Art Knife Invitational 2009 - John W. Smith
#1 DAMASCUS INTERFRAME FOLDING DAGGER

Hidden screw construction with Damascus frames and 24K gold inlay. The reverse side of the blade has AKI ’09 inlayed in 24K gold. The inlays are mosaic mother of pearl consisting of black lip, gold lip, brown lip and 18K gold. File worked Damascus blade and spacer with 24K gold inlay, 18K gold thumb stud with diamond and an 18K gold lanyard bail. File worked liners with gold anodizing.

#2 ENGRAVED INTERFRAME DAGGER

Damascus blade and spacer with 24K gold inlay, file work, 18K gold thumb stud with diamond and18K gold lanyard bail. The interior of the spacer has AKI ’09 inlayed in 24K gold. Hidden screw mounted frames of 416 stainless engraved with 24K gold inlay. The inlays are a sunburst pattern made up of pearl and 18K gold. The liners are file worked and anodized.

#3 DAMASCUS FOLDING DAGGER

Double Damascus bolsters with 24K gold inlay mounted with 14K gold screws. The handles are black lip mother of pearl filed in a diamond pattern with 14K gold screws. File worked Damascus blade and spacer with 24K gold inlay, 18K gold thumb stud with diamond and an 18K gold lanyard bail. The liners are file worked and anodized titanium.

#4 ENGRAVED MOSAIC INTERFRAME FOLDER

Hidden screw construction engraved 416 stainless frames with 24K gold inlay. The inlays are a sunrise pattern made up of black lip mother of pearl, white mother of pearl and 18K gold. Damascus blade and spacer with 24K gold inlay and an 18K gold thumb stud with diamond. The spacer has AKI ’09 inlayed in 24K gold on the interior. The liners are file worked and anodized titanium.

All work is sole authorship.
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John W. Smith
West Liberty, Kentucky


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