New Knives by Burt Zowada ......

Stephen F

Stephen F

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... OK, so these aren't real knives and there is no maker called Burt Zowada (or at least I don't think there is)!

When I can't afford knives I like to pretend, heres some pretending I did early last year. I tried to imagine what a set of integrals would look like if we morphed Burt Foster and Tim Zowada together :D :D

Heres what I came up with! Its just a bit of fun really, I thought abount having them made but other things got in the way, but things may change hopefully ... hope Burt and Tim aren't too offended!

Stephen

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Don't know which I like better; the knives or the images :thumbup:

Both are outstanding.....

No dough, they would put a dent in the old pocketbook $$$ :D :D
 
I would like the small one. I think it's a hunter. To bad they are not real. But you never know about Burt. Stephen have a great new year. L.B.
 
As we have departed form reality, I would have insisted on frame handles and ivory scales.:eek:
 
Wow, you've got an eye for design. Those are lovely. I like the bottom one best, and the blade shape at least is very similar to Burt's. I suspect that the most difficult aspect of those knives would be the carved turnback on the bolsters. I think you can only do that with a rotating carver. The only such example I have seen was on a dagger by Nick Wheeler.
 
If you ever locate this Burt Zowada character, please let me be the first to know!

Roger
 
sweet...if i had the imaginary $$$ i would buy the whole set. really cool looking knives. maybe a collaboration can turn those babies into reality. ;)
 
I don't see the Zowada filiation, personaly. I do see the Burt Foster's influence.
 
Joss said:
I don't see the Zowada filiation, personaly. I do see the Burt Foster's influence.
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Tim Zowada's influence is in the recurve plunge that takes the collar and spine into the blade ...... he is only make I have seen doing this in his integrals.

Stephen
 
Ah, I see. I'm not familiar enough with his work. Here's an example from his site:

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Joss said:
Ah, I see. I'm not familiar enough with his work. Here's an example from his site:

IntPersFtr1.jpg
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... thats one of them, there is also smaller piece on his site with a tusk handle that has a more pronounced spine
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Cheers,

Stephen
 
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