Persian Laminate Fighter by Burt Foster, MS

I'm certainly a fan of Burt's knives. I love the way he transitions the guard and the handle with the lines flowing seamlessly. And his photography always has such a "warm" look to it. Congratulations.
 
Stunning piece :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Congrats to you Roger :) And congrats to Burt as well :cool:

If only I'm not short of fund and short of time then of course this is one beautiful Persian I love to see in my keeping :o

Mohd.
 
Thanks everyone for the atta-boy's.

I will say this...For anyone who's never done a fully oil-finished handle, it is an experience. I have a whole new appreciation for Dan Farr's remarkable oil finishes after this handle. I told Roger that I came up just short of seeking out the inventor of the oil finish and murdering him on the spot, but I relented and finished the knife instead. So many materials (ivory, stab. wood, stag, bone, etc) require only careful polishing, but natural wood with a full oil finish is crazy time-consuming. I'm reluctant to admit that it's worth it, in case that might result in another collector asking for the same thing..... :D
 
Really, really wow. I love the elegant details like the silver spacers and pin. They make the whole package so refined and classy.

Tin
 
OK, we all agree Burt makes a World Class knife, and creates fantastic sheaths to go with his knives! But he also takes professional quality photo's of his work too? And he is a great guy and instructor!

A great knife, congrats!

Steve
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Potomac Forge
 
Roger congrats my friend

That is a fantastic piece and I am thrilled for you.

I remember standing at Blade last year with you and we both loved Thor's knife

We both got our Persians this year from the King of laminated Blades and maybe the king of the Persians:D

Burt really does do this style extremly well

Congrats to both of you
 
Roger and Burt, I really love that knife:D:D

I must admit, I did have a little heads up from Roger about the handle choice :p

we have corresponded in the past about handle material and particularly about Koa, which is in fact my favorite wood - I've spread some of it around to Roger and others, figuring I'd get to see it used nicely......and I have definitely enjoyed seeing what folks have done with it :D

thanks for the pics Roger

Bill Flynn
 
Steve Nuckels said:
OK, we all agree Burt makes a World Class knife, and creates fantastic sheaths to go with his knives! But he also takes professional quality photo's of his work too? And he is a great guy and instructor!
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And I didn't even mention the absolutely fantastic custom made leather belt that Burt made to round out the package. :)

Thanks for the comments gents - much appreciated.

Bill - you have DEFINITLEY made a Koa convert out of me. :thumbup:

Burt - you rock.

Roger
 
JParanee said:
Roger congrats my friend

That is a fantastic piece and I am thrilled for you.

I remember standing at Blade last year with you and we both loved Thor's knife

We both got our Persians this year from the King of laminated Blades and maybe the king of the Persians:D

Burt really does do this style extremly well

Congrats to both of you
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Yeah - I remember that buddy. And we both took inspiration from that and got knives that suited us particularly well. :thumbup:

Roger
 
Roger,

Great addition. This is an outstanding example of Burt's great laminate blades. I love the blade profile, damascus in just the right places, and the great piece of Koa used for the handle. Really nicely executed knife and sheath. This fits in very well with your very fine collections. You have been adding some really outstanding knives lately.

Congratulations, Jon
 
Burt Foster said:
I will say this...For anyone who's never done a fully oil-finished handle, it is an experience. I have a whole new appreciation for Dan Farr's remarkable oil finishes after this handle. I told Roger that I came up just short of seeking out the inventor of the oil finish and murdering him on the spot, but I relented and finished the knife instead.
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If ONE of you had the good sense to get that nice piece of Koa stabilized, you would not have had to waste your time with the antiquated and questionable oil finish.

Do you lose a bit of chatoyancy? Yes, of course. Is it worth the tradeoff? IMO, yes.

I have some curly koa scales, NOT stabilized on a Bill Saindon knife, and it would have been SO much better if they HAD been stabilized....great wood for guitars, not great in knives, imo, too soft, even with the oil finish.

YMMV....love the blade.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Kohai999 said:
If ONE of you had the good sense to get that nice piece of Koa stabilized, you would not have had to waste your time with the antiquated and questionable oil finish.

Do you lose a bit of chatoyancy? Yes, of course. Is it worth the tradeoff? IMO, yes.

I have some curly koa scales, NOT stabilized on a Bill Saindon knife, and it would have been SO much better if they HAD been stabilized....great wood for guitars, not great in knives, imo, too soft, even with the oil finish.

YMMV....love the blade.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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Koa IS very very very soft:thumbdn:... Ask my Kamaka or Ko'aloha. Dent magnets!
 
petah said:
Koa IS very very very soft:thumbdn:... Ask my Kamaka or Ko'aloha. Dent magnets!
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I'll make sure not to drop it then. :D And in the event I have to decapitate a zombie (which prepresents as much of a likely scenario as any of my using a fighting knife for its intended purpose), the last thing on my mind will be the cosmetics of the handle.

Roger
 
Freak'n awesome piece. :cool:

I'm sure STeven wants to knock down the butt end of the handle a bit ;) lol :D

I have some stabilized Koa from Chuck Bybee that is amazingly chatoyant and has a nice density after stabilization. I personally LOVE Koa...both from a working perspective, and the final look of it.

I think Burt knocked this one right out of the park. :)
 
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