Rick Eaton
Rick began engraving and making knives over 24 years ago. Although he is a self-taught engraver, his father Al Eaton passed on his skills as a knifemaker to his son.
Since 1993, he has been engraving and making knives full time. Because he learned to make Damascus steel from Shane Taylor, Steve Schwarzer, and Rick Dunkerly in 1998, he has the skills to create quality mosaic Damascus. Most of his pieces are high quality art folders, daggers, and occasionally Bowies, for which Eaton has sole authorship.
Awards include the titles of “Best Art Knife” and “Best of Show” during the 2006 Atlanta Blade Show. In 2007, he was voted into the prestigious Art Knife Invitational (AKI) Show, a bi-annual event that allows only 25 of the world’s top knifemakers to attend. He was invited to the Milan Italy Knife Show in 2007, a show that had not been allowing any new foreign knifemakers.
His fine engraving includes scrollwork, gold inlay, full relief, banknote and Italian Bulino. Bringing together all the elements of a knife — heat treatments, steel creation, engraving, and the final finish — to make a beautiful well-crafted piece is what Eaton loves most about his art.
Courses
- Fundamentals of Metal Engraving, 07/27/09 – 07/31/09
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