Kyle Royer with knife collector, Paul Kessler, at the Chicago Custom Knife Show

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Kyle Royer looking for stag and mammoth ivory handle material

Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873) — English painter
Edwin Landseer’s father John Landseer was an engraver and lover of art and descended from a long line of artistic workers in precious metals. His mother, a Miss Pott, was also artistic. Edwin was the youngest son of a close-knit family which included seven children — his brothers, [...]

Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)
English children’s book author and illustrator

Beatrix Potter at 15 with her dog Spot
Used with permission Victoria and Albert Museum
Helen Beatrix Potter was educated at home by a series of nurses and governesses, and even from a very young age, Beatrix had good observation skills and grew into a fine naturalist. She was [...]

Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)
American Artist and Illustrator
N.C. Wyeth grew up in New England and as a child developed a love of nature.
My brothers and I were brought up on a farm, and from the time I could walk I was conscripted into doing every conceivable chore that there was to do about the place. [...]

Richard Doyle (1824-1883)
English illustrator Richard (Dickie) Doyle, educated at home by a tutor (a Mr. Street) and by his father John Doyle who was a leading political cartoonist during the early 19th century, followed in his father’s footsteps and was hired by the British humor magazine Punch at age nineteen.
Richard was a favorite illustrator of [...]