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We added a "New Additions Blog to artknives.com"
page to help our regular knife collector customers and repeat artknives visitors to our site find our latest new knives.
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East Coast Custom Knife Show in NYC & New Knives
Getting to and from the New York show was a breeze, due to a bad weather forecast. The roads were great from New Hope since the forecast kept most people
off the road. Our shop in New Hope PA is only 65 miles from New York City. It's a great day trip with plenty of other things to do and see in New Hope, including some great restaurants as well as fine craft and
art galleries.
I finally got one of Joseph Szilaski's finely forged and sculptured knives. I have admired his work for years. Also the fine knife
jewelry of Japanese maker Hidetoshi Nakayama. I love his integrations of silver, titanium, and nickel in the creation of his knife bracelets.
Another maker new to our shop but by no means a new maker is Kevin Casey. His mammoth ivory folder was my single favorite of the show. He used a matte finished
ivory, instead of high-polished and the Damascus blade was a great color. Kevin makes his own Damascus. The Bowie knife has a beautiful Turkish twist Damascus that just seems more graceful than I am used to
seeing.
We also got some of Donald Bell's new Damascus and Titanium dog tag neck knives, more knife jewelry for ladies and gentlemen, as well
as some new neck pendant knives.
We also got some new knives by Herb Derr, Bob Dozier
, and Roger Bergh.
We did also just get some of the latest
William Henry knives as well as the introduction of William Henry pens into the shop
I hope you can stop by the shop to see our latest and ongoing collection.
Thanks again for your continued enthusiasm support, and great input.
Fred
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Sorry for not keeping up with this page as much as I should...
New:
Gil Hibben knife and prototype knife from Rambo 4, new 2008
William Henry Knives, lots of new Sam McDowell scrimshaw knives, Chris Reeve
knives, Bob Dozier knives, Crawford Knives, Hiroaki Ohta friction folders, Chuck Gedraitus knife, Koji Hara fuxed blade knife, a great Corrie Schoeman folder,
Dan Winkler hunters and some Randall knives.
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New Knives 10 /07
This year I did not make it to the Guild Show due to family business and keeping up with work and new ideas and orders at Fred Eisen Leather. I have however been working on getting some
great new knives.
Daniel Winkler's giant Bowie knife is a masterful piece of work. Dan says he will not be doing anything this large after
this knife.
Scott Slobodian's full dress tanto has been up for a while along with his new book.
I have put together a collection of some Randall knives, which are new to the site.
Some great new Tony Stanfield obsidian knives along with some new Mountain Man knives by Peddler,
entertain the primitive artist and collector. Our newer knife makers include two local artisans Tracy Nabinger, a very talented
17-year-old that does his own forging, filing and finishing. And, John Bowman, who does great small hunters from 440C with nickel guards and a solid
sheath at a great price. Some of Wayne Smith's knives are just in, a new folder and Bowie from
John Cohea, and the latest new editions from William Henry Knives, as well as the last available Maestro Collection
kitchen set.
We will post some of Dusty Moulton's last Night Hawk XLT knives, as well as another great piece, after the NY knife show.
I am also proud to say that a knife I purchased from Rick Dunkerly last year is on the front cover of Blade Magazine. While it is a very difficult knife to photograph, in real life it's stunning. It looks small and delicate but when you pick it up it has the weight and solidity of very fine old world craftsmanship. Thanks, Rick, for the great work, and thanks, Joe, for recognizing the work.
We now sell several books on knifemaking, as well as Blade magazine at the shop.
Art of the Knife by Joe Kertzman is available for $35. with free
shipping
Blade's Guide to Knife Making is $24.95, also with free shipping.
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I would like to say in support of the Knifemaker's Guild, as an honorary member, I think anyone interested in knives should join. I do agree with
stringent rules and guidelines for members and participants, but also feel different categories should exist within the organization to keep up with the times and encourage membership while maintaining
Integrity. In 1969 I had a discussion with one of my teachers, the distinguished mathematician engineer architect and futurist, Buckminster Fuller. When I asked him "What is the future of art?", he replied,
"The future of art is integrity."
As long as the Guild stands for integrity, I believe it can stand strong.
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For past postings of New Additions, go to our new knife additions blog
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Just a reminder that all of the blog entries are more than a month old, so the knives mentioned could be in the sold knives archives pages of each maker.
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Thanks for your continuous support and enthusiasm.
If you have any questions, or would like to order any of these new items,
give us a call at 215-862-5988 or send us an email.
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