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Steven Dick

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I thought I should probably let everyone know that Butch Winter has passed away after a long fight with cancer. I think I can speak for all 4 of the cutlery magazine editors in saying he will be deeply missed.

Steven Dick
 
That is terrible news.............I thought he was on the mend for the last year or two. Will have to call Rita tommorrow....................... :( :confused: :(
 
God Speed, Butch and God Bless your family and friends.......... :(
 
While I never met him, he was part of the recent handmade knives world and I feel sad to hear the news.
 
Very sad news. I remember as a kid he took me on a tour at Dixie with my father. We (my father) were there on business, but Butch took the time to show me all the interesting stuff and answer all my knife-related questions.
 
I am sad to hear this. I always look forward to reading his hunting knives articles in TK. This a great loss in the world of knives. God be with his family.
Scott
 
Butch was a good writer--for all the knife books, and other mags as well such as Sporting Classics. He was a good editor--the Dixie Gunworks Blackpowder Annual was always a delight to spend a couple of hours with when it hit the newsstands.
But long before he was a writer he was a collector. At one time he had the largest handmade knife collection in the world, and EVERY major knife maker in the game could call him friend and had sold him knives. His support of handmade knives in the early days was supported not only with words but with his pocketbook.
Sadly some of those same guys forget who he was when his 4000 plus acre farm of bottomland failed. But through it all Butch was the same great person--unchanged--positive--and if you wanted to talk guns, knives, Western or Civil War history, politics, or anything else--you would find few people whose presence you'd enjoy more.
I am not just saddened. I'm sick. I don't have so many friends I can afford to do without a single one--and he was one of my friends.
I know of no one who could take his place in the knife business--and we're all poorer for his passing.
Goodbye Butch. Tonight I'll pour three fingers of Bookers and sip it slow as I recall the good times spent in your company.

Bruce Voyles
 
Although I didn't know the man, I've enjoyed his work.
From the responses here, we've obviously lost a gem.
Condolences to friends & family.
 
I will miss his writings, I am a better maker because of him. He will be missed greatly. My prayers are out to his family.
 
I'm very sorry to hear that. I only knew him through his articles, which I always enjoyed. He will be missed.
 
Thank you all for your kind words about Dad.
Some of you know that he had written a Post-Civil War novel but never saw it published as the publishers went out of business.
The Family has mounted an effort to have the novel self-published.
Again many thanks for your kind words and friendship, many life-long.
Dad loved life and took every waking moment to live it, love it, and share it.
He told me toward the end "No regrets! When you come here, have no regrets!".
I will leave you with that bit of philosophy from the philosopher.

Regards to all,

Wiley Winter
 
He was a good writer and very inspirational in getting me into knifemaking. Sending up smoke from the Boreal forest
 
Again, I thank you all for your wonderful comments. This is very selfish but I really wish he had live another 9 months so he could see me deploy to Iraq. Wayne Hensley gave me a knife to take with me but I also took a knife that Dad made. He had made me a sheath that fit side-ways on my belt in the small of my back. Just to make sure, I hid them both inside my vest (enought metal there to make another knife) and no one was the wiser...until I got to Camp Arifjan and started showing it off.
Then BG Joe Martz tried to buy it from me; "You ain't got the money, Sir!"
 
One of the great collections I always enjoyed looking at was that of Butch and Rita -- a great collection of hand made knives and forks by numerous makers. A truly wonderful bunch of talented makers put together in a superb collection and displayed at a Guild show many years ago.
 
Wiley Winter said:
Thank you all for your kind words about Dad.
Some of you know that he had written a Post-Civil War novel but never saw it published as the publishers went out of business.
The Family has mounted an effort to have the novel self-published.
Again many thanks for your kind words and friendship, many life-long.
Dad loved life and took every waking moment to live it, love it, and share it.
He told me toward the end "No regrets! When you come here, have no regrets!".
I will leave you with that bit of philosophy from the philosopher.

Regards to all,

Wiley Winter
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Any success on having his novel published?

- Joe
 
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