I picked this 25-5 up locally a few days ago. I really like the scrimshaw but am at a loss as to who may have done the work. Anyone recognize the signature?
- -Buckspen

I believe Miles had a knife with the same scrimsander's signature on it. Here it is!

http://mileswelze.com/Randall_Vintage_BLUEANGEL.html#prettyPhoto[gallery]/10/

Very good work!!! Great find, whoever he is he does good work.
You should ask the scrimshanders at blade. I mentioned Rick Fields to one of them at blade and they new right off who I was talking about.

Buckspen,

Is this the symbol?

http://scrimshawstudio.com/artist.marks.html

Jim Stevens
3402 N. Reed St.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
Website: http://scrimshawstudio.com
Email: stevens@scrimshawstudio.com
Key Traits: Signs with a stylized “ST” often worked into a very small area of an image or on the back of jewelry pieces.


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Chief,
If you have any scrims by Rick Fields other than the Franklin Mint series, please post them. He is one of the best along with Garbo!

Bill - As it happens, I bought that knife from Miles. One of my uncles was a Navy pilot in WWII, so it struck a cord with me.

- - Buckspen

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Tom - I have that Scrimshaw Studio site bookmarked and looked at it when I bought the Blue Angels knife. It could be Jim Stevens' signature, but I really don't think so. The mark on both knives looks more like a "fouled anchor" to me. It looks like initials "T" and "S" with the anchor. I will see Sandra Brady at the Ohio Gun Collector's Association show in Wilmington, Ohio this weekend and will show her these knives and see what she thinks. And I will take them to Blade.
Thanks for your comments, gents.

- - - Buckspen

Best of luck with your search!

Tom Flynn

I almost bought that Blue Angels knife at the same time that I bought the Rick Bowles # 020......

If you ever decide to sell it, let me know first!

Did you ever find who's scrim it was?
As I now own a Mountain man scrim that would go with it.
Has the same symbol.