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Smoked with Ivory

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OK, Incredible, let me substitute some colors in Photoshop here... is this what you were thinking?
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Bolstermanic wrote:OK, Incredible, let me substitute some colors in Photoshop here... is this what you were thinking?
wow... that's exactly what i'd love to seeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
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Bolstermanic wrote:Methinks BH49 must be my separated-at-birth twin. I always find myself agreeing with him. Yes, ivory would be fantastic. As would a flat grind Persian. Whatever BH49's ordering, I want one of those, too.
Thank you for the complement, but full flat grind C83 Persian is Deacon's idea. I just love this knife. Did you see Paul's full flat ground damascus C83 Persian?
http://spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26481

Bolstermanic, you did a good job with photoshop. I even cannot tell which one I like more. I would be forced to buy both.
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BH, you are on target once again, because I also want one of whatever Deacon's having. While I fervently admired Deacon's recent Persian regrind, I had NOT see the Persian concept thread you mention here, and had to go take a cold shower after seeing it. Maybe we could ask Deacon to do a decent concept rendering of an ivory Caly3, instead of my low-budget scan-then-colorswap method.

For yucks, here are all three of the bolster'd Caly designs I was playing with...until STR explained to me why the current Caly3 would be way difficult to bolsterize. So the project went into the deep freeze. I hope Spyderco does produce a bolster'd version!
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Would white/ivory micarta stain or get scummy looking very easily? I've never had a knife with any so I'm kind of curious. If you could keep it clean and sharp looking, I'd be all over some of the designs in this thread. :D
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trout #2 wrote:Would white/ivory micarta stain or get scummy looking very easily? I've never had a knife with any so I'm kind of curious. If you could keep it clean and sharp looking, I'd be all over some of the designs in this thread. :D
I don't think so but I love dirty looking knives. If ivory micarta gets dirty and scummy looking, I would love that on a knife! Adds character!
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I would much rather have a Micarta Calypso Jr. back in production. :)

I like the Calypso Jr. better than the Caly 3.
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I, too, would actually rather see the micarta Calypso Jr. back. With a ZDP 189 blade like the recent limited FRN run would be nice.

But, heck, I'd definitely go for a micarta Caly III. How about in dark burgundy like on those Jesters I see on the 'bay from time to time?
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David Lowry wrote:I would much rather have a Micarta Calypso Jr. back in production. :)

I like the Calypso Jr. better than the Caly 3.
I totally agree here. I would love a micarta caly jr. Too bad I missed out on the original run. One of my favorite designs with one of my favorite materials. Would make an excellent gent's knife.
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David Lowry wrote:I like the Calypso Jr. better than the Caly 3.


Somehow I like it better too.
I also like the idea of adding bolsters.
They provide strength where it counts, in the pivot area.
And you can do wonders with them to the visual balance between blade and handle.
Nicklesilver and white paper is what I like.
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I love the idea of white or cream Micarta, especially if it were paired with a unique steel for some sort of Sprint run.
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Padawan wrote:I love the idea of white or cream Micarta, especially if it were paired with a unique steel for some sort of Sprint run.
I agree, but I would take any color micarta as long as the steel is along the lines of VG-10 or ZDP.

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WJR wrote:I agree, but I would take any color micarta as long as the steel is along the lines of VG-10 or ZDP.
How about Hitachi blue or white steel? The beige Micarta / Hitachi blue steel combo was a Sprint I proposed not too long ago. I think it'd be a nice change of pace.
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Padawan wrote:How about Hitachi blue or white steel? The beige Micarta / Hitachi blue steel combo was a Sprint I proposed not too long ago. I think it'd be a nice change of pace.
I am not very familiar with the Hitachi steels. I just did a quick Google search and they sound great, but probably expensive.

Would be a nice combo, if it was not cost prohibitive.

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Best I could do in PS. I suck at it and couldn't get quite what I was after.
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Yeah, that looks really good, Daryn. I like it. You did a great job on the polished bolster--easy to visualize. A very "up town" knife. STR told me the knife is difficult to mod b/c the pins are so close to the edges--apparently you need a certain am't of clearance to rework a knife like this.
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I tried doing some Photoshop work to depict what I had in mind. It isn't the greatest job, but I'm still really pleased with how it looks. :)
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Padawan wrote:I tried doing some Photoshop work to depict what I had in mind. It isn't the greatest job, but I'm still really pleased with how it looks. :)
You are being too hard on yourself. I really like it and would definitely buy one. It looks great.

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Ah. I think I know how to make a better PS than my previous..
*fires up PS* (could take a minute. old computer)


Edited: sounded kinda wrong.
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THE_INCREDIBLE_ wrote:Best I could do in PS. I suck at it and couldn't get quite what I was after.
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I love the look of the polished bolsters and white micarta... Mmmmm :D
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