Don't Panic, you didn't miss Volume 2 it is still being edited by my daughter. She's an extremely busy girl, new mother, working on our new house, and working full time so it is taking her a while. In the mean time, I am plugging away on the third volume on Second Patterns, Third Patterns, Fatman and Beaded and Ribbed to name a few types. I thought I'd share a few page views just so you know I'm not telling stories. Its already up to about 120 pages. Like the others in our series it will be 8.5 x 11 inches, soft cover, glossy paper and lots of full color photos. Yes our nemesis has written more pages and has more details because he lives in England and has the contacts. His books are filled with small B&W photos. He says mine are filled with fakes. What a guy! I am including photos of rare knives like the J. Clarke & Sons, J&I Marshall, McLeod Metallurgy, an aluminum P-2 possibly made by Wilkinson, Fatman knives, smooth gripped knives, and much more. Like I said all in full color. They are not cheap to print but what would be the sense in doing this with lousy photos? Ever see a 7/8ths size Fatman? You will in this book. There are several true stories of men, and women, who carried the knives and photos of them, like this one. There are even a few post-war knives which you will not find in any other book on F-S knives. A small section on relic or damaged knives and modified ones. And I will include close-ups of many of the inspection stamps and etches so you can tell real ones from fake one. All of this takes a lot of time and any photos that I don't feel are good enough means I have to dig out the knives again and re-shoot them. Here in NY finding a sunny day for photos is harder than finding a cheap First Pattern. Things like these detailed photos are very hard to get clear images of. Many of the etchings are nearly worn away or damaged by rust. So anyway, you see I am making progress, and I would like to get two volumes in print before the end of 2024.Save up your pennies. What would be awesome is to find a wealthy patron to fund the printing of the series in hardbound format. Can you imagine? That would be about 600 + pages of full color F-S knives! I can only dream.
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Author:You can find out more about me on the "Stories" pages. My hobbies have included training in Japanese martial arts, including Kenjutsu, many forms of knife fighting, long range rifles and tactical firearms. I have written several self published books on muzzle-loading firearms, knife-fighting and textbooks on gas engines and compressors. I am working diligently on my 400+ page F-S book. Categories |