Just stumbled upon this thread and I have some photos I been meaning to post for awhile now, so here it goes.
After closely watching the CAS - RyanW Collaboration Knife (WIP) thread below for the 3-4 months it took to complete, I contacted Ryan to commission a version of the first design. I thought this guard-less design was a little more true to Ryan's traditional work.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1015849-CAS-RyanW-Collaboration-Knife-(WIP)
And after a long wait I was very pleased with the outcome, it came out fantastic, in fact my favorite of his to date.
As you can see I a big fan of both Claudio's and Ryan's work!!!