kanemono Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share #101 Posted March 22, 2016 I found this picture of an alligator Bowie I made a few years ago. It is an exact copy of an antique Bowie knife, the grip is ivory. Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuftStalg1 Posted March 22, 2016 Share #102 Posted March 22, 2016 Wow, great way to revive this thread. I envy your talent Dick. Beautiful work! MarkD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMIN Posted March 22, 2016 Share #103 Posted March 22, 2016 These are really really amazing! Thank you for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanemono Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share #104 Posted June 16, 2016 I found some closeups of a few items. An eaglehead sword, eaglehead dirk and a 1/6 scale pair of eaglehead spurs. Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuftStalg1 Posted June 16, 2016 Share #105 Posted June 16, 2016 Dick, After reviewing this thread it is tough not to, once again, start making a mental list of all the miniature things I want made for my displays. Great stuff! MarkD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanemono Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share #106 Posted October 20, 2016 Here are some prototype Cotswold hand grenades. The grenades on the bottom are pewter production pieces. Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted October 23, 2016 Share #107 Posted October 23, 2016 Here's a recent pick up for me. One of the neatest pieces of trench art I've ever seen.i know it probably wasn't made in a trench but it is very nice none the less. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted October 23, 2016 Share #108 Posted October 23, 2016 Last picture. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted October 23, 2016 Share #109 Posted October 23, 2016 If you are wondering about the scale....it's lying on a paper towel. RD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted October 23, 2016 Share #110 Posted October 23, 2016 Here's a shot of the bolt pulled back and locked. Then another of the bolt closed. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanemono Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share #111 Posted October 23, 2016 Ronnie, That is a very nice miniature. The bayonet really makes it. Thanks for posting. Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted October 24, 2016 Share #112 Posted October 24, 2016 You bet Dick and I agree the bayonet is really cool. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanemono Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share #113 Posted February 2, 2017 I have shown you quite a few of my miniature weapons and a large bronze sculpture. I thought you might like to see one of favorite sculptures and another format. I know this is not military so I hope no one is upset with my posting this sculpture, however, this will give you an idea of other pieces I create. This preying mantis is slightly larger than life. The ring it sets on is 4" in diameter. This is created the same manner as the miniature weapons, many individual pieces brazed and soldered together. I hope you enjoy the Preying Mantis. To rationalize the post, this preying mantis is American and about as military and formidable as a fighting man or woman can possibly be. Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superchief Posted February 4, 2017 Share #114 Posted February 4, 2017 Your workmanship makes me want to give up model building and go back to making sock puppets...you sir, are an artist and exceptional craftsman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted February 5, 2017 Share #115 Posted February 5, 2017 Ha! You can't fool me! You don't make miniatures, you make really big dimes! Either way, awesome creations. Love the mantis piece. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Kraut Posted February 5, 2017 Share #116 Posted February 5, 2017 Stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanemono Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share #117 Posted July 17, 2017 I found these pictures of the different stages of making the miniature cased Colt pistols. The pieces were cast using the lost wax process. I first fabricated my original model in silver. From that I made a rubber mold and injected wax into the mold. The resulting wax pieces were placed in a stainless flask which looks like a tomato paste can with the top and bottom removed. A high temperature plaster was poured into the flask. When the plaster was set the flask was placed into a kiln and the kiln temperature raised to 1100 degrees F. At that point molten silver or brass was poured into the plaster. When the plaster was removed you end up with the very rough pieces shown in the photos. When everything is cleaned up you have the finished cased Colts. This is kind of like showing how sausage is made. Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanemono Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share #118 Posted September 1, 2018 I finally got around to photographing the Cotswold figures that have the weapons I created for my website. This is what the final product looks like. Almost all of these figures are out of production and seem to have disappeared from the market. I had a wonderful time working for Cotswold Collectibles and the work helped put my two sons through Penn State. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanemono Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share #119 Posted September 1, 2018 Here are more figures and thanks for looking. Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Kraut Posted September 1, 2018 Share #120 Posted September 1, 2018 Really nice figures! If you'll post more please focus on the U.S. ones. Thanks very much for sharing your collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted September 2, 2018 Share #121 Posted September 2, 2018 Very very nice. Outstanding work. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeb137 Posted September 3, 2018 Share #122 Posted September 3, 2018 These are so perfect that it makes me question, did he really make them so perfectly small, or is that just a really big quarter..... :-) Jon B. Newaygo MI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanemono Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share #123 Posted September 6, 2018 Robert Wilson (Tarbridge) suggested that I post my website here in the forum. I have quite a bit of artwork I have done on the site including all of my GI Joe prototypes for Cotswold Collectibles and miniatures, many created for the Franklin Mint. Nothing on the website is for sale so I am not trying to sell anything. Thanks for looking. http://erichardbonham.faso.com/works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted September 8, 2018 Share #124 Posted September 8, 2018 Hope you don't mind me adding this. I always liked the 'Joes' from Cotswold. Elite Brigade shown here. I bought as many as I could back in my GI Joe collecting days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanemono Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share #125 Posted November 18, 2018 This is a study for the five foot tall bronze bust of Chief Shikellamy who was an Oneida chief and overseer for the Iroquois confederacy. In his position as chief and overseer, Shikellamy served as a supervisor for the Six Nations, overseeing the Shawnee and Lenape tribes in central Pennsylvania along the Susquehanna River and protecting the southern border of the Iroquois Confederacy. While his birth date is not known, his first recorded historical appearance was in Philadelphia in 1728. In 1742 he was living in the village of Shamokin, modern day Sunbury, at the confluence of the West and North Branches of the Susquehanna. Shikellamy was an important figure in the early history of the Province of Pennsylvania and served as a go-between for the colonial government in Philadelphia and the Iroquois chiefs in Onondaga. He welcomed Conrad Weiser to Shamokin and served as Weiser's guide on his journeys into the frontier of Pennsylvania and New York. Chief Shikellamy died in December of 1748. The portrait of Chief Shikellamy was commissioned by the Degenstein Foundation, Sunbury, Pennsylvania. I made the brass pieces in 1/6th scale and sculpted Shikellamy in clay. I finally got around to sculpting the body in epoxy clay to make a permanent figure to mount the brass accessories. Here also is the finished bronze sculpture which was first sculpted in clay. The finished clay was taken to the A.R.T. Research Enterprises foundry in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where they made a rubber mold of the original clay, wax was then brushed onto the inside of the rubber mold. The mold is removed from the wax revealing a hollow wax identical to the original clay (similar to a hollow molded chocolate bunny). The wax is cut into eight or 10 pieces and dipped into a slurry of liquid ceramic, and that's coated with a powdery sand, repeatedly, until it becomes a half-inch thick. The pieces are then put into a furnace which melts out all of the wax and hardens the ceramic material. Molten bronze is then poured into the cavity that was created by the wax melting out of the mold. The mold is broken away revealing the final bronze pieces. Craftsmen then weld the pieces back together. The seams are chased to look like the original model. The final piece exactly duplicates the original clay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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