My new toothpick by Burt Foster

[peterinct]

That's a beauty for sure.
Love cocobolo and the contrasting hammered copper pins add a nice affect.
Congrats.

The pictures make you want to pick it up and take a few whacks

Your description ("toothpick") had me looking for a folder!

Peter

 

[SharpByCoop]

Awesomeness. Who caught the envelope with the red sealing wax and his mark? :thumbup:

Making simple beautiful = Burt Foster.

Coop

 

[ajwilson1978]

Awesome!

I picked up on Burt after finding his Popular Mechanics (?) article online...

Thought I'd give his knives a try, but patience is not my virtue so I pulled the trigger on a laminated large Dark Side that he had in stock.

Beautiful little necker...my only regret was not also buying his leather sheath!

Good score dude!

A

 

[Dusty One]

A real Beauty both knife and sheath................

 

[Maqua]

Yep...ya gotta love Burt's work.:thumbup:

 

[Buffalohump]

Wow, if that's what a user looks like from Burt, I can't imagine what the high end stuff constitutes....

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

Inspiring - indeed.
Is it a full tang or mortised handle?
Got a view from the top?

 

[Le Seb]

Thanks for the comments ! I'm sure Burt will appreciate that.

Wow, if that's what a user looks like from Burt, I can't imagine what the high end stuff constitutes....

Burt's initial project was to parctice for the "Battle of Bladesmiths" : building a knife
with a hand hammer in 2 hours. In the end he has spend more than 2 hours on this knife but here is its story.

Burt, if you're around and if I made a mistake in how thi sone was born, please correct me.

 

[John Frankl]

Burt Rocks!!

But I'd still be chicken to beat that one up

 

[zoe crist]

Beautiful knife.. Burts a great maker and a very cool guy. He's also a great teacher and knows his stuff thats for sure !!

Zoe
http://www.zoecristknives.com

 

[wildmike]

Very fine piece of work!!!

And I just got his contact info.

 

[blad5]

That's a beauty for sure.
Love cocobolo and the contrasting hammered copper pins add a nice affect.
Congrats.

I, too, love cocobolo and agree on the copper pins.

Paul

 

[Mark Knapp]

Man, ya gotta love that

 

[Le Seb]

I've tried a coupling lately....maybe I'll end with another one, big camp with laminated blade !
Well I'm not fond of the "bondage" stuff but it's this configuration that works the best.

 

[Le Seb]

Couple of new outdoors pictures :

 

[peterinct]

Fine lookin knife and equally nice sheath.

Peter

 

[JParanee]

With that setup you can do it all in style

Not crazy about the inverted small blade carry but I am sure it is secure.

I have long been a huge advocate of the small knife big knife combo vs the one mid size blade

Congrats again

 

[black mamba]

Not sure how I missed this the first time through, but I love it, especially the proud, hammered copper pins. Copper and brass sure look great against dark, reddish figured wood. The as-forged flats just set-off everything else. A thorough winner.

 

[dz farias]

Congratulations. inspires confidence and desire to quit using soon.

 

[xaman]

Those are great looking knives, and make a very functional combo. Congrats.