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04-29-2009, 06:30 PM
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Cigar anyone?
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Barry Lee Hands www.barryleehands.com "Critics gather, they discuss aesthetics, Artists gather, they discuss turpentine. . ."- Pablo Picasso 
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04-29-2009, 07:22 PM
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Re: Cigar anyone?
Beautiful.
I would be afraid to use it with all the nice gold work. Hope all is well...... Keith
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04-29-2009, 08:48 PM
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Re: Cigar anyone?
I'll take one! Damn man that's cool!
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04-29-2009, 11:14 PM
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Re: Cigar anyone?
Very Sweet, is that yours?
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04-30-2009, 01:04 AM
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Re: Cigar anyone?
Simply beautiful .... the only thing missing is a Cuban seed Dominique Maduro and a glass of Glenmorangie 18 single malt. Ahhhhh better than sex.
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04-30-2009, 07:51 AM
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Re: Cigar anyone?
Barry that's as nice as it gets for a cigar cutter...
Jerry
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04-30-2009, 10:04 AM
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Re: Cigar anyone?
Thanks, guys, and yes, it is mine, if I make it to the Blade show it will be in my pocket, if you want to see it.
Getting back to work after my recent trip to Asia, I was inspired to do this piece by Ken Hunt's retirement. Chris, when I was in China about two months ago, I picked up some cuban Cohibas, but being law abiding, I smoked them all before I came back to the USA. It would be nice to have one for a photo prop. This cutter has been disassembled in my toolbox for at least 15 years. The leaves, well, this work, though quite different, is influenced by my observations of Ken Hunt on my visits to his London Studio. And, as I said earlier, I was inspired to do this piece by his retirement. Ken used to do a lot of Damascene, which is another way to say "thin overlay" Ken told me his sheet was in the .004" or thinner range, and that is what this is. The leaves are overlayed, rather than inlaid. Then they are sculpted, which would differ from Ken's usual technique, as he would single point it in the old days, or more recently, stipple the shading in with his gravermax. The stems are done my way, which is by inlay, as they fall off so easily if overlayed. Everything is raised, including the inlaid border. A simple little job, but fun to pull out of the waist pocket when the brandy is poured and the cigars appear.
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Barry Lee Hands www.barryleehands.com "Critics gather, they discuss aesthetics, Artists gather, they discuss turpentine. . ."- Pablo Picasso
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04-30-2009, 11:04 AM
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Re: Cigar anyone?
Absolutley lovely Barry - perhaps I should start smokin' stoggies again!
Mike Dubber 
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04-30-2009, 11:07 AM
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Re: Cigar anyone?
I forgot to mention - the design looks very familar - a bit of Winston Churchill inlfuence keeps coming through, right?
Mike Dubber
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04-30-2009, 05:10 PM
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Re: Cigar anyone?
That is VERY COOL! i don't smoke tabbaco but could use it for other bad habits....
Jeff Love the scupted gold by the way...
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#16
04-30-2009, 05:12 PM
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Re: Cigar anyone?
Very cool Barry, Excellent work and explaination of how it was done
 Dave
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05-02-2009, 01:18 PM
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Re: Cigar anyone?
Quote:
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Barry Lee Hands www.barryleehands.com "Critics gather, they discuss aesthetics, Artists gather, they discuss turpentine. . ."- Pablo Picasso
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