its actually a knife i had from a shoot a few years back.
and yes, about half the models have found me and ask if they can shoot, the other half i approach and show them my work, and tell them i'd like to shoot if they do as well. works about 80% of the time. it seems like for every model that asks to shoot, i have two friends that want to assist. on a more-interesting-for-me note, the last person to ask to assist on a shoot 'with hot half naked chicks' is as pretty as any of them. so she will be fit in somewhere.