Spyderco Photo of the Week Contest!

[kosta]

[kjd2121]

[SG89]

[awa54]

memories of better weather and great cheese...

a snack on Snake (mountain) by David Wimmer, on Flickr

[SpeedHoles]

[RadioactiveSpyder]

[Stuart Ackerman]

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[Johnnie1801]

[remnar]

Soooo many great photos this week. Wouldn't want to be mushroom. :D :spyder:

[Aliaspostmortem]

Agree remnar! Fierce competition. I really like this thread. So many nice moments captured on photo! :-)

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[Mushroom]

Hey all! Sorry Im a day late to post here!! but its time to announce the winners!

You all never cease to impress with these photos, and it was certainly another great week of entries. Thanks everyone!

Aliaspostmortem - I always enjoy your photos. They're framed well and are contextually very interesting!
demoncase - Love how the GLID scales 'pop' in the snow!! (or is it Jade)
pR13S7 - A nice shot that features some great texture and contrast.
Mad Mac - Great context shot with the Lum!
TALON52 - Showing off that precision tip of the Yo2 with some beautiful custom scales!
Kosta - Very creative shot! I really enjoyed this one!
kjd2121 - Showing off his sweet PPT taking care of a sour citrus fruit!
Spydergirl88 - Staying warm with the Kahr Delica around a great looking fire pit!
awa54 - A nice candid shot of a true EDC knife in action!
Speedholes - Showing off that nicely developed patina!
RadioactiveSpyder - Man, those scales are beautiful!! I'd probably have two bowies by now if they came like that from factory!
Stuart Ackerman - Very creative shot!! I was reading through your thread, and the Kalgard sounds like some interesting stuff.

and the winner of this weeks contest Remnar!
Im a big fan of Spydercos smaller offerings and the Goddard Jr. is one awesome looking little knife! The setting is lush with color and when you combine that with the context and subject matter of the photo, you've hit the nail on the head to appeal to me! Mushroom hunting is hobby of mine, and I've never actually found one of those Amanita's. It's such an infamous mushroom and they seem to prefer the West Coast, so I would consider it a grail to find one! :D Thanks for entering, and congrats on finding one!

the runner up this week is Johnnie1801!
This shot came out great! It reminds of a black and white photo, even with the brown of the leaves. The frost crystals seem to draw my eyes around the entire photo and the Bradley folder just seems to really fit well in this photo.

Thanks again for entering!

[demoncase]

demoncase - Love how the GLID scales 'pop' in the snow!! (or is it Jade)

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the runner up this week is Johnnie1801!
This shot came out great! It reminds of a black and white photo, even with the brown of the leaves. The frost crystals seem to draw my eyes around the entire photo and the Bradley folder just seems to really fit well in this photo.

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Thanks again for entering!

Great choices this week- and yes they are Glow In the Dark scales

[Mad Mac]

Congratulations Johnnie1801 and Remnar.

Many great pics this week, and one of them really knocked me out.
There are a lot of sculpted scales, but the knapped titanium was a fresh, yet stone aged look.
How did you do that, RadioactiveSpyder? My K2 is crying for modification.

[FlexxxStrops]

[pR13S7]

[kosta]

Congratulations Johnnie1801 and Remnar.

[demoncase]

Another extreme close up this week- Fluted Millie

[remnar]

I may have played to the judge a little with that photo but all's fair in love and Spyderco photo contests, or something like that. Actually, I posted the pic before I realized mushroom was the judge. :rolleyes:

Thanks Mushroom! Amanita are quite common in these parts. The knife is an original Baby Goddard BTW. It's hard to tell the scale in that photo without any good reference for size.

I can tell that I'm already going to have a hard time this week...the few photos so far are fantastic. Keep them coming. :) :spyder:

[Mushroom]

Ooh, nice!! I really like the baby goddard too!

This weeks entry

[RadioactiveSpyder]

Congratulations Johnnie1801 and Remnar.

Many great pics this week, and one of them really knocked me out.
There are a lot of sculpted scales, but the knapped titanium was a fresh, yet stone aged look.
How did you do that, RadioactiveSpyder? My K2 is crying for modification.

Hi Mad Mac, sorry for the late reply! Thanks for the compliment on my Slysz Bowie. The magician behind that mod was Derrick Ryan, AKA Derk_Razor_Sharp, the owner of DRS Bladeworks from Canada. The work on the knife was originally commissioned by a fellow forumite and then I traded him for it (once I saw it, I knew it HAD to be mine!). Another excellent feature Derrick added was to scallop the lock bar a small bit so it can be forefinger-flicked, which is actually my preferred opening method now (after figuring out I could not do it at all with my middle finger, which so many others seem to do...).

The bead was made very recently by Adam Collins of Collins Custom Knives after showing him Derrick's mod and he took it from there! He did an excellent job matching the bead to the knife.

I'd say both of these guys could handle doing similar mods, and if you check out Derrick's stuff especially on Instagram, you'll see he's a frigging Ti mod master. Don't pay any attention to how he beats on his poor Nirvana though :D. Hope that helps and cheers, Radioactive :)