02-06-2005, 03:17 AM
Here is the info abou the knife typed by the maker:
This is a 17 1/2" Lamson prop knife that I made. The blade is made of 3/16" polished aluminum. The handle is made of cedar. I painted ALL of the detail on the handle. Even the handle pins are painted on! I used a metallic brass color paint for them, then I painted a black fine line around the brass color to make the pins look real. This way there is no sloppy drilling and they actually look REAL! Then I stained and weathered the handle and painted the black grain detail. The handle of the true Lamson knife is very tough to duplicate the real shape, but I made some templates and kept working with them until I got it right. Last I made a stencil for "LAMSON" and painted it on the handle. This is the first one that I have made and plan to make many more! I will change the shape of the blade a tad on the next ones as well as the Lamson logo (tweak it a bit). I take a lot of pride in my work and I\'m hard to please! As you can see, there is a lot of work involved in making one of these with this much detail so I\'m not sure exactly what I will charge for them yet. This first one is very impressive in person, but they will get even better. Just wanted to share it with ya\'ll.
you can contact him at: r1speedfreak@hotmail.com The price is $45.00 shipped.
Bryan
This is a 17 1/2" Lamson prop knife that I made. The blade is made of 3/16" polished aluminum. The handle is made of cedar. I painted ALL of the detail on the handle. Even the handle pins are painted on! I used a metallic brass color paint for them, then I painted a black fine line around the brass color to make the pins look real. This way there is no sloppy drilling and they actually look REAL! Then I stained and weathered the handle and painted the black grain detail. The handle of the true Lamson knife is very tough to duplicate the real shape, but I made some templates and kept working with them until I got it right. Last I made a stencil for "LAMSON" and painted it on the handle. This is the first one that I have made and plan to make many more! I will change the shape of the blade a tad on the next ones as well as the Lamson logo (tweak it a bit). I take a lot of pride in my work and I\'m hard to please! As you can see, there is a lot of work involved in making one of these with this much detail so I\'m not sure exactly what I will charge for them yet. This first one is very impressive in person, but they will get even better. Just wanted to share it with ya\'ll.
you can contact him at: r1speedfreak@hotmail.com The price is $45.00 shipped.
Bryan