Something different from Ed Fowler.

Keith Montgomery

Keith Montgomery

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Ed was kind enough to send me this picture tonight and I thought you guys would like to se it. No sheep horn on this one. Presentation grade sambar stag and a brass butt cap. Beautiful, just frickin' beautiful.

*Edited to add; This knife is actually a collaboration between Ed Fowler and Joe Szilaski. The blade was made by Ed and he did the silver soldering of the guard. The handle and carved guard were done by Joe.

Most of the comments below were made before I edited this post.
 
By the way, this knife was part of a set that included a fantastic tomahawk from Joeseph Szilaski. I don't know if Ed plans on making any more like this or not.
 
Wow!!!, now that is some awesome eye candy....if that set went to a private collector, boy is that individual lucky.
 
...I don't like that.

Not the knife, it's pretty enough, but...

Ed is known for his working knives, sheephorn and all...whether they get used or not, they're working knives.

That's an art knife...in stag no less.

Nope, I don't like it...I don't like it much at all.

It could just be me, but I just don't see Ed making artsy knives...I dunno, just seems a little weird.

And, as if his knives aren't already priced out of the hands of most working folks, I wonder if all this fame and backlog have gone to his head?

Hmmm, just me maybe.

Mel
 
Mel, I know that Ed is known for his high performance working knives. That does not take away one bit from how stunning this knife is. Not to me at least. Ed has been making damascus knives and knives other than the ones we see for years. Some of them are pretty darn fancy.

I also do not consider this to be an art knife. It may be fancier than you would normally see, but it is still one that will do anything one of his regular Pronhorns will do. It is very expensive so very few people would likely use it, that is correct, but it was never designed as an art knife.

Sorry you don't like this one my friend, but I sure do. I do understand the point you are making though.
 
That's a beauty.
Mel, not sure if you're talking tongue in cheek but I know Ed and he doesn't have a big head. Believe me, should he get one Angie will reduce it in size:D
 
A very beautiful and special knife. It's obviously the first Fowler I see with a stag handle. I still prefer the sheep horn handles but this one looks great too. The stag fits perfect the shape of the handle, all flows together. Thank you for sharing this picture!
 
I like it very much - more than his usual knives, but thats just me.I se no reason why mr. Fowler ( or anybody else ) shouldn't make something different when they feel like it, or a customer asks for it. The same stuff all the time is a factory.
 
While it does seem a little out of place to see such a fancy Fowler knife, that stag is as nice as it gets! Gorgeous!
 
But I'm kinda thinkin' that Mel was writing pure tounge in cheek. Mel, correct me if I am wrong!
By the way, that is one BEAUTIFUL knife, and I'm sure it is just as user friendly as his "normal" fare. Sigh, someday I might just be fortunate enough to own a Fowler.
Off in dreamland,
Mongo
 
But I'm kinda thinkin' that Mel was writing pure tounge in cheek
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LOL that is our Mel :D.

Beautiful, and BTW IMHO all knives are art. :D
 
I'm not much of a horn fan, but that one really is neigh perfect. It's one of the few knives that I've seen that would be less if it had a wood handle.

A great knife. I'd sure like to see the hawk that went with it.
 
There is a thread in the Traditional Knives forum that is about stag handled knives. I posted this picture there and Phil replied and mentioned that he had gotten to hold this knife at Blade a couple of years ago. He also mentioned that the knife was a collaboration. This was something that I had not realized so I contacted Ed for some clarification. The blade was made by Ed and he silver soldered the guard. The handle was fitted by Joseph Szilaski and he also did the carving of the guard. So it seems that if I want to get my hands on one like this I am going to have to get both these makers to get together again.

So it looks like Ed isn't actually making knives like the one pictured above. Sorry for any confusion that has been caused. I wanted to get the facts straight before people started contacting Ed and asking about having a knife like that made. That is not to say that it would be impossible to get a knife like that one. You never know, Ed and Joe might be willing to make another one something like it.
 
Gorgeous collaboration. Mel should lay off the heavy drugs for a while. Give the shock treatments time to work... :)
 
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As much as I love Ed's knives, his collaborations are always a surprise to me.
I was lucky enough to be contacted by Ron Appleton a while back to post his collaboration with Ed. It was called "Chub" with a very cool story that went with it. The knife made the cover of Blade magazine. Most people know that Ed Fowler is my favorite maker, with Ray Appleton as second (everybody else is tied for third). When Ron told me at a NYC show that he and Ed had done a knife together it was like beyond my imagination.

If anyone didn't see that thread it's worth a search.
 
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