Fowler knives?

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Can snyone here provide me with the homepage for Ed Fowler knives?
I have been doing a search to no avail and would like to take a look at what he has to offer...looking to buy my first "Custom" knife.

thanks for any help!
 
I am pretty sure Ed does not have a home page, but I will add that I do not think you could make a better choice for a classic custom made to be used.
 
Is there anyplace on the web where I can view some of Ed Fowler's knives and different models?
 
Ron, Gus is right Ed doesn't have a website, but I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that you may be getting an E-mail from either Ed or Angie Fowler. The two best places to see Ed's different models is his brochure or better yet get a copy of Ed's book "Knife Talk". With the book you not only get color pics of the knives, but some really great reading.

Ed Fowler was the first maker whose knives I fell in love with from the first knife magazine I saw (1998). I met Ed at the first knife show I went to that same year, at that time I didn't know anybody or anything about custom knives. Ed's knives were magic in my hand and he treated me nicer than my family does. ;) Needless to say, from that point on owning one of his knives was more than I could dream about. A Pronghorn wasn't the first custom knife I bought, but I had a thread here last month about me finally getting my first Fowler knife at Blade Show.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=93564&highlight=Fowler

There's not a day that I don't fondle my Proghorn. I know I'll buy other knives, but I doubt I'll ever buy a better knife and I sure don't know any better people than Ed & Angie Fowler.

You can see some nice pics of a Pronghorn here:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/TPHaller/page2.html

Good luck with your first custom.
 
It would be hard to pick a better custom knife! Ed's knives have intrigued me for a long time. Once you read "Knife Talk" you'll want one even more! The wait time is long (years) and prices quite high, but all worth it imho. Yours in a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG wait, and light wallet! ;)
 
Hey Ron. I have a copy of Ed's book. I look at it a lot, so don't want to loan it out for very long, but you're welcome to borrow it awhile.

I need to go out tomorrow. If you're going to be home, give me a jingle and I'll bring the book by. Also his video, if you're interested in seeing that.

You still got my #?

Dave
 
David;
I am probably going to be home tomorrow and would love to see the video and read the book (if you can part with it that long:rolleyes: )
From what I am reading about Ed Fowler I would NEVER be able to afford one of his knives but it does not hurt to dream...does it!
Yeah, I HAD your # but my computer crashed and I think I lost it...I will go and try to find it.

479-0639
Ron
 
Ron, I thought the same thing for a long time, that I'd never be able to afford one. Over the last three years there has never been a knife that I wanted more. What I discovered is that you can get anything you want if you're willing to give up something else to get it. What did I give up a lot of the "Flavor of the Month" production knives, that in the long run wouldn't be as satisfying, knives which I would probably have been tired of by now and traded away for something else. I'm not going to tell you Ed's knives are cheap, there's nothing cheap about them, but if you watch the video and don't think that they're a bargain, then you better watch it again. Another thing to consider is that you'll never be able to buy a Fowler for less than what they cost right now. I don't regret any of the knives I bought before getting my Pronghorn. I do regret not buying one first.

What I believe most is, If you believe you can or you can't do something in either case you're probably right.
 
Phil;
Thanks for the sag advise. Its about the same thing that my wife said when I told here about wanting an Ed Fowler knife. If I can find a market for the knives that I have then I will probably sell a buch of them. Health wise and expense wise I just can't hed off to every knife show in the country and we don't get but maybe 1 or 2 a year in my area that would be easy to get to (Wash. St.)

Here's hopeing! :rolleyes:
 
Ed and Angie are extremely nice people, and I doubt that anyone knows more about making a high performance knife than Ed.

I will be ordering a knife from Ed soon since I want to get it while I am still able to figure out what a knife is for. It will be a long wait and Ed tells you that the price of the knife will probably go up before you get it. I do not have a problem with this as his costs will increase as will his ability to make a better knife. The value of the knife will also increaase as time goes by. It is just to bad that it is such a long wait. The good thing is that he is still taking orders.
 
Keith;
I just got an email form Angie Fowler and I am convinced that these people are well worth doing business with. When the time comes that I can swing it, then I will definatley turn to them for my 1st and only custom made knife.
Thanks for your reply.
Ron
 
Ed and Angie Fowler are more than knives to me, they're also two of the best folks I have ever been honored to know. Ed's a man's man, that is for sure and Angie is the classiest lady you would ever meet. Out of all the kives I own the only two that I could not (would not) part with are the two Fowlers I have (Proghorn and Camp knife). They are held and admired daily. Even when camping I carry both since I can't bear to leave them in camp in case a bear tries to steal them. :)

Almost as good as the knives are Ed's words and philosophy. I get so much joy reading his articles. My copy of Knife Talk is all dog-eared and the only reason I subscribe to Blade is his monthly articles.

I would advise all true lovers of the high performance blade to write Ed and just say hi. Talk to him and you will be enriched. Talk to Angie, too and learn even a bit more about the maker. Everyone should read Ed and Angie's last article in Blade. They each wrote separate articles and it was a neat article to read.
 
Hi Greg,
You got 2 now? :eek: ???? Glad to hear it!

Just want to echo everything that has been said about the Fowlers and the knives. Both are the best of the best. While personally I have had to give up my quest to get one(unless someone out there has a very used one you're looking to sell-hint), if you're looking for the best high performance knife around, get one. While they would look great for wall hanging if that's what you're after, the real beauty of these babies is in the pleasure of using, and using,and using.


Dave
 
Hey Ron -- A bit ago, I e-mailed you my # etc. Sorry I didn't get back to this thread again last nite. My message explains my next couple days. I'll get the book to you by Friday.

Between reading Ed's book and watching his video, you'll learn what a special person and bladesmith he is. You'll also learn how he and Angie got together. Kind of like a real-life fairy tale. You just know that a lady from New York who loves knives and was Ed's customer is one special gal. Would that my bride would just let me say the word "knife" every once in awhile.

See you soon,

Dave
 
Ron.......
I own 5 of Ed's fine blades, and can bear witness to the absolute fact that these are probably the best using outdoorsman's blades that you will ever come across. Check out his video and his book, and you will see just how much this gentleman invests his blood, sweat and tears into the improvement of his perception of a true high-performance using knife. My user is a Woodcraft profile that just rocks. It has field dressed and skinned numerous blacktails and wild pigs. The sheephorn handle has darkened beautifuly with use, and the entire knife has taken on superb glow in it's passage through duty. The blade has a few age spots, and a few errant sharpening strokes due to poor campfire light and a perhaps a shot too many of Wild Turkey, but has always been known as the finest blade in camp.

What's truly special though, as Greg has stated, is knowing the MAN. He is a true gentleman. Totally a stand-up, look you straight in the eye with a friendly twinkle, honest man's man. You cannot ask for more than than that. I have not had the pleasure of meeting Angie yet face-to-face, 'tho she has e-mailed with very pleasant communiques, and I'm very much looking forward to meeting her at the next Oregon Show.

Ed is truly a living treasure who works diligently maintaining his ag/livestock ranch, in addition to providing us what I belive are the finest forged 52100 using knive around. Spendy? Definitely. But with this level of quality, you perhaps cry just once, and then enjoys generations of unequaled heirloom quality blades.

AL
 
AL,

Maybe you should send the four "non-users" to me for safekeeping. ;)
 
These pups are staying with me! Got a Scagel, Moran or a Loveless to trade, well, perhaps I might reconsider!

AL
 
Someone could offer me a mint Moran, Scagel and a Loveless for just one of my Fowlers and I would tell them NO WAY!.

That is how much I love those knives.
 
I just received my Oct. 2001 Blade magazine and there’s a great article about Loveless & Moran and Ed Fowler is mentioned in one paragraph. I hope taking an excerpt from there won’t ruin the article for anyone.

“All Morans look like Morans and all Lovelesses look like Lovelesses.” knife purveyor J.W. Denton observed of the phenomenon some knives that have a “face.” “The only others like that are Jess Horn and Ron Lake. That’s why Ed Fowler’s knives will pay off in the long run--you can tell [an Ed Fowler knife] is an Ed Fowler [knife].

Most true knifenuts would give their left arm for a Loveless, Moran, Horn or Lake, but I’m with Greg I’d rather have a Fowler. I’m no expert and just repeating what I’ve heard from people who know a lot more about knives than I do, but I’ve heard there are makers that make a better Loveless than Loveless or a better Moran than Moran. So to me that means a lot of what you’d pay would be just for the name. I see nothing wrong with that. However I’ve never heard of anyone that makes a better Fowler than Ed Fowler. Is part of what I paid for my Pronghorn for the name? Perhaps, but for me it had more to do with owning a piece of Ed. I got the chance to shake Bill Moran’s hand at Blade Show and it was a thrill. It doesn’t match the pleasure I have from knowing Ed Fowler through his articles, book, video, e-mails and face to face conversations that I’ve been fortunate enough to share. I came to the realization that I can never own all the knives from all the makers whose work I admire. If I could own only one knife it would be my Pronghorn.
 
There is no way I could have said it better than what PhiL just wrote but he hits the nail on the head. That is the exact reason I own the Ed Fowler knives.
 
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