Hugh Bartrug Dragon Hunter

Marcel54

Marcel54

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Sometimes it doesn't need to be a large or elaborate or expensive knife that makes your heart beats a little bit faster.

As some of you know Hugh Bartrug is maker I greatly admire. This because IMO he was one of the (or THE) best in creating steel (in any shape or form). The last couple of years I've been searching for one of his pieces to come for sale but no such luck .... until last week.

Dave Harvey informed me that he had a smaller (not so elaborate) knife of Hugh's for sale. It's a small hunter with a 4 inch damascus blade, mokume bolster and tang wrap, maple scales and a cast dragon. The casting on the handle is most likely sterling silver. However, Hugh was experimenting with shokado (silver gold arsenic alloy) around that time and the very dark patina of this dragon suggests that it could be shokado.

I truly hope that although this is the first it will not be the last of my Bartrug knives.

Marcel
 

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Marcel,

That's a very nice knife. Hugh Bartrug was way ahead of his time. I'm lucky enough to have a few of his knives. If you have Weyers "Knives Points of Interest" series you can see some spectacular Bartrug knives.

Jim Treacy
 
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jjtjr said:
Marcel,

That's a very nice knife. Hugh Bartrug was way ahead of his time. I'm lucky enough to have a few of his knives. If you have Wyers "Knives Points of Interest" series you can see some spectacular Bartrug knives.

Jim Treacy
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You are right Jim, as I have become quite interested in his work since receiving my "Point of Interest" books a few weeks ago. Some of his pieces nearly made me drop the books. :eek: ;) :D

You have GOOD taste Marcell. A fine hunter. :thumbup::thumbup:
 
Thanks guys for the compliments and such. It's a bit funny with this knife. I know it is not mint and it is not nearly the "best" knife in my collection. I don't even like mokume or wood handles that much........but that doesn't matter to me in case of this knife. For me this knife is about the excitement of finding a knife from a maker I greatly admire and finally being able to buy a knife of his.
It's like when I bought my first motorcycle many many years ago (actualy 36 years :D), it was second hand and dirt cheap, but I felt on top of the world with it.

Marcel
 
Marcel -- there are just some makers knives that are "must haves" in a collection and a Hugh Bartrug piece is one of them and that one certainly fills the bill.
 
I totally agree with Murray, and really understand your "must have at
least one knife from this maker" feeling, Marcel.... :)

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)
 
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