My Birthday Present: Knife for ID Please

CourseEight · 3rd November 2008, 10:43 PM

Thanks once again for your responses! I do still wonder if Norman McCormick's suggestion of a military doctor's field knife has merit over a purely hunting piece, mostly because I don't know how common it would be for the panoply marking especially to be immitated on a civilian piece. Does anyone have any examples of this? Or a hunting trousse that exhibits this degree of curvature?

Tim, thank you very much for your detailed information about the artistic style. I'm curious; if a knife were meant to be a "user," would they attempt to match the specific motif portrayed to its usage, or was it purely aestethic? I ask this because I wonder if I could better pin down what the handle is trying to portray, would this imply anything about the purpose of the knife itself?

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Switch to Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Threaded Mode

3rd November 2008, 10:43 PM	#12
CourseEight Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Coral Springs, FL Posts: 222	Thanks once again for your responses! I do still wonder if Norman McCormick's suggestion of a military doctor's field knife has merit over a purely hunting piece, mostly because I don't know how common it would be for the panoply marking especially to be immitated on a civilian piece. Does anyone have any examples of this? Or a hunting trousse that exhibits this degree of curvature? Tim, thank you very much for your detailed information about the artistic style. I'm curious; if a knife were meant to be a "user," would they attempt to match the specific motif portrayed to its usage, or was it purely aestethic? I ask this because I wonder if I could better pin down what the handle is trying to portray, would this imply anything about the purpose of the knife itself?