Gone but Not Forgotten

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I would consider an honor for other forum members to post pictures of makers now deceased that never really got their due.
PLEASE POST AWAY.

Found this big gem on the bay not long ago, negotiated a deal, now it resides beside its engraved brother. Double lock back by WT Fuller, my friend. Gone but his work lives on.

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smiling-knife said:
That looks like a handful. I like the mop scales and the file-work... very nice.
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Thank You, I know the steel is D2, I will update size when I get back to the knife. I got the photos before CE & CF. My son swiped it when it came in late yesterday. He WILL bring it back.
Jim
 
WOW. That MOP looks . . . alive. Amazing, and the file work is very nice as well. Thanks for posting.

thx - cpr
 
speechless, absolutely speechless.
Your eye gets drown to the MOP, so I didnt even notice the filework for a second or two.

Thanks for sharing this incredible beauty with us.
(where is the slipjoint catwalk, cause this one is sportin' a breathtaking dress)

Peter
 
Blade lengths, 3.5'' Over All Length 8'' MOP is 3/16'' Thick
Thanks for looking and the compliments.
James
 
This one is it's brother, posted before, but it is the reason I got the thread started.
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Jim
 
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WT only had one hand, trust me, he could open any of his knives one handed. But I never tried myself. But he named it because of his accident taking his hand off.
Thanks
Jim
 


I would consider an honor for other forum members to post
pictures of makers now deceased that never really got their due.
PLEASE POST AWAY.
 
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With his prosthetic hand, he never felt the heat from grinding, he had jigs of all sorts to attach to his arm, made them all himself, he never considered himself handicapped. But you are right, he was an amazing individual who loved to Big Game hunt, both in Montana and Africa. Amazing elephant tusks under his bed that he brought back.
A good friend. Gone, but not forgotten.
Jim
 
Good to have had a friend you could admire Jim. He made nice knives good you have some of his work. Thanks for posting them.
 
Another by WT,
Gents little folder, my wife swapped a Schnauzer puppy for this one.
 
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Another by a friend of WT, Harvey McBurnette, WT told me once,
that Harvey could make a better guitar than a knife, of course,
that is not what Harvey was famous for.
 
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Anyone else have knives by deceased makers that really never got credit for their work?
Jim
 
Interesting, very nice knife. I have been through Eagle Nest a few times on my way to Red River, Taos, Angel Fire. It's a very small community. Next time I go through I'll try to remember this Knife, and the man, Harvey McBurnette.
 
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