Current Art Project

[Gahagan]

Here is knife I am making for my Stepfather as a gift. He loves guitars and has played with Eric Clapton among others. I figured I would make him something nice. (Also Thanks ALDO for the steel it was the perfect size.)

sorry for the bad pics

 

[murphda2]

Hmmmmmmm, interesting...very interesting. I'm sure if he is a guitar buff he will love it. I like how you have interpereted a guitar into a blade design. I'm assuming this will be a display piece?

PS. I knew "Uncle Aldo" could square you away. Aldo's the man when it comes to steel.

 

[Gahagan]

Yes it is simply to sit on his desk.

 

[James Terrio]

I like it. Maybe you hafta be a guitar-freak to understand.

There's another approach to guitar-related knives, as well... I've seen some custom jobs and also a Buck limited-edition that incorporated these ideas... make a "normal-type" knife and use materials that are common to both high-end blades and high-end instruments for the handle. Such as curly or birdseye maple, rosewood or ebony... fret-wire or nickel/silver spacers... abalone or pearl dots (like fret markers) on the handle... purfling strips for spacers or highlights on the handle... fancy wire or pearl inlays... etc.

I invite anyone who likes art knives to browse the web for pics of custom guitars and fiddles and so forth. There's a lot of amazing work out there, from centuries ago right up to today

 

[maxcutter03]

I can't wait to see it finished!!!!!!!

 

[BruceM]

Can't wait to see this one finished. Love to see guys thinking out of the box! Your stepdad should really like it. Keep us posted.

 

[Steven Janik]

Great Job.
He will love that one.

Here is one that I made for a custom guitar maker (Robert's Luthiary) to accompany one of his commissions. The scales are curly koa to match the body with ebony and mother of pearl and I used black and white spacers to match his purfling.

Thanks for looking.

Steve

 

[James Terrio]

Beautiful example of a companion-piece to a custom instrument, Steve! Thank you for sharing.

Gahagan, we're all looking forward to seeing your project completed. Thanks for starting this thread and giving us all a little something different to think about

 

[Gahagan]

Thanks for the comments and Steve that is a beautiful piece.

 

[Bennie Lovejoy]

Wow! I Can't wait to see this one finished.

 

[Gahagan]

Did somemore work this week.

 

[James Terrio]

Lookin' good! Keep after it.

 

[Steven Janik]

Very Interesting...
I like it, can't wait to see more.
In fact, I'm changing my name to Seymour Blades in honor of that knife.

Steve

 

[bootstrap]

this is lookin' pretty darn cool!