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Bryce Felperin
Location: San Jose, CA Joined: 16 Feb 2006
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 Posted: Thu 12 May, 2011 1:19 pm Post subject: Tod Comes Through Again! |
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Well Tod did it again! He has made me an outstanding Bollock dagger that I have been awaiting from him and I get to add to my collection once it arrives. The pictures are his and so I share them with you, my brothers in the community. I just had to clean the drool off my keyboard and rush out the payment so I am still hopped up as we speak with excitement and happiness. This is without a doubt, the best piece of my collection, or will be once I get my sweaty paws on it when it delivers!
As Tod says in his email: "The inscription says 'The right hand of God makes wonder', the blade is about 330mm x 8mm thick by 22mm wide and is hollow ground until 75mm from the tip and then a diamond. The fittings are brass and the handle is ebonsied elm, with the by-knife handles being ebony."
Note the detailed brass work, the great leather work, the fantastic detail on the guard, the ebony wood carving, the pommel...whoops, I had to wipe the drool off my face again...enjoy the pics my brothers!
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William Frisbee
Location: South Shore, MA Joined: 07 Nov 2005
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Holy Mary Mother of God... that is just stunning.
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Bryce Felperin
Location: San Jose, CA Joined: 16 Feb 2006
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Thanks, I'm still stunned myself! I gave Tod free reign with just a few parameters (Bollock Dagger, Black) and he did the rest. This project has so far exceeded my expectations that words can't describe how happy I am with it!
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David McElrea
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I think that is about the most beautiful dagger I've ever seen...
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Julien M
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I'd been impatient to see Tod mount these castings since I saw them posted on his facebook page.
Not desapointed! This is splendid.
One thing that really keeps me guessing is how to mount a tapering pommel on the top of the handle...
J
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Bryce Felperin
Location: San Jose, CA Joined: 16 Feb 2006
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| Julien M wrote: | I'd been impatient to see Tod mount these castings since I saw them posted on his facebook page.
Not desapointed! This is splendid.
One thing that really keeps me guessing is how to mount a tapering pommel on the top of the handle...
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You got me wondering too Julien. I don't have it yet, so I can only surmise that he either has it 1) attached through a peen, 2) glued in place, 3) there a couple of pins/nails at the bottom of the pommel that go into the top of the handle to secure it or 4) all or some of the above. I have to say that I've never seen this done ever on any piece I have seen and I'm most interested in examining it also. Just another thing to add to my expectations and curiosity when I get it. :-)
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Jack W. Englund
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DROLL. SLOBBER WANT !!!!
Jack
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Jean Thibodeau
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| Bryce Felperin wrote: | | Thanks, I'm still stunned myself! I gave Tod free reign with just a few parameters (Bollock Dagger, Black) and he did the rest. This project has so far exceeded my expectations that words can't describe how happy I am with it! |
Exceeding expectations seems to be what Tod does best as with my Eared Dagger the work is jaw dropping good and that is just about exactly what I did and first saw the pics scrolling down to them.
Giving him free reign seems like a very good idea and one is always surprised in a good way.  
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Joe Fults
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Very nice as usual.
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
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Christopher Gregg
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Nicest ballock I've ever seen! 
Christopher Gregg
'S Rioghal Mo Dhream!
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Matt Corbin
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WOW!!!  I'm beginning to suspect that Tod actually has a time machine and just goes back and picks up originals whenever a new order comes in.
“This was the age of heroes, some legendary, some historical . . . the misty borderland of history where fact and legend mingle.”
- R. Ewart Oakeshott
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Tim Lison
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Very, very nice! How about a pic with the blades in the scabbards? I'd like to see how it looks...
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Lukas Schramm
Location: Cologne, Germany Joined: 29 Aug 2010
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I've been a long time lurker on this forum. But this piece is worth my first post here!
This dagger is absolutely stunning! I honestly don't know what else to say...
Greetings
Lukas
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David Wilson
Location: In a van down by the river Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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Wow.....
Tod's work is always amazing. This is just incredible.........
David K. Wilson, Jr.
Laird of Glencoe
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Johan Gemvik
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Oho! He really went overboard with this one!
Drool...
A++ and another + in my book. Looks like a typical top quality Tod knife, only better. Didn't think that was possible but obviously it was.
"The Dwarf sees farther than the Giant when he has the giant's shoulder to mount on" -Coleridge
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Leo Todeschini
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Thanks all.
A client sent me pictures of this knife late last year and I had never seen anything like it. Unfortunately he decided not to order the piece, but I couldn't get it out of my mind and so in about February I made the masters. At the same time I knew I had a bollock set to make for Bryce and a friend of mine so a little serendipity meant I could justify putting the time into the project.
I was a little cruel to Bryce. As he said it was a pretty open brief and so I didn't fill in the gaps; all he knew before yesterday was that he was getting a set and the pictures I sent are the first time he has had any idea of what the set would be like.
I am glad he likes it.
The original piece has a totally wierd blade and I was not quite brave enough to try this out for this one and I suspect it is not to everybodies taste, so I had my first go at a reinforced blade. I believe I have one to make with the original blade form so I will post that up in due course.
Tim Lison wrote | Quote: | | Very, very nice! How about a pic with the blades in the scabbards? I'd like to see how it looks... |
Regards
Tod
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Scott Hrouda
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I feel compelled to add a comment even though I'm no expert in medieval weaponry, or daggers for that matter.
Tod, simply put, you are a master of your craft.
Matt's comment regarding a time machine does not seem all that unreasonable to me.
Bryce, you have my envy and admiration. Thank you for sharing.
...and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped. - Sir Bedevere
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Chad Arnow
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| Posted: Fri 13 May, 2011 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| Bryce Felperin wrote: | | You got me wondering too Julien. I don't have it yet, so I can only surmise that he either has it 1) attached through a peen, 2) glued in place, 3) there a couple of pins/nails at the bottom of the pommel that go into the top of the handle to secure it or 4) all or some of the above. I have to say that I've never seen this done ever on any piece I have seen and I'm most interested in examining it also. Just another thing to add to my expectations and curiosity when I get it. :-) |
I have a dagger repro made by another company that has a similar look in the construction. The handle is peened, then a pommel goes over the peen and top of the grip. Perhaps this one is put together in a similar way.
Beautiful piece. It's really great. 
ChadA
http://chadarnow.com/
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