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Offline Ray Hammond

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Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« on: February 23, 2008, 11:57:00 PM »
I made my first knife Friday. Thanks to Dan Masson, what likely would have been a mediocre  effort became an unbelievable(to me) work of functional art.

Having someone with Dan's skills to guide me on my first knife was a tremendous experience and has set me on the path to building knives in earnest.

Thanks, Dan for the great guidance, and opening your home to a stranger!
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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2008, 06:58:00 AM »
Ray, where are the pics????? LOL
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Offline varmint

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2008, 07:21:00 AM »
Man Law,Man Law!!!
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Offline Ray Hammond

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2008, 07:43:00 AM »
Unfortunately, they are in Dan's camera...and he is working all day today!

I will try to take some today if I can.
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Offline OconeeDan

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2008, 07:53:00 AM »
Thanks for the kind words Ray.  
I had a really good time, and Ray is very detail oriented.  His knife turned out very nice as did his sheath.  I know it'll be bloodied up soon!
Here are a couple of pics, the handle is desert ironwood with mosaic pins.
Dan
 
 
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Offline sticshooter

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2008, 08:45:00 AM »
one word..... AWESOME!<><
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Offline Doug Campbell

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2008, 10:28:00 AM »
Very nice Ray and Dan, desert ironwood and damascus, gotta love it!!
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Offline drewsbow

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2008, 11:30:00 AM »
yep that is a work of art right there :0)
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Offline el oso

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2008, 05:03:00 PM »
very nice! whats betwean the skales and the knife?
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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2008, 07:10:00 PM »
WOW Ray, that turned out GREAT!!!
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Offline brettlandon

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2008, 07:19:00 PM »
I wish my LAST knife would have turned out as good as your first.  Great Job!
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-Brett
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Offline OconeeDan

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2008, 08:21:00 PM »
El Oso, Ray used black/white/black name tag material between the desert ironwood and the steel.  I thought it was a nice accent that didn't scream and take away from the other  attributes of his classy knife.
Dan
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Offline varmint

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2008, 08:41:00 PM »
Very,very nice!!!!

Is that your first file work too???

Beautiful!
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Offline MYSTIKBOW

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2008, 08:57:00 PM »
:eek:     :eek:   That right there is one SAWEET damascus blade. Excellent job Ray.    :notworthy:
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Offline el oso

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2008, 09:33:00 PM »
thats cool. I wouldn't have guessed name tag meterial in a million years!
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Offline Ray Hammond

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2008, 10:05:00 PM »
yes...first everything. Thanks for the kind words!
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Offline Mr Vic at the cabin

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2008, 01:35:00 PM »
:thumbsup:   Great looking knife!!!
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Offline SouthMDShooter

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #17 on: February 25, 2008, 02:07:00 PM »
Wow that is an incredible lookin knife   :thumbsup:    :notworthy:
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Offline GRAYBEARD

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #18 on: February 25, 2008, 05:27:00 PM »
RAY, THAT IS A MIGHTY HANDSOME PIECE OF WORK.
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Offline Chris Surtees

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Re: Oconee Dan knows his stuff
« Reply #19 on: February 26, 2008, 03:04:00 PM »
:thumbsup:     :clapper:
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