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A day in the life of Burger Knives (the making of the EXK1).
There has been a lot of talk lately of the EXK and here are a few links:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=687516 http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=677780
I received my first Burger EXK in April 2008, here is that review (http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=546598). I am very pleased with this knife and the service given to me. Trevor Burger, the maker of the EXK is a great person and has gone above and beyond to help me with the purchase of this knife and all my questions at our recent knife makers guild show. I easily talked to him for almost half an hour and it was great to know how passionate he is about making knives.
This post is more to show how this great knife has been made and what effort is put into making a knife of this calibre. I truly hold this knife in high regards as an EDC and a pocket knife I can use around the camp and hiking trips.
First some history on the knife and its design:
The brief history with the EXK model is that is was originally( and still is) a collaboration knife between Burger Knives and Mike Skellern. When the collaboration started, going back+/-20 years the work load was shared between the two knife shops of Burger and Skellern, this was the case for many years. The collaboration knife had the EXKELIBUR logo( a play on Burger and Skellern names)
Over the years we decided to change from the EXKELIBUR logo and make use of both our individual logos as this was more suited to the custom knife market we operate within.
As situations and personal have changed over the years, the current set up with the EXK is that if your knife has a SKELLERN logo it was made by Mike and if your knife has the BURGER logo it was made by Burger Knives. We still continue to enjoy our collaboration and it gives us great pride in producing this popular folder.
Burger knives are located +- 2 hours drive South of Durban, in Munster on a Banana Plantation KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Their workshop is a former house that was build on their plantation (Co-ordinates in Google earth are: 30°59'18.67"S 30°15'3.47"E I think? It is somewhere in that area). When reaching the Burger workshop you are greeted by the following sight:
Greeted by Mr. Fred Burger the founder of Burger Canes and Burger Knives. This is their outside shop where you can also purchase the knives in showcased in their display area.
Home of “EXKELIBUR” KNIVES (I want one of these in my house, but my girlfriend thinks I am nuts!)
Scribing the various components for the knife. This EXK has full carbon-fibre scales
Trevor Burger at work on the knife.
Maker at work
Various EXK components. (The red piece in the picture can be seen in one of my later photos where I show the backspacer).
There has been a lot of talk lately of the EXK and here are a few links:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=687516 http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=677780
I received my first Burger EXK in April 2008, here is that review (http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=546598). I am very pleased with this knife and the service given to me. Trevor Burger, the maker of the EXK is a great person and has gone above and beyond to help me with the purchase of this knife and all my questions at our recent knife makers guild show. I easily talked to him for almost half an hour and it was great to know how passionate he is about making knives.
This post is more to show how this great knife has been made and what effort is put into making a knife of this calibre. I truly hold this knife in high regards as an EDC and a pocket knife I can use around the camp and hiking trips.
First some history on the knife and its design:
The brief history with the EXK model is that is was originally( and still is) a collaboration knife between Burger Knives and Mike Skellern. When the collaboration started, going back+/-20 years the work load was shared between the two knife shops of Burger and Skellern, this was the case for many years. The collaboration knife had the EXKELIBUR logo( a play on Burger and Skellern names)
Over the years we decided to change from the EXKELIBUR logo and make use of both our individual logos as this was more suited to the custom knife market we operate within.
As situations and personal have changed over the years, the current set up with the EXK is that if your knife has a SKELLERN logo it was made by Mike and if your knife has the BURGER logo it was made by Burger Knives. We still continue to enjoy our collaboration and it gives us great pride in producing this popular folder.
Burger knives are located +- 2 hours drive South of Durban, in Munster on a Banana Plantation KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Their workshop is a former house that was build on their plantation (Co-ordinates in Google earth are: 30°59'18.67"S 30°15'3.47"E I think? It is somewhere in that area). When reaching the Burger workshop you are greeted by the following sight:
Greeted by Mr. Fred Burger the founder of Burger Canes and Burger Knives. This is their outside shop where you can also purchase the knives in showcased in their display area.
Home of “EXKELIBUR” KNIVES (I want one of these in my house, but my girlfriend thinks I am nuts!)
Scribing the various components for the knife. This EXK has full carbon-fibre scales
Trevor Burger at work on the knife.
Maker at work
Various EXK components. (The red piece in the picture can be seen in one of my later photos where I show the backspacer).
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