reply by Jean-François on January 28, 2015 at 12:46

Charles is perfectly right. You can see it's a knife, that's almost all...

Charles Sample said:

Any part of the knife that lays flat against the scanner bed will come out good.  Any part that leaves a gap between the scanner bed will not come out as good.

Permalink Reply by John Kellogg on January 28, 2015 at 16:46

I just wanted to post that I tried it and it can work for those that are shakey or dont have cameras, I didnt say it was a replacement for a camera.

FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on January 28, 2015 at 17:22

Yes, it definitely is an alternative.

Permalink Reply by Ulf Ahlstrom on February 15, 2016 at 19:19

I've used a scanner for years and usually get good results.  We bought a new digital camera some years ago but for some reason it wants to use the flash - and of course that doesn't work at all when taking pictures of knives.  So to alleviate this problem I started using my scanner.  I believe it's only a few scanners that can take scans with a 'depth'.  I have an Epson Perfection V500 Photo and it works great.  As mentioned earlier in this post, if your scanner doesn't have 'depth' then you will only get a focused scan of the knife parts that are flush with the scanner bed, everything else will be more or less out of focus.  Even more critical is the scanner software.  My Epson came with a really good scanner software that allowed for adjustments of every image detail imaginable.  But recently I upgraded to Windows 10 - and then my old software didn't work any more.  The scanner software included with Win 10 doesn't allow for any adjustments beyond file format and scan resolution, so I have to scan at the highest resolution and do post-scan color adjustments in GIMP or Photoshop. Anyway, not as good as before but still doable.  Here are some examples:

http://thebladeblog-ulf.blogspot.com/2016/02/e-t-segerstrom-eskilst...

Permalink Reply by John Kellogg on February 16, 2016 at 11:21

Ulf

Thanks so much for your input on this! Sounds like you really have the scanner thing down. I have seen some really good scans of knives but I havent personally been able to get that "depth" Now I know why.

Thanks again for your input