I've long admired the knives that Burt and David make - they each have a recognizable style and a great sense of proportion and aesthetics...so much so that I am pleased to own several from each of them!
I also thought that a collaboration between the 2 of them would be amazing, and seeing as how my "number" has come up, I thought that a laminated subhilt would be out of this world. We emailed back a forth and came up with a plan...... and here are some WIP pictures so far.
The first is a design sketch, followed by Burt's rough forged, laminated blade, then a slightly cleaned up, quick etch shot. The blade is 416 and 52100 I think - Burt can correct me if I'm wrong
Next is the Damascus billet for the guard/hilts, re-stacked , and then the final big chunk
Everything is going off to David For carving, final grinding etc, then back to Burt for HT, Sheath etc etc
As the guys send me more pictures, I'll try to post them ( in a timely fashion!!)
Bill

I also thought that a collaboration between the 2 of them would be amazing, and seeing as how my "number" has come up, I thought that a laminated subhilt would be out of this world. We emailed back a forth and came up with a plan...... and here are some WIP pictures so far.
The first is a design sketch, followed by Burt's rough forged, laminated blade, then a slightly cleaned up, quick etch shot. The blade is 416 and 52100 I think - Burt can correct me if I'm wrong

Next is the Damascus billet for the guard/hilts, re-stacked , and then the final big chunk
Everything is going off to David For carving, final grinding etc, then back to Burt for HT, Sheath etc etc
As the guys send me more pictures, I'll try to post them ( in a timely fashion!!)
Bill