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Auction Waves
"Auction Waves" takes you beyond the auction catalog for an up-close look at the antique and the classic, the rare and the beautiful, the eclectic and the unique. Host Elizabeth McLeod brings you enlightening and entertaining conversations with experts and authorities from the worlds of art, history, culture, style, and technology to bring you the inside story on distinctive items from our galleries.
Auction Waves
Sharp Ideas for Your Knife Collection
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When is a knife more than a knife? Outdoor expert Zeb Casperson knows, and he tells all when he discusses fine outdoor knives from Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ North American Collection Auction in the latest edition of Auction Waves. Learn the origin, the significance, and the many practical uses of the traditional Inuit ulu knife, and discover the work of Chuck Bowen, Alaska's legendary "Knifeman" in this finely-crafted quarter hour.
Discussed in the program include
Lot 1015 - a unique assortment of four Alaskan ulu knives with display stands.
Lot 1342 - a collection of three custom-made antler-handled knives in matching fine leather sheaths.
Lot 1289 - an exciting group of three custom-made precision-bladed Chuck Bowen knives that are as practical as they are beautiful, including one knife with its grip fashioned from the jawbone of a wolf.
