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you're right about David being an artist Bruce.

WOW!

Bruce, please come to the island! It's nice and close and it's beautiful. Stay in Victoria which is incredibly charming and stacked with interesting places and shopping. You should consider checking out the Empress Hotel- http://www.fairmont.com/empress - not too cheap but amazing...

Thanks for saying so, Bruce, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Well, folks, that about wraps up your preview of The World of Art Knives. I hope you enjoyed the pictures, and seriously, there is so much more that can be said about this book, but it's best you find out for yourself so YOU can say those things! Hopefully to people who may not know about...

Here is a nice crop of crops! I love being a photo farmer! the rawhide tanto that Tim Hancock made has got to be one of the coolest knives I've laid eyes upon. Keep in mind, of course, that the photos in the book are WAY better than the ones you'll...

the godfather of Italian knife collecting- Pierluigi Peroni. The man took the Italian custom cutlery business and helped boost it to its current amazing level.

as I was gazing again through the book this evening, it struck me how clear and perfect the images in it are. Especially compared to a computer screen. Any guesses as to who and what was pictured in my last post?

I love looking through David's books with my five-ish year old daughter. She's gotten really good at differentiating black lip from gold lip and can spot tortoise shell at a glance and is almost always right when it comes to stag. Unfortunately, one of the outcomes of sharing your hobby with...

Insight. NOT easy work! You gotta LOVE it!

I've been going through the book, with my camera, and I've been picking out some details which are interesting to me. The decision to only include portions of David's pictures was based on my interest in generating some mystery for you. There are a great many photos in this book, all of...

A knife is an ultimate evidence of humanity. Humans make them. Humans use them. A knife symbolizes the duality of our reality- on the one hand sustaining life, on the other, taking it. And such is the dissemination of handmade knives. A circular relationship between those who produce and...

Bruce- thank you man! I'm so flattered! Well, I am a happy and lucky guy, reclining after a hard day's work, avoiding the news of beheadings and other inhumanities- by absorbing myself into the comforting bosom of The World of Art Knives! Juergen Steineau is just an amazing Artist...

I've had a chance to thumb through this book from back to front, and front to back. I cannot stress too much, how clear, correct and outstanding the photographs in this book are. Even compared to Dr. Darom's past books, this one raises the bar. Here is one image that really jumped out at...

My good friend, Dr. David Darom, asked me if I was interested in taking a look at his new book, The World of Art Knives and sharing my impressions of his book with my this and other internet forums. Being a rank neophyte to custom and handmade knives, I was surprised to be asked to do this...

there is a nine member group of organizations which are coordinating efforts under the banner 'hope for Haiti now'. It's a dot org website. This is the same group of organizations under the leadership of ex presidents Clinton and Bush who put together the benefit television program which was...

I've again donated to relief efforts for the horrendous suffering currently being experienced by the unfortunate people of Haiti. I encourage you all to consider donating as well. https://www.hopeforhaitinow.org/

wow man.:cool: I think that has got to be one of the nicest of that type of knife I have ever laid eyes on. Those curves and lines especially in the blade are perfect.

that little tiny knife would be a perfect edc.