Woah, I might have to pick one of these up! :thumbup:
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A day in the life of Burger Knives (the making of the EXK1).
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Woah, I might have to pick one of these up! :thumbup:
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N690 Bohler I have found to be very similar to 154CM used by Benchmade and VG10 of Spyderco but with slight better edge retention. N690 is a Swedish steel that is well known in Europe as far as I know. I have to ad (if I can remember correctly) there is a difference between N690 and Bohler N690. Trevor uses the latter.
Here is a search on N690 Bohler, hope it helps with some further reading if you are interested:
http://www.google.com/cse?cx=011197...e/home?cx=011197018607028182644%3Aqfobr3dlcra
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Sorry guys. I will sort out the problem in a while.
In the meantime you can see the photos of the thread by following the following link. The photos are not in order but it is all I can do for now:
http://s150.photobucket.com/albums/s90/geronki/burger/
Problem looks to be fixed now. Enjoy your day!
In the meantime you can see the photos of the thread by following the following link. The photos are not in order but it is all I can do for now:
http://s150.photobucket.com/albums/s90/geronki/burger/
Problem looks to be fixed now. Enjoy your day!
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marthinus thanks for the great effort & the great pics plus explanation. that burger is one clean looking piece.
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There are a few leather makers on the forums that you might want to contact, maybe even one close to you. Might want to ask in the Sheaths and Such sub-forum, those guys are great and I learned a lot there. Ended up making my own sheath that cost me $10 and my own time and very rewarding. Mine is just a loop sheath but am sure someone can explain how to make a sheath with a clip on it in detail if you would like to give it a try. Here is my picture:
I made a little review about the Burger exk1.
http://knifereviews.org/index.php/h...tom-knives/burger-knives/126-burger-exkelibur
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http://knifereviews.org/index.php/h...tom-knives/burger-knives/126-burger-exkelibur
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Thanks! (It's my site, Joel is one of it's contributers however.)
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Thanks a lot. If you (or anyone else) is ever looking for a place to host reviews.....let me know. You can sign up yourself and start writing just like that. (I still have a few technical difficulties to work out but there's workarounds for those.)
Hey Marthinus, I visited the Burger workshop on 30 December. Fred told me that you had been there. It was an honour to meet such a skilled yet humble knife maker. Unfortunately Trevor was in Durban for the day but I did get the tour and Fred even gave me a bunch of old Blade magazines. One of my mates bought this knife while we were there. It is a real beauty and the pics don't do it any justice.
Good review.
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Hi Mike. Your friend has one great knife! I was there again on the 31st so we did miss each other by a hair! Hope your EXK is still treating you good?
Here are some of my pictures. More detail ones will follow, but I am stuck with a dial-up connection for now.
Large EXK blade
EXK's and Seb and my sharpening system:
and a eye teaser: My EXK next to a EXK with Giraffe shin bone, stainless bolsters with engraving and damascus blade.
