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受刀友委托奥运期间帮某刀友从美国弄回来一把ED Fowler的刀刀，不出所料被海关查扣。动用了海关的所有关系、“人力”“财力”终于虎口拔牙般缴了关税清货出关。为了兑现当初的承诺此次真的砸锅卖铁损失惨重，某刀友非但不领情，觉得海关还要缴关税实在是奇闻，苛刻的告之“缴税东西就不收了”。郁闷归郁闷，却收获一份此刀的心得，特此与刀友们分享。
感谢洗心兄提供的刀神的个人网站，让我进一步了解了其人其事。
刀身通体圆润，似乎找不到棱角即便刀背部分也做了圆磨处理，做工很是精美丝毫感受不到诸如Strider战术刀的那种霸道杀气，很自然风。护手全铜制作看起来很贵族，整刀握在手里沉甸甸的感觉有厚重感。刃上有一排水波纹荡漾开来看起来刃身相当水润，无奈光线不好掌握没拍出来，此刀给人第一感觉就是一幅作品而非产品。
这一点老Ed个人网站自我介绍部分有写：（小翻译了一下，谬误之处恳请指正）
I consider myself an explorer in whatever frontier I may find of interest. My life is one of knife maker, rancher, writer and reader. I am truly blessed for all of these arenas are places I want to be. These interests compliment each other to a great extent, for I am the filter that apples the information learned through my personal dedications, the functional knife. My readings provide me with companions from many frontiers, my lifestyle keeps my feet on the ground, therefore I come to know man and the creation at its most honest uncorrupted level, this is my inspiration from which I am able to make my kind of knife.
我认为自己在无论什么我所嗜好的前沿都是一个探索者。我的生活就是刀匠，牧场主，作者，读者。我是幸福的因为这些就是我想要的舞台。我的这些嗜好在互相贯通，通过我的铸刀我在把我的所学萃取出来。我的读物提供了我在诸多前沿的帮手，我的生活方式让我脚踏实地，因此我开始理解人与其最诚挚不朽高度的创作。这就是我制作我这种刀的灵感所在。
其实我觉得他的刀设计的外形很另类，甚至有些看不习惯，区别于所有其他手工刀，即便你不看刀上的logo也知道这是Ed的作品，雕龙画凤、镶钻沁金、铭花刻物这些刀匠们惯用的吸引眼球的装饰手段在Ed的刀里通通看不见，手持弯曲式设计的角骨手柄做切的动作可以充分发挥腕力，手感很好。整刀的重心正好在手掌虎口上方，力道舒服至极。
老Ed是这样说的
My absolute dedication to a knife based upon function rather than fashion or glitter has resulted in knives that are immediately recognized as coming from my hands. Each is totally hand crafted by me, in my hands, as it is carefully guided in its journey to becoming an honest knife. Each knife carefully developed step by step to be an individual statement of its own. Blades are hand forged and hand ground; when someone purchases one of my knives, he is buying a part of me, paying for my dedicated experience, skill, and what I envisioned at the time the knife was created. I take no shortcuts in the careful development of each and every knife I make.
我对每一把刀的倾心奉献都是基于其实用而非潮流或浮华，所谓的实用都是经过我的双手所体会出来的。每一把刀都是出自我的手工及工艺，这是个谨小慎微的旅程只到它变成一把纯正的刀。每一把刀一步一步的细微成形都有其自己的故事。所有的刃都是手工磨制。当某人购得我的一把刀，他都是在买走我人的一部分，在为我那倾心而专注的经历、技能、和在那刀出世时我的所思所想而买单。在我做的每一把刀的每一个细微的环节之中我都没有捷径可选。
刚刚把玩了二十多分钟，回头打开了bladegallery发现Ed的所有手工刀都已一倾而空，庆幸当初选到了Ed最大的一把刀刀。老Ed虽然做不动刀了，但还是在从事鉴定刀具的工作，这一点其也有说明。
Born in the Rockies of Colorado, I cannot remember a time I was not fascinated with knives and nature. I have worked in timber, construction, in law enforcement and now on a ranch on the Wind River less than a mile from the 1838 fur traders rendezvous sight near Riverton, Wyoming. I farm and ranch full time, and have done volunteer work (to evaluate knives ) on the kill floor. All my experiences have taught me that personal attitude and preparedness are very important factors of survival.
出生于科罗拉州的落基山脉，我不记得曾几何时我被刀和自然所深深吸引。法律允许之时我曾加工木料建筑房屋，自从1838年毛皮商人聚集到怀俄明州Riverton附近现在Wind River上的农场不到一英里。而今我全部时间都在耕种和经营牧场，在kill floor做志愿者的工作（鉴定刀具）。我的经历教会了我个人态度与准备是非常重要的幸存因素。
总之，赏了一把好刀，郁闷的心情能稍微缓解下，体会再续~~~~~~~~~
[ 本帖最后由 chenfeng 于 2008-9-5 14:03 编辑 ] |
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