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tambourineman

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Hugh Bartrug damascus knives are some of the best ever made
why are none ever for sale
are people hoarding them or is there no market for them
any info is greatly appreciated
 
Hugh Bartrug isn't making knives anymore. My guess is those who have them, keep them.

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Originally posted by Ryan Meyering:
Hugh Bartrug isn't making knives anymore. My guess is those who have them, keep them.
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I know Hugh suffered a stroke and is no longer able to make knives but was hoping to open discussion on why we never see his knives on the market and I have not noticed his name mentioned on this forum
 
I have been an admirer of Mr. Bartug and his work from the days that I first had an interest in custom knives.

I feel that Ryan has it right. If I had one, I would hate to be in a position to consider putting it on the market.

I would bet that on the occasions when a knife of Hugh's is for sale, it is sold by a phone call to a friend or valued customer (or both) or by word of mouth.

All that I can do when I need a fix is to pull out Jim Weyers Knives Points of Interest books and be sure my drool bib is on.

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"Life is too short to carry an ugly knife." Steve F.
 
I think they are so sought after that they don't move, Sniperboy said that a professor had one and got to look it over in awe at the workmanship, and the estimated price was around $10,000 I think?

I've met Hugh a couple of times at Ashokan and he is one of the nicest persons you were likely to meet, and always offered suggestions about damascus and knife making, very sad that he suffered a stroke.

G2

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G2 LeatherWorks
 
I've always been one of Hugh's admirers as well. His steel is just amazing. I suspect part of the problem with finding his knives is that there never were a lot of them. At most shows, I never saw more than five or six knives on his table and often none on the second day.

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Here's one.
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http://www.bladegallery.com/maker.htm

Ryan

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For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:23


 
Thought I would jump in here with a suggestion. Although I'm sure that knife is worth 10,000 (whew!), I'm pretty sure that Rick Hinderer was and is a good friend of Hugh's. If I'm not mistaken (someone correct me if I'm wrong) Rick was also a student of Hugh's. If you've never seen Rick's work, you owe it to yourself to check it out. Rick's work is also seemingly hard to find. I know he's usually at the Western Reserve show in Dover, Ohio. I believe that show is July 9 and 10. While it's not the same as having one of Hugh's knives, it's almost the next best thing (and some would say better).
Mike K.

[This message has been edited by Hammer (edited 06-05-2000).]
 
Hammer & Kaos, I appreciate the info on Rick.He did work with Hugh in the beginning of his forging and I totally agree that Rick is turning out some great work on his own. I also own three of Ricks knives that I bought on the open market and I can see Hughs influence in all of them. The Dover show is July 8 & 9th this year and I hope to see you there and I hope Rick and Lori are there so I can see what he has available and maybe take something home with me.Now after all that let me say I still consider Hugh one of the Best ever and he did things in forging damascus and mosaic damascus that other makers are just now catching up to him after all these years, all you need to see is his Michaels Sword or the E=mc2 or the In God We Trust mosaic to see what I mean. Thank you for your reply and if you are going to Dover let me know and maybe we can get together and discuss this in person.
 
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