Daniel's Spyderco Hoard

[ozspyder]

Thanks Brian :)

Just realised the reflection of the sandstone wall edge on the blade in the first pic makes the millie look like it has a hollow grind partway up the blade.... obviously that isn't the case :p

The drangonflies have been buzzing around my place for weeks now. Camellias and a few other flowers all in bloom. Tried to get a shot with dragons, camellias and other flowering plants but nature conspired against me. So this one had to do.

[buglerbilly]

Well there is no point in me photographing anything in my garden as its scrub and sand having let the rubbish lawn die in any case.............I can do a **** of a lot of good shots on tree stumps tho! :D :rolleyes:

And I have more to change to stumps yet............

Outdoor shots are the bees knees and almost always surpass any indoor shot (bar Wouters but then again I think he's a Magician HA! ) Mark is the master of the mirror..........the rest of us struggle to do our best and occasionally succeed.

Regards,

BRIAN

[bh49]

Daniel,
Great addition to your collection. I love these gorgeous Kopas and Forum Military, probably is the dream of any Spydernut. Congratulations.
Nice pictures as always.

[ozspyder]

Some of my Kopas and Kiwis by Tony :D



1) Kopa - stabilised Redwood Burl wood
2) Kopa - unstabilised Arizona Desert Ironwood
3) Kopa - stabilised Camphor Burl wood
4) Kopa - stabilised Masur Birch wood
5) Kopa - Malachite
6) Kopa - reconstituted red dyed dinosaur bone
7) Kopa - reconstituted white turquoise
8) Kopa - reconstituted yellow dyed dinosaur bone
9) Kopa - Cobalt Corian





Kiwi - reconstituted white turquoise scales




Mirror shots are an ode to the mirror master WhyNot :) Tony has done a fantastic job on all of my Kopas and Kiwis... and ummmmm... they 'may' be a few more to come :p

[bh49]

Daniel,
Absolutely gorgeous knives and stunning pictures.
Tony,
great job, amazing choice of materials.
Guys,
for some reasons I thought that some woods are hard and dense enough that they do not need to be stabilized, and desert ironwood is one of them. Is it wrong?

[buglerbilly]

Great shots and great knives!

The Kopa's need to come visit their Westie cousins, I promise to give them back to you in 20-30 years or so............ :p :p :D :D

Great work also Mr Tony............ :)

Regards,

BRIAN

[tonydahose]

for some reasons I thought that some woods are hard and dense enough that they do not need to be stabilized, and desert ironwood is one of them. Is it wrong?

the iron wood isnt, i think i might have told Dan otherwise or he might have got it wrong without my help..lol. the others are stabilized, i like working with them because i can buff the bolsters as well as the wood iin one shot. if the wood isnt it starts to take on the color of the rouge in the tiny crevices. it also could shrink/expand with different temps and humidity. Also some exotic woods are more brittle and will break/chip/crack easily, stabilized woods usually dont. lastly if it is stabilized you dont have to worry about any finish so that is why i try to use stabilized woods over non stabilized woods.

Great shots and great knives!


Great work also Mr Tony............ :)

Regards,

BRIAN

thanks, it is all Dan and his magical photography :D

[bh49]

Tony,
Thank you.
Roman

[WhyNot]

It was worth to be waiting for!!!
Stunning knives!
Tony's mods are just amazing!
And Dan, what took you so long to start using mirror? :p
Australian sky provides perfect background for your Kopas/Kiwi.
You even managed not to take a picture of yourself :D
Great, great job!
The Masur Birch Kopa is my favorite of the bunch.
What is yours?
Mark.

[ozspyder]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for your kind words. The Australian sky is indeed very nice for mirror shots, sometimes very clear and blue and sometimes nice cloud formations. I didn't want to use the mirror because your mirror shots are legendary and I didn't want to intrude on that niche :p (but also it takes time to clean the mirror, bring it out and setup etc )

Tony has done a fantastic job on these and I have a few more coming which will look also quite nice !

My favourite would also be the Masur Birch, but that figuring in the Desert Ironwood is quite superb too.

My conundrum at the moment is whether I should use Tony's knives or stick to my million other production Kopas ??? I am leaning toward using ALL of Tony's ones because they just look and feel awesome. I also have some unstabilised Australian hardwoods with Tony and we are trying to figure out which would be the best ones with which to rescale a Kopa.

I promise to finish my Kopa Wheel with the Production Kopas as well as a Kopa Wheel of Tonydahose modded Kopas. These duo of wheels should make for interesting comparison. I am betting Tony's compilation will look decidedly more colourful.

I hope Sal will take a look at this thread and maybe push out the 17th Kopa sleeper with one of these scales :p

[jase74]

A few extras :)

That Ayoob is smoking hot...would luv to get my mits on one of those one day...

[ozspyder]

Not exactly a Spyderco - but a nice custom piece from my mate Tonydaman ! a.k.a. Tonydahose on this forum :p

A gift to my wife who will hoefully keep this one out of the dishwasher :D







The handle is a green dyed Masur Birch that has been stabilised. My very first damascus blade too !

[bh49]

Congrats Daniel.
Is it 10"?

Tony,
Great job.

[skatenut]

Congrats on a truly beautiful kitchen knife, Daniel! I sincerely hope your wife will not ruin it in the dishwasher! :)

[ozspyder]

Here's Mr Ayoob again :p



and a CF Milie just hanging around looking out for stuff to cut :D

[Mr Blonde]

Awesome knives and I liuke that pic of the CF millie! :cool:

Wouter

[ozspyder]

Thanks Wouter - I love yours as well. Your combo pics aren't helping me save up though :D

[ozspyder]

Another Chinese Lum shot :)

[bh49]

Daniel,
Beautiful pictures. Good to see you finding time to do knife photography.
Probably your son helps. :)

[ninemm]

I just went through all 17 pages. Wonderful Spydercos and pictures! You Aussies have all the fun. :)