A beauty from Bill Buxton

[Keith Montgomery]

I recently was very impressed with a knife I saw made by Bill Buxton.
I tend to really like handles made from sheep's horn. Bill said he was having trouble finding sheep's horn but would send me some pictures of a knife where he used goat's horn (should appeal to Bastid). I thought you might be interested in seeing this knife and just how beautiful goat's horn is as a handle material.

This knife is forged 52100 , 3X quenched and tempered just like the one that Bill cuts all the rope with, guard is tapered solid brass and the handle is 2 pieces of goat horn, it looks a lot like marble, very pretty. The blade shape is awfully close to a fowler except for the sway in the riccasso are, makes for a good finger notch when handling in front of the guard.

I have more pictures if you are interested. Using the software from Bladeforums I will have to post them one at a time.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

I have edited my above post to have the name of the actual maker of the knife pictured. Originally I stated that the maker was Bill Burke when in fact it Bill Buxton.

To both Bills I apologize with all my heart. Feel free to call me names if you wish.

 

[PhilL]

Keith, that's a nice looking knife and the goat horn looks great, but you did have me wondering when you said Bill Burke couldn't get sheep horn. I mean it's my understanding that Burke has a Special Pass to Sheep Horn Central in WY.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

PhilL you're right, and I should have known better myself. This was definitely a case of brain fade. If I had read the email more closely I would have thought about it, but since I was expecting pictures from Bondo I just assumed these were from him. I guess that goes to prove what they say about when you assume something.

 

[B . Buxton]

Keith,

Thank you for the great compliment, comparing my work with Mr. Burkes,
But now I kinda know how Jerry Hossom felt when he got his name published on the cover of Blade magazine and they mispelled it.
Thats one thing about this Knifemaking, you never know what will happen next.

Bill Buxton

 

[Blues]

Keith,

I edited the subject line for you so that it now attributes the knife to the right maker.

You can edit your first two posts (if you wish) to change the attribution to the correct "Bill" at any time.

Hope that helps.

 

[Ripper]

Keith,
That sure is a nice knife. I like the sway in the handle also.
Bill makes fine knives at very reasonable prices, doesn't he?
Here's a picture of mine (5160, polished stag):

Regards, Greg

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Bill makes excellent knives and they are a tremendous bargain (just to be clear, this is Bill Buxton of whom I am referring. The same things could be said for Bill Burke, but that will be left to another thread). The knife that I posted above is one that I would be proud to own and I will have one of his knives soon.

The knife you posted is a real nice one as well. Bill is showing himself to be a very talented knifesmith.

 

[Brian C]

Those really are some fine looking knives. Thanks for sharing the pictures, guys. In case you folks don't already know it, Bill also makes some very functional & unique tomahawks. Here's a brief review I did of a hawk that he made from a railroad spike & the spike hawk pictured below should be in my hands in the next few days.

 

[ExamonLyf]

....for the picture Keith...yeah that horn is gorgeous! I like the grind also. Probably pretty tough to beat Bill's prices in that range of quality...


"Hunters seek what they [WANT].., Seekers hunt what they [NEED]"

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Yep, I'd say his knives represent great value. That hawk looks pretty darn nice to. I didn't know Bill made those as well. Thanks for pointing that out Brian.