Distortion
-in progress
A Place Setting
We are what we eat.
Copper
has been used by the indigenous here for thousands of years. In trade,
ceremony, tools, cutlery and generally showing affluence. We’ve melted
copper onto the blades, before hardening, intentionally distorting the blades. The
distortion comes from what we have seen here living in the bush in
British Columbia for 20 years. The impact on the indigenous peoples and
environment is distorted. The distortion in the steel follows the
organic lines in the moose antler handles.
Custom Made Crossed Steak Knives
4 1/2 inch blades. Long 4 1/2 inch handles.
Our son, Kai, runs in the forest on a trail he made. One morning his
dog, Jack, jumped out of the bush in front of him. Jack was being
pursued by 2 wolves. They jumped out close behind Jack. Kai and the 2
young wolves, less than 10 feet apart, stopped and stared at each other. Moments passed. The wolves turned and went the way they had
come. At 100 feet into the bush the two wolves stopped and turned to
watch Kai and Jack watch them.
3 Handmade Steak Knives
The
blades are made from a steel we’ve recovered and repurposed. A high
carbon steel with a cobalt content. You can easily get a razor edge that
holds..
Custom Made Steak Knives Point a View
Three steak knives in a condo window look out at Canada Place.
We’ve used moose antler off cuts we saved from our
knife shop, bent and distorted. We boiled the pieces, straightened them
with clamps and vise. They are the scales that hold the razor sharp
blades.
Melted Copper Close Steak Knife Blade
Melted Copper Close Steak Knife Blade
Bears
are all around us. We meet them on the road. The older ones leave fast
for the bush. The younger ones want a look. That could get them killed.
We use to honk and yell but that only made them more curious.
Melted Copper Knives Closer
A
bear will come into the yard every 5 or 6 years. They smell chickens,
our food, the dogs food, apples, berries and lots of dandelion and
flowers. I step out of the cabin and they leave. Jack, our dog, makes
sure they stay away. They don’t want trouble, we don’t want trouble.
We are amazed bears don’t come more often.
Steak Knives Crossed and Pointed
The spine thickness is a mere 1.4 mm. Very thin. Moose antler scales held with threaded stainless steel and brass pins, peened.
Ranchers blame bears for taking their calves. We hear gun shots
all year because it’s open season on bears.
Hanging to Dry
Knife Roll Closed Up Tight
Lives not respected, in the way…they are inconvenient.
Regards.
Aki and Scott
