These first two frames represent 10 years of walking the corn fields of North Western Fairfield County, Ohio 1980 to 1990. Not shown are two full shoe boxes of broken ones.
After all the walking done in collecting these I decided to give my legs a break and collect some more by visiting artifact shows, auctions, flea markets, farm sales, etc. I was very disappointed by the number of outright fakes, reworked, and restored flints, and the extreme prices for the obviously ancient ones that I decided to create a collection flint knapping art work by the best contemporary knappers I could find in Ohio and neighboring mid-central states. These works of modern art can be found at 10% of the cost of the ancient ones, and in many cases the flints are made better than the ancient American ever made them. My collection to date follows.
Martin Custom Shop D-28 Wild Grain Rosewood
Adirondack Top Wild Grain East Indian Rosewood back and sides, Forward shifted bracing
Martin HD-28 Custom Shop 2017
Wild Grain East Indian Rosewood back and sides, Forward shifted scalloped bracing
D-18 Custom Wild Mahogany
Centennial Version 2016 Special Flamed Mahogany Back, Sides
Martin CEO 8 Grand Jumbo 2015
This is Martin’s largest acoustic body size, the Grand Jumbo, is combined with solid sycamore back, sides & neck, and a Sitka spruce top. Enhanced appointments include a black Corian head plate with “The Martin” inlaid in solid mother-of-pearl, a red tortoise pick guard with a Purple Martin motif, and backslash design mother-of-pearl fingerboard inlays. Comes equipped with D-TAR Wave-length Multi-Source electronics and bears an interior label individually numbered in sequence and personally signed by C. F. Martin IV. It has a modified Low Oval sycamore neck with black binding & abalone side-dots. An Ebony fingerboard with mother of pearl double parallelogram inlays. Gold "waffle back" tuners. 1 3/4" nut width; 25.4" scale length.This guitar is a close copy of a Gibson J200.
Ovation CS24-5 Celebrity Acoustic Electric
Ovation Celebrity CS24, has a Lyrachord body, a durable, lightweight alternative to a wood back and has a smooth interior surface, specifically designed to enhance the reflections inside your instrument. This Celebrity Standard CS24 acoustic-electric guitar features a mid-depth cutaway bowl that delivers an impressive sound with its OP-4BT preamp.
Guild D-240E
The D-240E Flamed Mahogany features the same full-bodied and powerful tone of the D-240E, but with exotic flamed mahogany back and sides and a solid spruce top. The dreadnought shape provides a classic acoustic sound and balanced voicing, and Guild’s arch-back design offers improved bass response and projection. The D-240E also features Guild’s Fisherman-designed AP-1 preamp system for easy control.Other features include an Pau Ferro fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, mother-of-pearl rosette, tortoiseshell pick guard, and a satin polyurethane finish.
