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Engraved primitive knife in the Manton style #56950 09/16/07 07:29 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana Barry Lee Hands OP Member
OP Barry Lee Hands Member Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana	I am writing from Kyoto where I am studying Japanese engraving, Culture and religions for a short diversion from my usual routine. Just before I left Montana for my retreat in Japan I engraved this big bad blade for a mountain man friend of mine. It is almost blackpowder hunting season and now he is properly attired for the field. Perhaps you may like to see. The Style of scroll is taken from a Rifle I had the good fortune to examine recently, a mint, cased, Manton sixteen bore rifle made in 1819. David Trevallion had it in his posession and allowed me to study it. The first pic is the piece in the sheath, then the bolsters and then the rivets holding the scales. All the best, Barry Lee Hands http://www.barryleehands.com

Re: Engraved primitive knife in the Manton style Barry Lee Hands #56951 09/16/07 07:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 720 MA StormsGSP Sidelock
StormsGSP Sidelock Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 720 MA	Beautiful. Do you have a picture of the full knife out of the sheath? Great job as usual.

Re: Engraved primitive knife in the Manton style StormsGSP #56952 09/16/07 07:41 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana Barry Lee Hands OP Member
OP Barry Lee Hands Member Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana	Thank you and yes Storms, I will post a full length when I return to The States from Kyoto, please bear with me on that. All the best, Barry Lee Hands http://www.barryleehands.com

Re: Engraved primitive knife in the Manton style Barry Lee Hands #56957 09/16/07 07:58 PM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 5,257 Mountains of New Hampshire John Mann Sidelock
John Mann Sidelock Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 5,257 Mountains of New Hampshire	My whole life has been dedicated to the surrounding myself with beauty. Beautiful (of heart) people, literature and material things. I have long thought that I could recognize work that was not only well done but inspiring. This piece is about as fine a useful art piece that I have seen in my nearly seventy years. BRAVO, Sir. Best, John Humble member of the League of Extraodinary Gentlemen (LEG). Joined 14 March, 2006. Member #1.

Re: Engraved primitive knife in the Manton style John Mann #57115 09/17/07 06:08 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana Barry Lee Hands OP Member
OP Barry Lee Hands Member Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana	Thank you John, I do my best to make the world a more beautiful place... All the best, Barry Lee Hands http://www.barryleehands.com

Re: Engraved primitive knife in the Manton style Barry Lee Hands #57121 09/17/07 07:13 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 13,883 Likes: 19 Torrance, CA Chuck H Sidelock
Chuck H Sidelock Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 13,883 Likes: 19 Torrance, CA	Barry, The thing that strikes me as very attractive about your scroll engravings are the seemingly unique ratios of the scroll size and your depth/width of the cuts. Great stuff. BTW, I visited Kyoto as a young man during the late sixties. Tremendous amount of culture in that place. Take the time to visit Nijo Castle, the Hanging Gardens and other places.

Re: Engraved primitive knife in the Manton style Chuck H #57126 09/17/07 07:59 PM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 572 Texas Katie and Jessie Sidelock
Katie and Jessie Sidelock Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 572 Texas	Barry, I think John Mann summed this up quite well. But then I haven't seen anything that you have done that wasn't execptional. Regards, Gordon Our Dogs make our lives better

Re: Engraved primitive knife in the Manton style Barry Lee Hands #57127 09/17/07 08:11 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 751 Likes: 18 St. Anne, Il Doug Mann Sidelock
Doug Mann Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 751 Likes: 18 St. Anne, Il	Barry, not only are your scrolls lovely to look at but they mechanically wonderful. No square scrolls there - just beautiful! Doug Mann

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