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Who is Von Dutch?
Just saw a knife by someone called Von Dutch on ebay. Starting bid is 10K! Who was this guy to demand that kind of price?
__________________ Andy Garrett https://www.facebook.com/GarrettKnives?ref=hl Charter Member - Kansas Custom Knifemaker's Association www.kansasknives.org "Drawing your knife from its sheath and using it in the presence of others should be an event complete with oos, ahhs, and questions." |
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No idea. What's the link? I would like to see what a 10k knife from an unknown maker looks like.
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He's not unknown...
...just to you.
Pretty illustrious career, although knives were only one of the things he is reknowned for. More like an asterisk. He was a famous hotrodder bike and car customizer. Passed away in 1992. Bio: http://www.bikernet.com/news/specials/vondutch.asp Clothing: http://www.vondutch.com/ Bikes: http://www.vondutchkustomcycles.com/ That knife is pretty cool, but I would be hard-pressed to see it move at that price. Ebay listing Coop |
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Good.
Maybe more folks will start to think of knives as objets d'art, and we can stop charging $5 an hour. Last edited by J.Arthur Loose; 12-04-2005 at 04:06 PM. |
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Facinating... Thanks for the info Coop.
Amen to you Jon! __________________ Andy Garrett https://www.facebook.com/GarrettKnives?ref=hl Charter Member - Kansas Custom Knifemaker's Association www.kansasknives.org "Drawing your knife from its sheath and using it in the presence of others should be an event complete with oos, ahhs, and questions." |
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I think Von Dutch, like Big Daddy Roth "borrowed" a lot from Kelly-Mouse Studios. Or at least commisioned art from them.
I have an original T-shirt of the flying eyeball by Kelly-Mouse. I must have tattooed it 20 times in the last 20 years along with countless variations. __________________ "Many are chosen, but few are Pict" "The doer alone, learneth" NT Neo-Devo |
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It's all coming together now. I was flipping through a tat mag yesterday and saw a huge 'VonDutch' back piece.
Plus, (this is embarassing) I've done a variation of that eyeball in the past year on an old tattooer myself. I guess I was just uninitiated until now. Just when you think you know everything... kidding, of course. __________________ Andy Garrett https://www.facebook.com/GarrettKnives?ref=hl Charter Member - Kansas Custom Knifemaker's Association www.kansasknives.org "Drawing your knife from its sheath and using it in the presence of others should be an event complete with oos, ahhs, and questions." |
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Flying eyeballs! Get 'em offa me!!!!
Hey Andrew, I like your buffalo skinner. |
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Nickel Bolsters... LOL! That's some good stuff. Maybeo one day I'll have to do my own version with a half penny gaurd...
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Thanks fellas!
__________________ Andy Garrett https://www.facebook.com/GarrettKnives?ref=hl Charter Member - Kansas Custom Knifemaker's Association www.kansasknives.org "Drawing your knife from its sheath and using it in the presence of others should be an event complete with oos, ahhs, and questions." |
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Yeah, this guy is a major design icon. No doubt a fan of his other work will swoop in ... maybe?
__________________ ZDP-189.com |
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Small world...
A OLD aquaintance just dropped me an email. He was/is a photographer for Custom Bikes. His email: FlyingEyeFoto@#######.com
Before this thread I would not have understood how savvy his sig is. Coop |
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I knew Von Dutch as a pinstriper of custome cars and bikes. In my highschool days I did custom car painting and pinstriping and hand lettering in gold leaf. Cool guy. I had no idea he made any knives.
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