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Richard Furrer

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Hello All,
The Napa Show (http://www.collectors-show.com/index.html) is fast approaching and I have a few pieces that I thought I would preview.
Here is the first and I hope to have more photographed by Monday

Here is Walnut Burl Fighter
blade 6 7/8 x 1 with 4" sharpened "false edge" (if its sharp can it still be a false edge?)
handle 4 1/2
OA 12"
weight 1/2 pound

Pattern-weld is 1084/15N20 twisted then laddered
Wrought iron fittings (faceted, etched and heat blued)
Mokume (copper/bronze) spacer at blade
Wood is walnut burl

An overall "dark" piece I think, but it works.

View images here:
http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index.php?showtopic=4411

Ric Furrer
 
Great looking knife, Ric. The Butt looks as deadly as the blade. It should be great to see the rest. Anything in wootz?
 
Hello All,
I added a small wootz desk knife added to the above pictures link.

A "true false edge" eh? Well, OK, there it is then.:p

Ric
 
Hi Ric,

I look forward to seeing you again. This time in sunny CA! (we hope... ;))

I am priviledged to be the staff photographer for this growing show this year. My travel plans are already set, and I am sharing a room with Gaetan Beauchamp for a couple of nights. The Silverado is a VERY prestigious resort!

Hope to meet many others in person whom I've only chatted with online too. Lemme know!

Good luck to you, Ric. Keep them coming!

Coop
 
Kevin Cashen and I will be there (and sharing a room at the Silverado)- look forward to seeing all of you who will be there!
 
That's a nice set of makers...

Coop - we're looking forward for the pics...
 
Richard Furrer said:
Hi Keith,
I quenched a spear pointed wootz bowie last month and it cracked in three places......shame as it was rather nice.

I have only one wootz piece finished at the moment, but should have two small blades for the Napa Show.
http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=74

Ric
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Ric,

Met you at Ashokan.

I must say that the Wootz you make is very nice metal.

Have you studied with any of the ABS guys re: actual bladesmithing?

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Steven,
Ashokan was a good time.

I trained as a blacksmith under Paul Marx of Madison, WI. Paul makes a nice knife and has been pattern welding since the late 1970's, but nobody has or will ever hear much about him as he moves well below the radar by intention. I imagine there are many just like him who do and teach, but are never "heard" from in the grand scheme.

I met Steve Schwarzer when I moved to Florida and we became fast friends. Steve introduced me to Don Fogg and I took a few sword forging classes from Don at JC Campbell when he taught there.
Larry Harley, Jim Batson, Howard Clark, Mike Blue, Kevin Cashen, Hank Knickmeyer, Randal Graham, Vince Evans, Daryl Meier and a host of other knifemakers and blacksmiths have given me techniques here and there. I suppose "name dropping" proves nothing, but I consider the above a partial list over the past 14 years of the quality of friends I have had the pleasure of making in this craft.

The short answer to your question is no, I have had little "formal" training in blades, but then again I do not know where one gets formal training these days. There area classes to be sure, but true apprenticeships are now gone.

I like the old work and my passion is the steel, but few care about steel alone and completing the knife is what they look for.......often times fit and finish rule the day with the steel being secondary and history is often times not at all of interest to the buyer. It is what it is I guess, but since I studied history at the Univ it is a bit more "real" to me than to others.

At any rate I am still learning and still improving and am returning to basics in my work.......Steel and Form.

There. How is that for a rambling answer?

I will be giving a talk on the history of pattern-welding at the Collector's Show in Napa. I'll have a glass of wine in me by then so the rambling will continue.

Ric
 
looking forward to the lecture, Ric. :thumbup:


Really like the desk-knife you posted. :cool:
 
Ric - my favorite knife of yours was that little integral Kard you had a few years back. It was lovely.

Could you post pics of your sword too?
 
Daniel Koster said:
looking forward to the lecture, Ric. :thumbup:


Really like the desk-knife you posted. :cool:
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Looking forward to meeting you Dan. The fighter feels good with the grip inverted where your thumb is out on top of the butt end. That spike on the butt will do its job well......or so my SEAL bud says........I have less experience with that sort of thing than he.

New knife added to the NAPA listing:
http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index.php?showtopic=4411&st=0&p=40074&

More in a bit.

In case you are wondering how they get made so fast, well, I have been forging and rough grinding these for some time. After heat treatment I loose interest in the piece and when shows come around I pick through and take the most promising pieces to finish.
I have five swords (three wootz and two pattern-welded that have been heat treated for nine months....just waiting for the muse to speak).

Ric
 
Joss said:
Ric - my favorite knife of yours was that little integral Kard you had a few years back. It was lovely.

Could you post pics of your sword too?
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Joss,
I liked that kard as well. I made two that year and both went to the same man.
The wootz tulwar has been added to the photo listing. I am still working on the sheath.

Ric
 
What an outstanding pattern on that sword.

Was the spear point bowie blade that cracked the one you told me about in your email? It is a real shame that happened.
 
Hi Richard,
I met you at the Napa Collector's Show last year (I was the Asian fellow staring at that tanto you had for about 20 minutes).

I look forward to seeing that sword in person. Very nice indeed.

Lou
 
Keith Montgomery said:
What an outstanding pattern on that sword.

Was the spear point bowie blade that cracked the one you told me about in your email? It is a real shame that happened.
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Yes it was Keith, but it is not the first nor the last that will crack in the quench.
Ric
 
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