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Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [BFHK](/content/site-root.html) (186 words) ## Articles & Blog Posts - [Classes – BFHK](/content/collections/classes/index.html): Whether you want to start making knives yourself, of you just want the experience of building your own knife from start to finish, the classes listed here give you the chance to learn the process and make your very own knife (axe, sheath, etc.) Below are class details and dates.  Unless otherwise noted, all classes are (310 words) - [F&S Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/f-s-hunter-5/index.html): This is the model featured in Field and Stream Magazine, April/May 2018, and designed specifically for that article.  There are essentially no straight lines on the knife, and I went to a lot of work to make sure the all those curves not only look right, but translate into a knife that feels great in the hand.  The 4-1 (260 words) - [F&S Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/f-s-hunter-4/index.html): This is the model featured in Field and Stream Magazine, April/May 2018, and designed specifically for that article.  There are essentially no straight lines on the knife, and I went to a lot of work to make sure the all those curves not only look right, but translate into a knife that feels great in the hand.  The 4-1 (259 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-38/index.html): The Blue Collar version of the Wilderness Hunter model.  The blade has been cut from a sheet of precision ground steel by a local machine shop owner, and the grinding, heat treating, finishing, the handle, and even the sheath are all made right here, by me.  This is a finely handmade knife at a price approaching that o (197 words) - [Wrought Camp Knife – BFHK](/content/products/wrought-camp-knife/index.html): Here's a camp knife made with a bold ladder pattern Damascus blade (52100 and 15N20) in a recurved shape with a long clip point.  It's a thick blade with a slight forward heavy feel for a lot of shopping power in a reasonably compact package.   The bolsters are forged from a 19th century wrought iron wagon tire (pictur (207 words) - [F&S Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/f-s-hunter-1/index.html): This is the model featured in Field and Stream Magazine, April/May 2018, and designed specifically for that article.  There are essentially no straight lines on the knife, and I went to a lot of work to make sure the all those curves not only look right, but translate into a knife that feels great in the hand.  The 4-1 (267 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-42/index.html): The Blue Collar version of the Wilderness Hunter model.  The blade has been cut from a sheet of precision ground steel by a local machine shop owner, and the grinding, heat treating, finishing, the handle, and even the sheath are all made right here, by me.  This is a finely handmade knife at a price approaching that o (198 words) - [F&S Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/f-s-hunter-8/index.html): This is the model featured in Field and Stream Magazine, April/May 2018, and designed specifically for that article.  There are essentially no straight lines on the knife, and I went to a lot of work to make sure the all those curves not only look right, but translate into a knife that feels great in the hand.  The 4-1 (226 words) - [F&S Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/f-s-hunter-6/index.html): This is the model featured in Field and Stream Magazine, April/May 2018, and designed specifically for that article.  There are essentially no straight lines on the knife, and I went to a lot of work to make sure the all those curves not only look right, but translate into a knife that feels great in the hand.  The 4-1 (259 words) - [F&S Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/f-s-hunter-7/index.html): This is the model featured in Field and Stream Magazine, April/May 2018, and designed specifically for that article.  There are essentially no straight lines on the knife, and I went to a lot of work to make sure the all those curves not only look right, but translate into a knife that feels great in the hand.  The 4-1 (260 words) - [F&S Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/f-s-hunter-2/index.html): This is the model featured in Field and Stream Magazine, April/May 2018, and designed specifically for that article.  There are essentially no straight lines on the knife, and I went to a lot of work to make sure the all those curves not only look right, but translate into a knife that feels great in the hand.  The 4-1 (257 words) - [F&S Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/f-s-hunter/index.html): This is the model featured in Field and Stream Magazine, April/May 2018, and designed specifically for that article.  There are essentially no straight lines on the knife, and I went to a lot of work to make sure the all those curves not only look right, but translate into a knife that feels great in the hand.  The 4-1 (261 words) - [Traditions Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/traditions-bowie/index.html): There are knives whose end is seen from the beginning, and there are those whose end is merely hoped for.  In many ways, this knife was an attempt at redemption, because the idea of color case hardening knife fittings was the original plan for my mastersmith dagger.  I did the research, built the apparatus I needed and (414 words) - [Wilderness Hunter](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-43/index.html): The Blue Collar version of the Wilderness Hunter model.  The blade has been cut from a sheet of precision ground steel by a local machine shop owner, and the grinding, heat treating, finishing, the handle, and even the sheath are all made right here, by me.  This is a finely handmade knife at a price approaching that o (199 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-37/index.html): The Blue Collar version of the Wilderness Hunter model.  The blade has been cut from a sheet of precision ground steel by a local machine shop owner, and the grinding, heat treating, finishing, the handle, and even the sheath are all made right here, by me.  This is a finely handmade knife at a price approaching that o (233 words) - [Wilderness Hunter](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-44/index.html): The Blue Collar version of the Wilderness Hunter model.  The blade has been cut from a sheet of precision ground steel by a local machine shop owner, and the grinding, heat treating, finishing, the handle, and even the sheath are all made right here, by me.  This is a finely handmade knife at a price approaching that o (200 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-45/index.html): The Blue Collar version of the Wilderness Hunter model.  The blade has been cut from a sheet of precision ground steel by a local machine shop owner, and the grinding, heat treating, finishing, the handle, and even the sheath are all made right here, by me.  This is a finely handmade knife at a price approaching that o (196 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-40/index.html): The Blue Collar version of the Wilderness Hunter model.  The blade has been cut from a sheet of precision ground steel by a local machine shop owner, and the grinding, heat treating, finishing, the handle, and even the sheath are all made right here, by me.  This is a finely handmade knife at a price approaching that o (199 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-35/index.html): The Blue Collar version of the Wilderness Hunter model.  The blade has been cut from a sheet of precision ground steel by a local machine shop owner, and the grinding, heat treating, finishing, the handle, and even the sheath are all made right here, by me.  This is a finely handmade knife at a price approaching that o (197 words) - [Medium Santoku – BFHK](/content/products/medium-santoku-1/index.html): Excellent all-around knife in the kitchen, this forged, full-tang laminated steel blade (410 stainless, 1095 core).  Blade bevels are hand-finished with natural forge texture at the spine.   Handle is desert ironwood with stainless hardware. Blade length 7", width, 2.1", overall 11.6" (142 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-39/index.html): The Blue Collar version of the Wilderness Hunter model.  The blade has been cut from a sheet of precision ground steel by a local machine shop owner, and the grinding, heat treating, finishing, the handle, and even the sheath are all made right here, by me.  This is a finely handmade knife at a price approaching that o (198 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-36/index.html): The Blue Collar version of the Wilderness Hunter model.  The blade has been cut from a sheet of precision ground steel by a local machine shop owner, and the grinding, heat treating, finishing, the handle, and even the sheath are all made right here, by me.  This is a finely handmade knife at a price approaching that o (226 words) - [F&S Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/f-s-hunter-3/index.html): This is the model featured in Field and Stream Magazine, April/May 2018, and designed specifically for that article.  There are essentially no straight lines on the knife, and I went to a lot of work to make sure the all those curves not only look right, but translate into a knife that feels great in the hand.  The 4-1 (228 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-34/index.html): The Blue Collar version of the Wilderness Hunter model.  The blade has been cut from a sheet of precision ground steel by a local machine shop owner, and the grinding, heat treating, finishing, the handle, and even the sheath are all made right here, by me.  This is a finely handmade knife at a price approaching that o (197 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-21/index.html): The Blue Collar version of the Wilderness Hunter model.  The blade has been cut from a sheet of precision ground steel by a local machine shop owner, and the grinding, heat treating, finishing, the handle, and even the sheath are all made right here, by me.  This is a finely handmade knife at a price approaching that o (199 words) - [Damascus Carving Knife – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-carvin-knife/index.html): There's nothing like carving a ham, a roast, or a turkey during the holidays with a special knife.  I love using the same antique carving knife that belonged to my grandparents. Unlike a typical carving knife, this blade can also be used on a cutting board.  It is forged from 180 layer ladder pattern Damascus (1084, 52 (183 words) - [Steak Knife Set – BFHK](/content/products/steak-knife-set/index.html): I have had a lot of casual requests for a set of steak knives over the years, but have never gotten around to making any.  Rather than wait for someone to order these, I just went ahead and had some fun with them.  There isn't likely to be another set of these knives in the foreseeable future, because this set was a la (328 words) - [Damascus Carving Knife – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-carving-knife/index.html): There's nothing like carving a ham, a roast, or a turkey during the holidays with a special knife.  I love using the same antique carving knife that belonged to my grandparents. Unlike a typical carving knife, this blade can also be used on a cutting board.  It is forged from 180 layer ladder pattern Damascus (1084, 52 (193 words) - [Bourbon Santoku – BFHK](/content/products/large-santoku-1/index.html): Excellent all-around knife in the kitchen, this forged, full-tang blade of laminated steel (410 stainless and 1095 core).   Handle scales are bourbon barrel staves, turned charred-side out, sealed and secured with stainless hardware. Blade length 7.8", width, 2.2", overall 12.4" (150 words) - [Damascus French Chef – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-french-chef-2/index.html): This knife is my take on the classic French-pattern chef knife.  It's versatile shape makes it the most commonly used style in professional kitchens.  This blade is forged from 180 layer ladder pattern Damascus (1084, 52100 and 15N20), deeply etched and polished for striking appearance.  The handle is stabilized Hawaii (164 words) - [Bourbon Camp Knife – BFHK](/content/products/bourbon-camp-knife/index.html): This has become one of my favorite ways to make large camp knives.  The canvas is so large, that it allows endless possibilities to texture, polish, and define the knife. The blade isn't only forged to shape. The forged blade is so close that very little grinding is needed to finalize the shape.  The steel is 1095.  It (259 words) - [Damascus Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-wilderness-hunter-21/index.html): The Wilderness Hunter is the evolution of years of making knives that actually get used.  Thin, light and comfortable.  And the best looking knife in camp. The knife shown here has a Ladder Pattern damascus steel blade (52100, 1084 and 15N20).  The handle is stabilized spalted maple with mirror polished stainless hardw (210 words) - [Short Santoku – BFHK](/content/products/short-santoku/index.html): Excellent all-around knife in the kitchen, this forged, full-tang laminated steel blade (410 stainless, 52100  core).  Blade bevels are hand-finished with natural forge texture at the spine.   Handle is stabilized black maple burl with stainless hardware. Blade length 5.6", width, 2.1", overall 10.25" (144 words) - [Medium Damascus Santoku – BFHK](/content/products/medium-damascus-santoku/index.html): Excellent all-around knife in the kitchen, this forged, full-tang blade is made from 180 layer woodgrain pattern Damascus (1084, 52100, and 15N20). It is all-carbon steel Damascus so it will take some care, but even with regular use will remain the best looking knife in the kitchen.   Handle is stabilized English walnu (173 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-23/index.html): The Blue Collar version of the Wilderness Hunter model.  The blade has been cut from a sheet of precision ground steel by a local machine shop owner, and the grinding, heat treating, finishing, the handle, and even the sheath are all made right here, by me.  This is a finely handmade knife at a price approaching that o (199 words) - [Wilderness Hunter](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-30/index.html): The Blue Collar version of the Wilderness Hunter model.  The blade has been cut from a sheet of precision ground steel by a local machine shop owner, and the grinding, heat treating, finishing, the handle, and even the sheath are all made right here, by me.  This is a finely handmade knife at a price approaching that o (200 words) - [Damascus Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-wilderness-hunter-15/index.html): The Wilderness Hunter is the evolution of years of making knives that actually get used.  Thin, light and comfortable.  And the best looking knife in camp. The knife shown here has a Ladder Pattern damascus steel blade (52100, 1084 and 15N20).  The handle is stabilized spalted oak with mirror polished stainless hardwar (210 words) - [Short Santoku – BFHK](/content/products/short-santoku-1/index.html): Excellent all-around knife in the kitchen, this forged, full-tang laminated steel blade (410 stainless, 52100  core).  Blade bevels are hand-finished with natural forge texture at the spine.   Handle is stabilized curly zebrawood with stainless hardware. Blade length 6", width, 2.2", overall 10.7" (143 words) - [Damascus Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-wilderness-hunter-12/index.html): The Wilderness Hunter is the evolution of years of making knives that actually get used.  Thin, light and comfortable.  And the best looking knife in camp. The knife shown here has a Ladder Pattern damascus steel blade (52100, 1084 and 15N20).  The handle is stabilized curly koa with mirror polished stainless hardware. (210 words) - [Damascus Wilderness Hunter](/content/products/damascus-wilderness-hunter-22/index.html): The Wilderness Hunter is the evolution of years of making knives that actually get used.  Thin, light and comfortable.  And the best looking knife in camp. The knife shown here has a Ladder Pattern damascus steel blade (52100, 1084 and 15N20).  The handle is stabilized English Walnut with mirror polished stainless hard (210 words) - [Damascus Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-wilderness-hunter-14/index.html): The Wilderness Hunter is the evolution of years of making knives that actually get used.  Thin, light and comfortable.  And the best looking knife in camp. The knife shown here has a Ladder Pattern damascus steel blade (52100, 1084 and 15N20).  The handle is stabilized curly koa with mirror polished stainless hardware. (210 words) - [Damascus Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-wilderness-hunter-20/index.html): The Wilderness Hunter is the evolution of years of making knives that actually get used.  Thin, light and comfortable.  And the best looking knife in camp. The knife shown here has a Ladder Pattern damascus steel blade (52100, 1084 and 15N20).  The handle is desert ironwood with mirror polished stainless hardware.  The (209 words) - [Walnut Camp Knife – BFHK](/content/products/walnut-camp-knife/index.html): In a parallel dimension, another version of me made a knife my machining a large block of steel to it's final shape with a sophisticated piece of modern equipment.  In the theory of the multiverse, that decision caused a fork in the road where this version of me did nearly the opposite: I forged a knife from a large pi (294 words) - [Walrus Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/walrus-fighter/index.html): This mosaic Damascus pattern is intended to be extremely bold.  Loud.  Not subtle.  The crushed and distorted "W" pattern areas are offset by islands - black holes in an electric storm.  The pattern flows into the point and stretched down to the edge because the blade was forged to the final shape. The thorned guard is (271 words) - [Damascus Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-wilderness-hunter-13/index.html): The Wilderness Hunter is the evolution of years of making knives that actually get used.  Thin, light and comfortable.  And the best looking knife in camp. The knife shown here has a Ladder Pattern damascus steel blade (52100, 1084 and 15N20).  The handle is desert ironwood with mirror polished stainless hardware.  The (209 words) - [Damascus Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/of-damascus-wilderness-hunter/index.html): The Wilderness Hunter is the evolution of years of making knives that actually get used.  Thin, light and comfortable.  And the best looking knife in camp. The knife shown here has a Ladder Pattern damascus steel blade (52100, 1084 and 15N20).  The handle is stabilized curly maple with mirror polished stainless hardwar (210 words) - [Damascus Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-wilderness-hunter-18/index.html): The Wilderness Hunter is the evolution of years of making knives that actually get used.  Thin, light and comfortable.  And the best looking knife in camp. The knife shown here has a Ladder Pattern damascus steel blade (52100, 1084 and 15N20).  The handle is stabilized English walnut with mirror polished stainless hard (210 words) - [Damascus Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-wilderness-hunter-17/index.html): The Wilderness Hunter is the evolution of years of making knives that actually get used.  Thin, light and comfortable.  And the best looking knife in camp. The knife shown here has a Ladder Pattern damascus steel blade (52100, 1084 and 15N20).  The handle is stabilized English Walnut with mirror polished stainless hard (210 words) - [Recurved Camp Knife – BFHK](/content/products/recurved-camp-knife/index.html): Another one of my "more anvil, less grinder" camp knives, this knife was forged from 52100 round bar.  This is one of my favorite steels of all time and the one I have the longest experience with.  The blade isn't only forged to shape.  The shape is born on the anvil as each hammer blow adjusts and fine tunes the shape (252 words) - [Pinnacle Recurve – BFHK](/content/products/asdfasdfasd/index.html): Every once in a while it's fun to put it all out there, to see what will happen if you treat every surface, every feature like it's the best you know how.  I often stop short, not on quality but on ornamentation because of this practical streak I have.  Not here. This massive knife - nearly a short sword, has a curved (268 words) - [Talon EDC – BFHK](/content/products/talon-edc-2/index.html): Purpose designed as an Every Day Carry knife, the Talon has remained one of my most popular regular models.  From the shape of the handle to the grind of the blade, each curve is intentional and makes up one of the most useful and carry-able knives you've ever had. This knife has my signature, hand-finished Laminated s (203 words) - [Wrought Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/wrought-fighter/index.html): I've worked hard over the years to hone (bad pun alert) my photography skills to show the knives I make in the most accurate way possible.  But it's tough to capture the chatoyancy in a piece of steel like this blade.  The ladder pattern Damascus shimmers Shen the blade is moved at any angle.  Even the individual hamme (264 words) - [Mosaic Koa Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/mosaic-koa-fighter/index.html): The blade of this knife is forged from a meandering mosaic Damascus pattern.  After making the steel, the blade was forged to shape - shown by the way the pattern stretches down to the cutting edge and pinches together as it comes to the point.  This makes the pattern flow and move across the shape of the blade.   The (270 words) - [Damascus French Chef – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-french-chef-1/index.html): Forged from 150 layers of woodgrain pattern Damascus, this long but light blade might become your new favorite tool around the kitchen.  Traditional French pattern blade and handle with my own personal improvements.   Handle material is stabilized box elder with stainless hardware. Blade length is 8.6" width 1.95", ove (161 words) - [Damascus Legacy Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/legacy-hunter/index.html): The Legacy Hunter is the most ornate standard model hunting knife I make. The blade of this knife is a special mosaic Damascus, forged from 1084 and 15N20 steels.  The guard is matte blackened steel with a thin, file worked nickel silver spacer. The handle of this knife is stabilized spalted oak, polished to a soft shi (174 words) - [Blue French Chef – BFHK](/content/products/blue-french-chef/index.html): Forged 150 layer woodgrain pattern Damascus, this blade is light and slender - perfect for most women.  The handle is stabilized blue curly maple with polished stainless steel hardware.   Blade length 8.5", width 1.8", overall 13.3" (147 words) - [Large French Chef – BFHK](/content/products/large-french-chef/index.html): This large wide blade is a well-balanced, full-tang blade of forged, laminated steel (410 stainless and 1095 core).  The bevels are hand-finished with natural forge texture at the spine. The handle is an eccentric box elder burl, green and tan and orange.  If this knife perfectly matches your kitchen I suggest thinking (165 words) - [Ironwood French Chef – BFHK](/content/products/ironwood-french-chef/index.html): A more well-rounded do-all knife would be hard to find than this traditional pattern blade.  It is full-tang, forged from 150 layer woodgrain Damascus with deeply etched blade flats and mirror polished around the tang. The blade has neutral balance with a very comfortable handle made from polished desert ironwood with (164 words) - [French Crimson – BFHK](/content/products/french-crimson/index.html): This full-sized French pattern chef knife is forged from a very tight ladder pattern Damascus, deeply etched on the flats and polished around the tang.  The handle is stabilized red box elder burl with polished stainless steel hardware. The blade is 8.7", width 1.95" overall 13.5" (147 words) - [Midnight Mosaic – BFHK](/content/products/midnight-mosaic/index.html): There are some knives where all the little details just come together in a way that is both complex and simple, all at once.  The blade is a bold, exploding mosaic pattern that looks both electric and reptilian.  It is slighty recurved for extra cutting power, but also just as another place to insert some curves.  The (186 words) - [Medium Santoku – BFHK](/content/products/medium-santoku/index.html): Excellent all-around knife in the kitchen, this forged, full-tang laminated steel blade (410 stainless, 1095).  Blade bevels are hand-finished with natural forge texture at the spine.   Handle is stabilized spalted oak with stainless hardware. Blade length 6.3", width, 1.8", overall 11" (142 words) - [Damascus Carver – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-carver/index.html): This 150 layer Damascus blade is forged as a carving knife.  Seriously, this is what your family want you to get them for Christmas this year.  The ham deserves no less.   The blade has a traditional carving shape, but the edge and handle are arranged so that it can be used over a cutting board as well.   The handle is (176 words) - [Large Santoku – BFHK](/content/products/large-santoku/index.html): Forged , full-tang, laminated steel blade of 410 stainless with a 1095 core.  Hand-finished with natural forge texture at the spine.  This knife is well suited for heavy vegetables. The handle is impregnated California Buckeye burl with stainless hardware.   Blade length 8", width 2.2", 12.7" (146 words) - [Wrought Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/wrought-bowie/index.html): Wrought: made by hammering.  That pretty much describes this fighter perfectly.  I think this might be the first time I've made a largely forged, minimally finished knife with a guard.  Most have been full-tang camp knives.  But I got on a roll and wanted to do this. The blade is 52100, forged very close to final shape (221 words) - [Bourbon Chef](/content/products/bourbon-chef/index.html): This French-pattern chef knife has a forged, laminated steel blade (410 stainless, 1095 core).  The blade is full tang with natural forging texture left near the spine.  The blade bevels are hand-finished. The handle is made from a bourbon barrel stave.  In order for bourbon to be bourbon, one requirement is that it be (234 words) - [Forged Integral Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/forged-integral-hunter-2/index.html): An integral knife is at home either as a hunter or as an everyday carry knife.  Slender and light, the integral construction makes it very strong. This knife is forged from 1/2" round W-1 and clay hardened to produce a crisp, undulating hamon.  The blade bevels are finely hand-finished with the remaining parts mirror p (222 words) - [Laminated Combat #3 – BFHK](/content/products/laminated-combat-3/index.html): The Combat #3 is one of the first knives I ever made to incorporate what has become a Burt Foster signature item - the curved-top guard.  This knife has my standard Laminated steel blade (410/1095) with a satin hand finish.  The guard is stainless and the handle is a very boldly striped desert ironwood. The sheath is a (175 words) - [Thorned Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/thorned-fighter/index.html): A full-sized and yet fast fighter is one of my favorite knives to make.  And not because of the utility or practicality.  Too big for daily carry, too small to really chop wood.  So why do I love making big fighters?  Because no knife transports me into the lore and the childhood fascination of what a knife represents (253 words) - [Combat #4, Black – BFHK](/content/products/combat-4-black/index.html): The Combat #4 is my most popular military-designed knife.  I have been making knives for soldiers, Marines and other men and women in harm's way for several years now, and this knife is my attempt to combine as many practical features into one piece as possible.  This is intended as an all-purpose carry knife for utili (277 words) - [Forged Integral Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/forged-integral-hunter-1/index.html): An integral knife is one that is forged from one piece of steel with all parts integrated together seamlessly.  The integral bolster flows into the handle and the blade in a way that feels organic and strong. This knife is forged from 1/2" round W-1 and clay hardened to produce a crisp, undulating hamon.  The blade bev (195 words) - [Rustic French Chef – BFHK](/content/products/rustic-french-chef/index.html): Forged blade of Laminated steel (410 stainless, 1095 core) with hand-finished bevels with the natural forge texture left at the spine.  The handle is a very traditional curly maple with stainless hardware. Blade length 8.2", width 2.1", overall 13" (141 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-18/index.html): The Wilderness Hunter, introduced last year incorporates several design features designed to make this a superior blade in the field as well as for daily carry.  1.  Shallow hollow grind creates a slightly thinner edge - cuts easier with less drag.2.  Integral guard protects fingers and allows a positive index with the (252 words) - [Ex Materia – BFHK](/content/products/ex-materia/index.html): The act of Creation especially in a theological sense is often thought of as ex nihilo (Latin for "out of nothing") when in fact even the biblical references to creation or "new" things is really the process of transforming something that is into something with a new shape or a new purpose.  That is creation ex materia (505 words) - [Oakleaf Camp Knife – BFHK](/content/products/oakleaf-camp-knife/index.html): I love stepping away from the grinding / machining / finishing side of the shop and basically making a knife in the forge.  Yeah, of course there's grinding and finishing on this knife, but the soul of it is all hammer and anvil.  Forged to shape and left with all the natural forge texture with only the tiniest bit gro (229 words) - [Medium French Chef – BFHK](/content/products/medium-french-chef/index.html): Forged from 150 layers of woodgrain pattern Damascus, this blade is traditional in shape but with my popular offset handle design.  This is a carbon steel Damascus so it will require maintenance, but will remain strong and sharp long after stainless blades have gone dull. The handle is natural colored California Buckey (164 words) - [Forged Integral Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/forged-integral-hunter/index.html): A staple of my work for years, I don't do integral knives as often as I used to.  I was asked to do a demo on integrals at a recent ABS Hammer-in, and I came home with the desire to make a few.  This knife is forged from 1/2" round W-1 and clay hardened to produce a crisp hamon.  The blade bevels are finely hand-finish (199 words) - [Rustic Camp Knife – BFHK](/content/products/rustic-camp-knife/index.html): Born between the hammer and the anvil and little else, a camp knife like this one truly speaks to the heart of how to make something brutal look beautiful, something rough refined.  This knife was forged from a bar of 1095 high-carbon steel, and forged as close to finished size, thickness and shape as possible.  There (224 words) - [Walnut Santoku – BFHK](/content/products/walnut-santoku/index.html): The handiest sized blade to have in the kitchen, this Santoku chef's knife has a fully-finished laminated steel blade (410 stainless, 1095 core).  The metal surfaces are completely hand finished.   The handle is satin finished English walnut.  The blade is 6.6" long, 1.8" wide, and 11.2" overall. (148 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-19/index.html): The Wilderness Hunter, introduced last year incorporates several design features designed to make this a superior blade in the field as well as for daily carry.  1.  Shallow hollow grind creates a slightly thinner edge - cuts easier with less drag.2.  Integral guard protects fingers and allows a positive index with the (261 words) - [Combat #4, Green – BFHK](/content/products/combat-4-green/index.html): The Combat #4 is my most popular military-designed knife.  I have been making knives for soldiers, Marines and other men and women in harm's way for several years now, and this knife is my attempt to combine as many practical features into one piece as possible.  This is intended as an all-purpose carry knife for utili (278 words) - [Damascus Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-wilderness-hunter-9/index.html): The Wilderness Hunter is the evolution of years of making knives that actually get used.  Thin, light and comfortable.  And the best looking knife in camp. The knife shown here has a twist pattern damascus steel blade (80CRV2 and 15N20).  The handle is something new I tried.  It is interior fossil walrus ivory laminate (181 words) - [Damascus Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-hunter/index.html): This design was something I did quite a lot many years ago but for whatever reason, I got away from it, and I felt like a re-visit. The blade is 4.25" of a bold, woodgrain pattern damascus.  The lack of a drop choil means that as a hunter, there's nothing to catch when skinning and cleaning game.  The guard is hand-fin (198 words) - [Phoenix Short Sword – BFHK](/content/products/phoenix-short-sword/index.html): The final knife of 2016, I wanted to make something special.  The Phoenix who famously rose reborn from the ashes, is the inspiration for a lot of the fire and re-birth in this piece. The blade is forged from my signature Laminated steel, but rather than being clad in modern stainless, I used antique wrought iron.  Mad (292 words) - [Laminated Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/laminated-fighter/index.html): Here I offer for your consideration one of a couple knives I have just finished with a monochromatic theme.  Black and white.  Shades of gray.  The Ansel Adams fighter.  The blade is my Laminated steel, strong yet fast in the hand.  The thorned guard is made from a piece of carbon steel forge welded to a piece of stain (197 words) - [Jappalachian Santoku – BFHK](/content/products/jappalachian-santoku-2/index.html): Mid-sized, wide bladed knife for general work.  Forged Laminated steel, hidden-tang blade (410/1095 core).  Hand-finished bevels, with natural forge texture.  Green sycamore handle.  Optional bourbon barrel knife stand available. Blade length: 6.375"Blade width: 1.85"Overall: 11.375" (138 words) - [Jappalachian Gyuto – BFHK](/content/products/jappalachian-gyuto/index.html): Wide, long blade for general chef's work. Forged Laminated steel, hidden-tang blade (410/1095 core).  Hand-finished bevels, with natural forge texture.  Octagonal handle.  Black micarta with yellow curly maple handle.  Optional bourbon barrel knife stand available. Blade length: 9.75"Blade width: 1.8"Overall: 14.75" (144 words) - [Damascus Gent's Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-gents-bowie/index.html): I don't know exactly why a gentleman can't carry a full-sized bowie...maybe being a man of stature means you can use a medium sized knife, where a lesser man would need more.  This medium sized bowie, suited perfectly for the man about town (especially the rough part of town) is made from some of my Firestorm pattern d (225 words) - [Autumn Camp Knife – BFHK](/content/products/autumn-camp-knife/index.html): As it often is, my creative moods are influenced by the weather, by the view outside the shop when I head into a new project.  As one of the last knives made in my shop in 2016, this knife was made in the late fall, and wears a lot of inspiration owing to the season. The knife itself is one of my Rustic Camp Knives, fo (322 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-20/index.html): The Wilderness Hunter, introduced last year incorporates several design features designed to make this a superior blade in the field as well as for daily carry.  1.  Shallow hollow grind creates a slightly thinner edge - cuts easier with less drag.2.  Integral guard protects fingers and allows a positive index with the (253 words) - [Damascus Small Darkside – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-small-darkside/index.html): The Small Darkside in Damascus steel (O-1, 15N20, 1095)  Blades are forged and left with texture on the handles for grip in a very thin package.  Blades are hollow ground with very thin, sharp edges.  Sheath is my standard multi-carry model - leather over kydex with a belt loop that can be re-positioned for vertical or (195 words) - [Jappalachian Large French Chef – BFHK](/content/products/jappalachian-large-french-chef/index.html): Wide, long blade for general chef's work. Forged Laminated steel, hidden-tang blade (410/1095 core).  Hand-finished bevels, with natural forge texture.  Octagonal handle.  Black micarta with English walnut handle.  Optional bourbon barrel knife stand available. Blade length: 9.5"Blade width: 1.85"Overall: 14.5" (145 words) - [Damascus French Utility – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-french-utility/index.html): Medium-large blade for general chef's work. Chaotic random pattern damascus blade (O-1 & 15N20), full-tang.  Polished stainless bolsters, midnight blue curly maple handle. Optional bourbon barrel knife stand available. Blade length: 7.5"Blade width: 1.75"Overall: 12.25" (139 words) - [Jappalachian Utility Chef – BFHK](/content/products/jappalachian-utility-chefs/index.html): Mid-sized utility blade for general slicing and boning.  Forged Laminated steel blade (410/1095 core).  Hand-finished bevels, with natural forge texture.  Octagonal handle.  Black micarta bolster with colored maple burl handle.  Optional bourbon barrel knife stand available. Blade length: 6.5"Blade width: 1.35"Overall: (146 words) - [Royal Flush Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/royal-flush-bowie/index.html): This Gentleman's Bowie has a mosaic damascus blade that reminds me a flurry of playing cards in the aftermath of the impossible royal flush.  In San Francisco during the gold rush it was common for gamblers to carry these ornate, mediums-sized bowie knives for use in the inevitable scuffle around the poker table.  They (263 words) - [Jappalachian French Chef – BFHK](/content/products/jappalachian-french-chef/index.html): Mid-sized, wide bladed knife for general work.  Forged Laminated steel, full-tang blade (410/1095 core).  Hand-finished bevels, with natural forge texture.  Burnt orange sycamore handle.  Optional bourbon barrel knife stand available. Blade length: 6.5"Blade width: 2"Overall: 11.5" (140 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-16/index.html): The Wilderness Hunter, introduced last year incorporates several design features designed to make this a superior blade in the field as well as for daily carry.  1.  Shallow hollow grind creates a slightly thinner edge - cuts easier with less drag.2.  Integral guard protects fingers and allows a positive index with the (251 words) - [Jappalachian Santoku – BFHK](/content/products/jappalachian-santoku-1/index.html): Mid-sized, wide bladed knife for general work.  Forged Laminated steel, hidden-tang blade (410/1095 core).  Hand-finished bevels, with natural forge texture.  Green sycamore handle.  Optional bourbon barrel knife stand available. Blade length: 6.375"Blade width: 1.85"Overall: 11.375" (138 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-15/index.html): The Wilderness Hunter, introduced last year incorporates several design features designed to make this a superior blade in the field as well as for daily carry.  1.  Shallow hollow grind creates a slightly thinner edge - cuts easier with less drag.2.  Integral guard protects fingers and allows a positive index with the (251 words) - [Clip Point Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/clip-point-fighter/index.html): This medium sized fighter has the perfect size for that one-knife-that-does-everything.  This knife has my signature Laminated steel blade (410/1095) with a satin hand finish.  The curved-top guard is stainless.  The handle is stabilized California Buckeye burl handle. The sheath is a high-ride, with a tooled free-form (153 words) - [Laminated Spalt Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/laminated-spalt-fighter/index.html): Long clip point, stoutly balanced fighter and a stunning piece of spalted maple.  This knife has my standard Laminated steel blade (410/1095) with a satin hand finish.  The curved-top guard is stainless. The sheath is a high-ride, with a distressed finish (inspired by how you'll feel when you pass this one up.) Blade i (157 words) - [Jappalachian Yo-Deba – BFHK](/content/products/jappalachian-yo-deba/index.html): Wide, heavy blade for butchery and tough vegetable work. Forged Laminated steel, hidden-tang blade (410/1095 core).  Hand-finished bevels, with natural forge texture.  Octagonal handle.  Black micarta with blue curly maple handle.  Optional bourbon barrel knife stand available. Blade length: 8"Blade width: 2.2"Overall: (146 words) - [Forgotten Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/forgtten-bowie/index.html): Ever have one of those cash in the laundry surprises?  This was mine.  I was cleaning some things out of my safe and I found a big Damascus Bowie blade, completely finished, and a guard partly shaped.  I had it wrapped up with my original drawing and notes, but for whatever reason I had to set it aside and I completely (332 words) - [Jappalachian Cleaver – BFHK](/content/products/jappalachian-cleaver/index.html): Heavy blade, thicker edge for chopping. Forged Laminated steel, full-tang blade (410/1095 core).  Hand-finished bevels, with natural forge texture.  Octagonal California buckeye handle.  Optional bourbon barrel knife stand available. Blade length: 6.75"Blade width: 2.1"Overall: 11.6" (138 words) - [Damascus French Chef – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-french-chef/index.html): Wide, long blade for general chef's work. Chaotic random pattern damascus blade (O-1 & 15N20), full-tang.  Octagonal California buckeye handle. Optional bourbon barrel knife stand available. Blade length: 8.5"Blade width: 2"Overall: 13.5" (136 words) - [Jappalachian Vegetable Cleaver – BFHK](/content/products/jappalachian-vegetable-cleaver/index.html): Wide blade, thin edge for dicing vegetables Forged Laminated steel, hidden-tang blade (410/1095 core).  Hand-finished bevels, with natural forge texture.  Octagonal handle.  Black micarta with copper curly maple handle.  Optional bourbon barrel knife stand available. Blade length: 5.25"Blade width: 2.125"Overall: 10.5" (145 words) - [Jappalachian Santoku – BFHK](/content/products/jappalachian-santoku/index.html): Mid-sized knife for general work..  Forged Laminated steel blade (410/1095 core).  Hand-finished bevels, with natural forge texture.  Octagonal handle.  Black micarta bolster with blue curly maple handle.  Optional bourbon barrel knife stand available. Blade length: 6.375"Blade width: 1.95"Overall: 11.25" (142 words) - [Laminated Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/laminated-bowie/index.html): This big, Laminated Bowie has so many of the elements I have come to love in my knives.  Big.  Laminated.  Spalted maple.  Dragonskin.  Seems like I almost made it for me.  The Laminated blade of this knife is over 10" long.  The guard is matte blackened carbon steel with a nickel silver spacer.  The handle is some of (214 words) - [Custom Integral Cleaver – BFHK](/content/products/custom-integral-cleaver/index.html): Custom ordered by Meechai. (106 words) - [Talon EDC – BFHK](/content/products/talon-edc-1/index.html): Purpose designed as an Every Day Carry knife, the Talon has remained one of my most popular regular models.  From the shape of the handle to the grind of the blade, each curve is intentional and makes up one of the most useful and carry-able knives you've ever had. This knife has my signature, hand-finished Laminated s (200 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-17/index.html): The Wilderness Hunter, introduced last year incorporates several design features designed to make this a superior blade in the field as well as for daily carry.  1.  Shallow hollow grind creates a slightly thinner edge - cuts easier with less drag.2.  Integral guard protects fingers and allows a positive index with the (252 words) - [Jappalachian Utility Chef](/content/products/jappalachian-utility-chef/index.html): Mid-sized knife for general work.  Forged Laminated steel blade (410/1095 core).  Hand-finished bevels, with natural forge texture.  Octagonal handle.  Black micarta bolster with blue curly maple handle.  Optional bourbon barrel knife stand available. Blade length: 7.375"Blade width: 1.6"Overall: 12.25" (143 words) - [Bamboo Camp Knife – BFHK](/content/products/bamboo-camp-knife/index.html): After I finished the Reptilian Fighter, I wanted to play.  So I turned on the forge, put in a piece of 1.5" diameter round W-2 bar, and let it heat to orange.  I let the knife grow into a big, curvy beast of a camp knife under the hammer, getting it so close to it's finished size before shutting of the forge that the h (267 words) - [Jappalachian Gyuto – BFHK](/content/products/jappalachian-gyuto-1/index.html): Wide, long blade for general chef's work. Forged Laminated steel, hidden-tang blade (410/1095 core).  Hand-finished bevels, with natural forge texture.  Octagonal handle.  Black micarta with lacewood handle.  Optional bourbon barrel knife stand available. Blade length: 9."Blade width: 1.85"Overall: 14" (142 words) - [Northstar Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/northstar-fighter/index.html): Another fighter in the lose series of black knives, the Northstar Fighter is distinct because I squeezed black into more places than ever before.  The blade is forged Meteor Shower Damascus - that's "Firestorm" pattern at night  :-), with a long, sharp clip that makes for a very fast blade.  The W-2 guard is sculpted w (252 words) - [Madera Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/madera-fighter/index.html): Madera, Spanish for wood.  This fighter became defined by the material.  First of all, the blade.  It is made from a mosaic damascus that looks like wooden crates getting sucked into a black hole.  (Ok, that was a stretch...taking suggestions.)  I've seen cavalry sabres with a blade grind like this for years, and decid (296 words) - [Damascus French Utility – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-french-utility-1/index.html): Large, wide blade for general chef's work. Chaotic random pattern damascus blade (O-1 & 15N20), full-tang.  Polished stainless bolsters, English walnut handle. Optional bourbon barrel knife stand available. Blade length: 8.25"Blade width: 2"Overall: 13.25" (138 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-5/index.html): My newest hunter, the Wilderness Hunter incorporates several new design features incorporated to make this a superior blade in the field as well as for daily carry.  1.  Shallow hollow grind creates a slightly thinner edge cuts easier with less drag.2.  Integral guard protects fingers and allows a positive index with t (290 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter-3/index.html): My newest hunter, the Wilderness Hunter incorporates several new design features incorporated to make this a superior blade in the field as well as for daily carry.  1.  Shallow hollow grind creates a slightly thinner edge cuts easier with less drag.2.  Integral guard protects fingers and allows a positive index with t (290 words) - [Combat #6 – BFHK](/content/products/combat-6/index.html): I have a couple of the non-reflective variations to the Combat #6 available (Left knife in the photo).  The finish is soft and satin, and I think it will wear and age nicely.  A Combat knife needs to be big enough, but not too big.  Strong, but not too thick.  A cutter, but not to be babied.  Natural to carry, natural (361 words) - [Reptilian Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/reptilian-fighter/index.html): This fighter was made from a new stab (get it....terrible pun) at some new damascus patterns.  It is unnamed, so if you want it, you get to name the pattern.  In the meantime, it's vaguely reptillian.  It is pointy, fast and fun. The blade is made from O-1, 15N20 and 1095 in a high-contrast finish.  The thorned guard i (193 words) - [Laminated Chopper – BFHK](/content/products/laminated-chopper-1/index.html): For Jesse Patterson... (95 words) - [Venture Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/sadf/index.html): What is it about a fighting bowie knife that feels so powerful, so primal when you hold it?  I wonder how many men from New York or Philadelphia in the mid19th century first planned to leave the comfort of hearth and home for the untamed spaces of the American West after holding just such a knife.  Do men today still d (258 words) - [The Vorpal Blade – BFHK](/content/products/the-vorpal-blade/index.html): I made a knife years ago that felt like I imagined the Vorpal Blade would feel in the hand.  The great poem The Jabberwokky by Louis Carrol of Alice in Wonderland fame, (told almost entirely of made-up words) is the story of a boy sent out by his father with his Vorpal Blade to slay the Jabberwokky.  There are only a f (329 words) - [Iron Spur Fighter - English Walnut – BFHK](/content/products/copy-of-iron-spur-fighter-natural-sapele/index.html): This knife is one of ten Iron Spur Fighters I'm offering as the initial and only run this year.  The blade is my Laminated Steel (1095 and 410 stainless).  The guard is satin finished stainless and the handle is stabilized English Walnut with some wonderful flare at the butt. The knife comes with a Dragonskin sheath as (198 words) - [Iron Spur Fighter - Spalted Curly Maple – BFHK](/content/products/copy-of-iron-spur-fighter-end-grain-spalted-maple/index.html): This knife is one of ten Iron Spur Fighters I'm offering as the initial and only run this year.  The blade is my Laminated Steel (1095 and 410 stainless).  The guard is satin finished stainless and the handle is stabilized Spalted Maple with curly figure. The knife comes with a Dragonskin sheath as shown and ships in a (195 words) - [Iron Spur Fighter - California Buckeye – BFHK](/content/products/copy-of-iron-spur-fighter-african-blackwood/index.html): This knife is one of ten Iron Spur Fighters I'm offering as the initial and only run this year.  The blade is my Laminated Steel (1095 and 410 stainless).  The guard is satin finished stainless and the handle is stabilized California Buckeye burl. The knife comes with a Dragonskin sheath as shown and ships in a "BF" br (192 words) - [Iron Spur Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/copy-of-iron-spur-fighter-details-1/index.html): The new Iron Spur Fighter is an aggressive mid-sized fighter in a full-dress finish.  The knife design is a further evolution toward creating a blade made from arcs meeting each other at opposing angles to create corners and points in crucial places.  The knife is light and fast in the hand. The knives are shown with D (233 words) - [Wilderness Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/wilderness-hunter/index.html): My newest hunter, the Wilderness Hunter incorporates several new design features incorporated to make this a superior blade in the field as well as for daily carry.  1.  Shallow hollow grind creates a slightly thinner edge cuts easier with less drag.2.  Integral guard protects fingers and allows a positive index with t (265 words) - [Damascus Original Darkside – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-original-darkside-1/index.html): The Original Darkside in Damascus steel (O-1, 15N20, 1095)  Blades are forged and left with texture on the handles for grip in a very thin package.  Blades are hollow ground with very thin, sharp edges.  Sheath is my standard multi-carry model - leather over kydex with a belt loop that can be repositioned for vertical (204 words) - [Iron Spur Fighter - Amber Spalted Maple – BFHK](/content/products/copy-of-iron-spur-fighter-spalted-maple/index.html): This knife is one of ten Iron Spur Fighters I'm offering as the initial and only run this year.  The blade is my Laminated Steel (1095 and 410 stainless).  The guard is satin finished stainless and the handle is stabilized Amber Spalted Maple. The knife comes with a Dragonskin sheath as shown and ships in a "BF" brande (193 words) - [Thunderstorm Camp Knife – BFHK](/content/products/thunderstorm-camp-knife/index.html): This knife, forged from 1095 and clay-hardened, developed a hamon that reminds me of the summer storms we get here in Southwest Virginia.  I polished the blade to make the hamon as bold as possible while leaving a silky texture in the background set against the forge textured spine.  The handle is weathered cocobolo wi (200 words) - [Iron Spur Fighter - Copper Curly Maple – BFHK](/content/products/copy-of-iron-spur-fighter-amber-spalted-maple/index.html): This knife is one of ten Iron Spur Fighters I'm offering as the initial and only run this year.  The blade is my Laminated Steel (1095 and 410 stainless).  The guard is blackened carbon steel with a stainless spacer, and a handle of Copper Curly Maple. The knife comes with a Dragonskin sheath as shown and ships in a "B (196 words) - [Iron Spur Fighter - African Blackwood – BFHK](/content/products/copy-of-iron-spur-fighter-english-walnut/index.html): This knife is one of ten Iron Spur Fighters I'm offering as the initial and only run this year.  The blade is my Laminated Steel (1095 and 410 stainless).  The guard is satin finished stainless and the handle is polished African Blackwood. The knife comes with a Dragonskin sheath as shown and ships in a "BF" branded cr (191 words) - [Iron Spur Fighter - End-Grain Spalted Maple – BFHK](/content/products/copy-of-iron-spur-fighter-california-buckeye/index.html): This knife is one of ten Iron Spur Fighters I'm offering as the initial and only run this year.  The blade is my Laminated Steel (1095 and 410 stainless).  The guard is satin finished stainless and the handle is stabilized end-grain Spalted Maple, harvested from my property here in Southwest Virginia. The knife comes w (201 words) - [Iron Spur Fighter - Amber Spalt Takedown – BFHK](/content/products/copy-of-iron-spur-fighter-details/index.html): This is one of two new Iron Spur Fighters built as a take-down.  The blade is my Laminated Steel (1095 and 410 stainless).  Guard and take-down nut are satin-finished stainless with a handle of polished Amper Spalted Maple.  The knife comes with a Dragonskin sheath as shown and ships in a "BF" branded crate. Blade is 7 (188 words) - [Iron Spur Fighter - Dark Sapele Takedown – BFHK](/content/products/iron-spur-fighter-dark-sapele-takedown/index.html): This is one of two new Iron Spur Fighters built as a take-down.  The blade is my Laminated Steel (1095 and 410 stainless).  Guard and take-down nut are blackened carbon steel with satin-finished stainless spacers.  The handle is dark Sapele.   Sapele is from Africa and is a relative of mahogany.  It is relatively rare (251 words) - [Iron Spur Fighter - Natural Sapele – BFHK](/content/products/copy-of-iron-spur-fighter-dark-sapele-takedown/index.html): This knife is one of ten Iron Spur Fighters I'm offering as the initial and only run this year.  The blade is my Laminated Steel (1095 and 410 stainless).  The guard is satin finished stainless and the handle is stabilized African Sapele.  Sapele is a relative of mahogany but is not normally seen in a quilted pattern. (206 words) - [Brush-Beater Camp Knife – BFHK](/content/products/brush-beater-camp-knife/index.html): This beastly chopper was forged by hand from a piece of 1095 to the exact shape you see here.  Even the plunge area was forged in and left just as it left the anvil.  Only the very edge was ground to bring it to an edge.  The handle is weathered cocobolo, wrapped in Japanese pattern. The sheath will feel right at home (240 words) - [Polar Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/polar-bowie/index.html): POLAR.  Not as in the cold places of this planet, but as in the idea of two opposing poles pushing and pulling against their opposites, yet unable to separate.  This knife was built around the idea of opposites pushing and pulling against one another, while eternally one. This massive bowie was forged from W-2 round ba (341 words) - [Elite Talon – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-and-stag-talon/index.html): A dressed up version of my faithful Talon EDC knife, the Elite models have curved damascus bolsters and exquisite handle materials like Sambar Stag and Ivory.  Sheaths are vertical pouch designs or (my personal carry favorite) the horizontal wraparound.   (139 words) - [Sub-Hilt Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/sub-hilt-fighter/index.html): The first Sub-Hilt Fighter I ever made here from 2009.  The blade is laminated steel, double ground with a razor edge on both sides.  The guard and sub-hilt are Firestorm Damascus with polished stainless spacers and a desert ironwood handle with scalloped butt.  The sheath is a chevron-pattern basketweave pattern. (145 words) - [Custom Talon – BFHK](/content/products/custom-talon/index.html) (90 words) - [Laminated Darkside Claw – BFHK](/content/products/laminated-darkside-claw/index.html): The Darkside Claw is my personal favorite EDC.  Ever.  I wear one on my belt at least six days a week.  It is the most useful utility cutter I have used.  Did I mention I love this knife?  Ok, point made. Sheath is my standard multi-carry model.  Comes set up for horizontal carry, but can be easily changed to vertical, (176 words) - [Thorn Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/thorn-bowie/index.html): When making a blade from Laminated or Damascus steel, I need to constantly be aware of how the forging process is affecting the pattern of the finished blade.  However with straight carbon steel, I can put all of my attention into the blade shape.  So I took a bar of the new 80CRV2 and stuck it in the forge and just en (297 words) - [Keyhole Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/keyhole-fighter/index.html): Another example of a knife that came to life with paper and pencil not knowing if making it come together was even possible.  There are twenty individual arcs that curve into and out of each other, intersecting and flowing together to make a subhilt fighter that's as grabby to the hand as it is to the eye.  The blade i (332 words) - [Buckeye Frame-Handle Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/buckeye-frame-handle-fighter/index.html): This fighter was a custom order in 2008.  The blade is W-2 with a vivid hamon in what I called my "flocked" pattern.  The guard is stainless.  The knife has a frame handle, which gives the knife the illusion of being full-tang.  The handle frame is stainless with coin-edge filework all the way around.  The handle is Ca (159 words) - [Legacy Hunter - Damascus – BFHK](/content/products/legacy-hunter-damascus-1/index.html): This Legacy Hunters shown have forged Firestorm pattern Damascus blades (O-1 and 15N20).  Guards are shown in both stainless and blackened carbon steel with polished hardwood handles. Blade is 4.25" with an overall of 9". For more info on Legacy Hunters, click here. (141 words) - [Amber Maple Dagger – BFHK](/content/products/amber-maple-dagger/index.html): There is more than one way I forge laminated steel, and this method yields an almost mirror-image of the lamination line on the left and right side of the blade.  The fittings are Firestorm pattern Damascus with silver spacers and an amber spalted maple handle that has become knows here in the shop as "church wood" sin (173 words) - [Unicorn Cleaver – BFHK](/content/products/unicorn-cleaver/index.html): Sometimes I just need to cut loose and have fun with a knife.  Harry Potter taught me that unicorns have magical blood, so I used a dark-stained blade to slay a unicorn (they are considered a nuisance animal in Virginia and do not require a permit).  The blood left polished, silvery stains on the previously dark blade. (262 words) - [Thorn Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/thorn-fighter/index.html): Dangerous in more than one place, this light, fast knife is the essence of what a fighter is meant to be. The blade is 52100 forged from round bar, differentially tempered and razor sharp.  The clip is sharpened as well, so the knife cuts in both directions.  The stainless guard is all curves, ending in a dangerously s (192 words) - [Bronze Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/bronze-bowie/index.html): Laminated Steel blade with antiqued bronze guard and ferrule with stainless spacers and a matching buttcap.  The handle is desert ironwood with a sandblasted finish.  The sheath is distressed with a bronze stud. (128 words) - [Grasslands Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/grasslands-bowie/index.html): Made in 2005, this big bowie was forged from W-2 and clay hardened.  Unfortunately it took me years to get a clay-hardened blade that I could polish in a way that I could actually photograph, so it's very hard to see the hamon.  The guard and ferrule are Damascus, heat-colored to a gold tone.  Accents are nickel silver (170 words) - [Integral Dagger – BFHK](/content/products/integral-dagger/index.html): A special order, this piece made in 2006 is forged from a solid bar of W-2, and clay hardened for a wonderfully active hamon.  The handle is African blackwood, faceted into an eight-sided handle.  Pins are domed nickel silver.  The knife was intended as a display piece, so the stand is made to hold the blade suspended (155 words) - [Gunstock Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/gunstock-fighter/index.html): For years I have gotten all of my English and Turkish walnut from a man who cuts top-shelf gunstock blanks.  The wood I have gotten from him is very good to spectacular.  In case you're wondering, this is what spectacular English walnut looks like.  Somewhere out there is a AAAA gunstock sitting beneath a first-class r (301 words) - [Laminated Push Dagger – BFHK](/content/products/laminated-push-dagger/index.html): Gamblers, thieves, knife makers and other low-life's made push daggers popular especially during the California gold rush.  Small, easy to conceal, and capable of a downright nasty wound.  This one is Laminated steel with African Blackwood scales.  (129 words) - [Cirrus Integral](/content/products/cirrus-integral/index.html): This integral fighter remains one of my better achievements in clay-hardened steel blades.  The blade is forged from a round bar of W-2, with blade flats meticulously hand-polished to reveal a hamon that looks like high altitude clouds.  The rest of the exposed metal is mirror polished, and it is finished with a stunni (157 words) - [Mastersmith Dagger – BFHK](/content/products/mastersmith-dagger/index.html): To earn a Master Bladesmith rating in the American Bladesmith Society, a maker must among other things, build a large, quillion dagger with a Damascus blade and a fluted, wire-wrapped handle.  This was the dagger I made for my test.  More info on the testing procedures can be found at www.americanbladesmith.com This da (193 words) - [Eastern Fusion Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/eastern-fusion-hunter/index.html): This knife was a lot of fun, and a particular challenge.  The blade is in the shape of the last few inches of a Japanese sword, but made of tightly-patterned mosaic Damascus.  The guard is where it got tricky.  The carved detail on the butt of the spalted maple handle is something I have been doing for quite a while.  (228 words) - [8-8-8 Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/8-8-8-bowie/index.html): This knife was a custom order in 2004, and the theme of the knife - the inspiration was the 1888 silver dollar that I affixed to the throat of the sheath.  The number "8" is considered a lucky number in Chinese folklore, so we built a lucky Gambler's bowie inspired by the three 8's on the coin. The blade was forged fro (196 words) - [Backpacker's Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/backpackers-bowie/index.html): This knife was made in 2004, the year I got my Mastersmith stamp.  It became one of the most requested knives I made for many years. The knife is forged 52100, hand-finished on the flats and mirror polished along the spine.  The guard and ferrule are stainless, finished the same two-tone way as the blade.  The handle i (167 words) - [Take-Down Bowies – BFHK](/content/products/take-down-bowie/index.html): These massive bowies are both examples of two different knives made with similar materials in the same blade construction.   The blades are Laminated steel, forged to shape, Damascus fittings and black micarta handles with stainless spacers.  The knives are actually held together by the Damascus "nut" at the butt of th (186 words) - [Bolo Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/bolo-bowie/index.html): The Philippine bolo has been used in the tropical island jungles for generations for its tremendous chopping power.  Though they are made in an endless variety of styles, the signature feature is the recurved blade and the distinct belly near the front of the blade.  This pushes the weight of the knife further forward, (220 words) - [Laminated Dirk – BFHK](/content/products/laminated-dirk/index.html): This guardless Bowie was made in 2008.  It features a blade of Laminated steel, a polished nickel silver collar covering the ricasso, and fileworked Damascus ferrule.  The handle is desert ironwood secured with three polished, domed nickel silver pins. (134 words) - [Combat #4 Elite – BFHK](/content/products/combat-4-elite/index.html): The Combat #4 Elite is forged from the same Laminated Steel as the standard Combat #4, but entirely hand-finished.  The bolster design took me a while to settle on, but in the end I love the way they look.  You see, one of the distinguishing features of the standard Combat #4 is there there are no straight lines anywhe (308 words) - [Jungle Cleaver – BFHK](/content/products/jungle-cleaver/index.html): I've spent quite a bit of time in the woods with big knives, and I can attest to the superiority of the cleaver blade shape.  It's the best chopping blade shape out there.  However, this knife is much lighter and faster than you'd expect.  The blade is wide, but not heavy.  This is a brush cleaver more than a log split (209 words) - [Take-Down Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/take-down-hunter/index.html): This Laminated steel hunter is built as the name implies, to be able to be disassembled if need be.  The fittings are all steel, finished matte black with stainless accents. As a knife that would get used, but might conceivably get retired at some point, there's a great value to be able to disassemble the knife, refini (163 words) - [Ivory & Damascus Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/fancy-damascus-hunter/index.html): This is an example of how far I like to take a full-dress hunter without getting to the point where it loses functionality, but showcases detail from every angle. The full-tang blade is firestorm Damascus.  The reason I like this pattern for this type of knife is that being a twisted pattern, it shows character and det (253 words) - [Sierra Grande Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/sierra-grande-bowie/index.html): This is another knife specially made for Wilson Combat as part of a limited run of 10 pieces. The blade is Laminated steel, the guard and ferrule are satin-finished stainless and the handle is amber spalted maple. (133 words) - [Teardrop Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/teardrop-hunter/index.html): This is an early knife, made in 2002 as a new Journeyman Smith.  The Teardrop hunter went on to become a knife I made quite often over the years in slightly different variations, but always with the same basic theme. Blade is forged from 52100 and hand-finished.  The bolsters are Damascus, and the handle scales are oos (214 words) - [Ivory Integral Hunter – BFHK](/content/products/ivory-integral-hunter/index.html): This knife was and remains one of my favorite knives - not just as a style but as an individual piece.  Made in 2006, this simple hunter integral is forged from 52100 round bar.  The blade is hand-finished and the other exposed metal is mirror polished.  The handle scales are fossil walrus ivory attached with domed nic (194 words) - [Integral Hunters – BFHK](/content/products/integral-hunters/index.html): This is a sampling of carbon steel integral hunters.  They are forged from round bar - generally the size of the "bolster" area is the size of the parent steel bar.  They are hand-finished on the flats and mirror polished on the rest of the exposed steel. Handles are various select woods and ivories. (149 words) - [Double Integral Sabre – BFHK](/content/products/double-integral-sabre/index.html): This was one of the most challenging knives I have ever worked on.  It took several tries just to forge the blade.  The knife is made from W-2, forged from round bar and clay-hardened.  The handle has not only integral bolsters but an integral buttcap, all flowing gently together with the spalted maple handle.  It is c (175 words) - [Buckeye CLI – BFHK](/content/products/buckeye-cli/index.html): The CLI, or Composite Laminated Integral is a knife I can claim as one of my few truly original ideas.  It's the most complicated way to make a very simple knife.  Complicating simple things is something I guess I do a lot - so says my wife.   CLI's are Laminated but only the blade portion.  You can see in the third ph (301 words) - [Desert Bronze Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/desert-bronze-bowie/index.html): This bowie was made at the request of a customer, specifically to be a conversation piece in his office.  The blade is Laminated steel, forged to shape for a very thin exposed core along the cutting edge. The fittings are Damascus with bronze spacers.  Handle is desert ironwood with three domed-head bronze pins.  The b (211 words) - [Damascus Hunters – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-hunters/index.html): The hunter is such a foundational design that it took me years of making knives to get to the point where I found the balance between size and weight and shape.  Slowly evolving away from straight lines to the point where there are nearly none is a challenge, but when done correctly the result is function and beauty in (180 words) - [Foster / Broadwell Collaboration – BFHK](/content/products/foster-broadwell-collaboration/index.html): This unique bowie was a collaboration between myself and knifemaker David Broadwell.  A customer asked us to both collaborate on one knife, commissioned by him to get the most our of our respective areas of expertise.  I forged and heat treated the Laminated steel blade and made the Damascus used in the guard and the s (197 words) - [Safari Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/safari-bowie/index.html): This knife was made as a special order for a good customer, who needed a big knife to carry with him on African hunting trips.  It was accented by trophies from a prior hunt including the black water buffalo hide used on the throat of the sheath and the warthog tusk that I fashioned into a belt hook by making an iron r (209 words) - [Thorned Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/thorned-bowie/index.html): You might think that I sit at a blank sheet of paper and create these ideas - these themes for the knives I make.  Most often, they come about about as the knife takes shape and only at the end do I connect all the dots.  This big, curvy Bowie has little thorns appearing in several different places.  The 2-bar firestor (312 words) - [Iron Star Bowie](/content/products/iron-star-bowie/index.html): This long, clip-pointed knife will feel right at home either in the woods or on your mantle.  I did some things I hadn't done in a while, and it was a lot of fun. This blade is Laminated Steel (420 and 1095) in the ladder-pattern I love so much.  The blade looks and feels longer than it's 9.5", and is hand-finished.  T (301 words) - [Half-Light Fighter 2 – BFHK](/content/products/half-light-fighter-2/index.html): One of the things I've always been aware of is the color scheme of a knife.  It's dangerous to have too many colors and textures, but it's hard to go wrong with too few.  I love the Half-Light Fighters because they make the most of the blacks, grays and silvers.  Reminds me of a tuxedo. This piece has a blade of Lamina (209 words) - [Walnut Explosion – BFHK](/content/products/walnut-explosion/index.html): This knife follows the basic blade shape of my earliest camp knives.  Long, Laminated steel blade has a dropped point which gives the whole knife a nice, fast balance.  Mosaic Damascus pattern in the pattern of exploding fireworks.  Classic English walnut has figure and fiddleback pattern too with domed nickel silver p (165 words) - [Eastern Camp Knife](/content/products/eastern-camp-knife/index.html): There is nothing traditional about this blade shape.  It blends a camp knife blade of Laminated steel with a nearly Japanese-style sword tip, a sweeping raised clip point, and my signature curving dropped handle.  The Bolsters are a very bold "W" pattern Damascus set against some of my nicest spalted maple.  The "inlay (172 words) - [California Buckeye Cobblestone – BFHK](/content/products/california-buckeye-cobblestone/index.html): Though not particularly large, this blade is wider than most giving this blade a tough, heavy appearance.  The blade has a very active lamination line.  It is Laminated steel (420 stainless with a 1095 core) and hand-finished.  The handle is some very nice spalted California Buckeye with domed nickel silver pins. I mad (192 words) - [Laminated Personal – BFHK](/content/products/laminated-personal/index.html): The Personal was my first, well, Personal knife.  Clever, right?  I haven't made any in quite a while, but made a couple recently and kept one aside for the new website launch. This knife has a Laminated steel blade, hand-finished with a matching satin stainless guard.  The handle is stabilized Turkish walnut.  The she (210 words) - [Integral Cleaver – BFHK](/content/products/integral-cleaver/index.html): I have come to love the cleaver-style blade as the ultimate heavy-use knife in the shortest package.  The extra wide blade puts as much forward weight as a blade 3" longer so if hacking your way through the jungle is how you roll, then you'll love this knife.  Works great for BBQ too... This knife has a blade forged fr (213 words) - [Great White North – BFHK](/content/products/great-white-north/index.html): There are so many little things I wanted to do with this knife you may not even notice them all.  Basically I wanted a big knife that was defined by it's curves...no straight lines anywhere.  Even the plunge grind is a long, sweeping grind line rather than my usual crisp, straight cut.  The soft "S" shape of the blade (259 words) - [Fang Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/fang-bowie/index.html): This big, Laminated Bowie has teeth in so many places, it just had to be called the "Fang Bowie".  From the toothed pattern in the laminated blade, to the sharp points on the ends of the guard (my new favorite guard shape), and of course with a Dragon Skin sheath you know there are fangs there as well.  "All bite and n (244 words) - [Textured Camp Knife – BFHK](/content/products/textured-camp-knife/index.html): This knife shows another version of the possibilities of texture, both on the blade, handle and leather.  I love this blade shape, classic, yet with a touch of the new.  It is big and fast in the hand with wonderful grip. The blade is 52100, forged from 1" round bar, and differentially tempered.  The spine is textured (236 words) - [agents-md.html](/content/agents-md.html) (490 words) - [Half-Light Bowie – BFHK](/content/products/half-light-bowie/index.html): This is another in a series of Half-Light fighters and bowies that feature monochromatic knives of only black and silver tones.  This meduim-sized bowie is forged from a mosaic Damascus made up of straight and twist pattern steel, re-oriented on the end grain, so to speak.  The blade was forged to shape and although it (224 words) - [Matched Camp Knife / Hunter Sets – BFHK](/content/products/matched-camp-knife-hunter-sets/index.html): I have always loved the idea of sets.  They give you a way to have two knives that compliment each other not only in style and materials, but in function.  Camp knives work like an axe on steroids.  In cutting competitions, I have regularly chopped through a standard 2x4 in 5-6 seconds with a knife just like this.  The (218 words) - [Silk Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/silk-fighter/index.html): The silky blade of this fighter is 52100, forged from round bar and differentially tempered and hand-finished.  The guard is 416 stainless with a matching satin hand finish.  The handle is copper-color curly maple set so that the curl in the wood runs on a diagonal to the handle.  This ends up showing off a lot more of (172 words) - [Legacy Hunters - Laminated – BFHK](/content/products/legacy-hunters/index.html): When I started making knives, one of my very first knives was a hunter, as was the first knife of most every knife maker on the planet.  For me they were not only the first, but probably the most popular genre of knives I have made over the last 20+ years.  They are useful and practical, but they are also tricky.  The (334 words) - [Jappalachian Chef's Knives – BFHK](/content/products/jappalachian-chefs-knives/index.html): My standard kitchen cutlery is a fusion of Japanese and the Appalachian mountains, where I live.  Japanese-style cutlery is made very thin and very hard, while western cutlery is thicker and softer.  Mine is a blending of the two, leaning further toward the Japanese.  The Laminated steel blades are forged to thickness, (243 words) - [Damascus Santoku – BFHK](/content/products/damascus-santoku/index.html): The Santoku is probably the most versatile blade shape for general use in the kitchen.  This one has a Damascus steel blade with a satin finished stainless collar mated to a beautiful piece of desert ironwood.  The offset octagonal handle is my favorite.  It has evolved over the years, this knife was made circa 2009. (156 words) - [Jappalachian 2-Knife Chef's Sets – BFHK](/content/products/jappalachian-2-knife-chefs-sets/index.html): There's nothing better than a set to cover all your bases in the kitchen.  The offset, octagonal handle is one you will love after you've used it once.  Blades are Laminated steel with forge texture on the flats and hand-finished bevels.  Handles are stabilized woods with polished paper micarta bolsters for durability. (180 words) - [Spalted Seashell – BFHK](/content/products/spalted-seashell/index.html): This knife is a simple, almost elegantly simple shape.  Long curving edge, sweeping clip point, smooth dropped handle.  You could add a lot more to a knife like this, but it would be easy to lose something along the way.  A few weeks before I made this knife, we were on the beach in the Outer Banks of North Carlolina a (219 words) - [Laminated Knife #1](/content/products/laminated-knife-1/index.html): This Japanese-style santoku was the very first Laminated steel blade I ever made.  It was made in 2005 after several attempts, and was in daily use in my kitchen until 2012 when I decided to retire it.  It still looks almost exactly the same as the photo, but as it was the first successful blade made from a steel that (236 words) - [Chef's Knives – BFHK](/content/collections/chefs-knives/index.html): A Chef's Knife is a knife that belongs to the chef, not to the kitchen.  It is personal and it's valuable. (152 words) - [Bonsai Tanto – BFHK](/content/products/bonsai-tanto/index.html): The first knife I ever made was a small chisel-point tanto, so this knife is a little bit back to my roots.  The blade is forged from a mosaic Damascus that looks like flowers spinning in the wind.  The point is much more traditionally shaped, unlike the American tanto, with a sweeping swedge grind that gives the blade (311 words) - [Stag Integrals – BFHK](/content/products/stag-integrals/index.html): You can't make a more elegant, more simple knife than an integral carbon steel blade with a beautiful handle material.  These are a couple examples of knives forged from round bar, hand finished, and handled in Sambar stag. (133 words) - [Rustic Shovelnose Camp Knife – BFHK](/content/products/rustic-shovelnose-camp-knife/index.html): One of the unheralded benefits of forging is the design aspect.  If I were to sit down with a blank piece of paper, I would never come up with some of the lines and shapes that I would see during the forging process.  Late last year while I was teaching a bladesmithing class, I saw ABS Mastersmith Adam DesRosiers worki (295 words) - [Spalted Integral Dirk – BFHK](/content/products/spalted-integral-dirk/index.html): This is one of the most universally-loved blade shapes of all time.  The blade looks like a chef's knife and a weapon all at the same time.  One of the reasons it is so timeless is that it is almost impossible to make a knife blade with a simpler shape - and yet the subtlety of the proportions and curves means you coul (250 words) - [Darkside Knives – BFHK](/content/products/dark-side-knives/index.html): The Dark Side knife was born out of a desire for a great looking, minimalist knife that was easy to carry, practical, and that I would want to carry personally.  Years later after several new models, they continue to be the knives I carry every day.  They are forged and left with forge texture on the sides for characte (207 words) - [Blue Collar Hunters – BFHK](/content/products/blue-collar-hunters/index.html): The Blue Collar hunter has for years been my basic, workhorse hunting and daily carry knife.  The size and shape of the blade and handle make it the ideal knife for hunting and camp tasks as well as the daily cardboard box or rope.  These knives are all made with my stainless / carbon laminated steel in a random ladder (228 words) - [Musk Ox CLI – BFHK](/content/products/musk-ox-cli/index.html): The CLI, or Composite Laminated Integral is a Laminated steel blade with the core steel only in the blade.  The pattern of the exposed core literally shows every hammer blow required to bring the blade to the shape you see here.  Each movement of the steel distorts that core, and leaves that distortion forever in the p (388 words) - [Military Knives – BFHK](/content/collections/military-knives/index.html): Tough enough for fighting men and women around the world.  (See, I have to include "women" to be P.C., but now it just sounds like domestic violence.)  Fighting men.  That sounds better... (184 words) - [Textured Cleaver – BFHK](/content/products/textured-cleaver/index.html): This, yet another high-brow work horse, is built as the ultimate chopper.  Now, a chopper is meant for chopping - not little sticks, pussy willows and daisies, but heavy wood and limbs.  The cleaver style blade puts more weight forward, and gives a longer usable cutting edge than any other blade style.  Warning: If you (299 words) - [American Bolo – BFHK](/content/products/american-bolo/index.html): I've dubbed this an American Bolo, because of the strong Philippine Bolo influence, blended with a clip point and a handle shape that has become a favorite of mine on large knives.  The Blade is forged from 1095, satin finished on the flats, forge-textured on the spine, and clay-hardened to show a beautiful hamon.  It (318 words) - [Laminated Chopper – BFHK](/content/products/laminated-chopper/index.html): A Laminated blade of 416 stainless with a 1095 core looks super cool, and is about as practical as you can get in a true cutting tool.  While the core gives all the benefits of a high carbon steel (strength, edge holding), the stainless sides add their own qualities (low maintenance, toughness) to create a package that (349 words) - [Half-Light Fighter – BFHK](/content/products/half-light-fighter/index.html): Half-light is that point where the sun has set but dark has not yet set in.  It's twilight, but half-light is a much cooler word, and works so well for a black and white knife.  This slick, fast, fighter has all the feel and practicality of a true fighting knife, yet has the elegance of an art knife.  Fast from a balan (330 words) - [Daggers – BFHK](/content/collections/daggers/index.html): Before you could call 9-1-1, this was how you handled dangerous situations. (103 words) - [Standard Models – BFHK](/content/collections/standard-models/index.html): I make these knives in small groups a few times a year.  They are my most requested knives and are generally available a couple times a year.  But if you want one, please email me and let me know... (196 words) - [Jungle Sword – BFHK](/content/products/jungle-sword/index.html): My first foray into the world of swords, the world of wood carving and a couple other things as well. This blade was by far the largest piece I had made to date (2009). Several years ago I built a heat treating oven for sword blades, but had never had occasion to use it until this piece.  This blade is forged from a 1" (311 words) - [Fighters – BFHK](/content/collections/fighters/index.html): Light, fast and pointy, Fighters are the knife you would take to a gunfight. (130 words) - [Bowie Knives – BFHK](/content/collections/bowie-knives/index.html): The knives made legendary by Jim Bowie live on as new incarnations of speed, elegance and danger. (136 words) - [Accessories – BFHK](/content/collections/accessories/index.html): Non-pointy items from Burt's shop... (111 words) - [Axes](/content/collections/axes/index.html) (87 words) - [Damascus Steel – BFHK](/content/collections/damascus-steel/index.html): ...also known as folded or pattern-welded steel is made from carefully fusing different alloys of steel together and manipulating them into and endless variety of patterns.  All of my Damascus steel is completely functional and will stand alongside my other knives in hard-use environments.  Looks nice on display too... (167 words) - [Hunters – BFHK](/content/collections/hunters/index.html): The most fun you can have putting meat in the freezer. (140 words) - [Laminated Steel – BFHK](/content/collections/laminated-steel/index.html): Spending over five years to perfect the process of Laminating stainless steel to carbon steel, I was the first bladesmith to popularize a process once reserved for factory-made steel and bring the entire process under one roof. (155 words) - [Class 1](/content/pages/class-gallery/index.html): [powr-multi-slider id=b1f8036c_1493158747], , Multi Slider by POWr - 9530142, Multi Slider by POWr - 9530142 (219 words) - [EDC (Every Day Carry) – BFHK](/content/collections/edc-every-day-carry/index.html): Better to have it and not need it, then to need it and not have it. (167 words) - [Camp Knives – BFHK](/content/collections/camp-knives/index.html): The original low-emission chainsaw, Camp Knives combine brutal toughness and elegance. (137 words) - [Live Event – BFHK](/content/pages/live-event/index.html):  Thanks to everyone who came to the first ever Live From Bristol event, and to all of you who watched and participated from around the world online.  We had a blast!   For a complete description of the finished sword, click here. http://burtfoster.com/products/asdfasdf The blade was sold via silent auction.  In the spi (249 words) - [Knives – BFHK](/content/collections/knives/index.html) (102 words) - [Gallery – BFHK](/content/collections/gallery/index.html): The Gallery is an archive of knives I have made over the years.  Use the Galleries drop-down menu to browse for knives by type.  I am still adding knives, so check back...  (151 words) - [Available – BFHK](/content/collections/available/index.html): These are products that are currently for sale. (186 words) - [About Me – BFHK](/content/pages/about-us/index.html): I think my love of knives came from the deep desire to run.  Not the kind of running where you put on short pants and burn a lot of calories.  I'm talking about the sitting in school and staring out the window kind of desire; that yearning to be out in the world surrounded by all the beauty and all the danger.  Indoors (716 words) - [gallery template – BFHK](/content/pages/gallery-template/index.html): asdfasdf asdfasdf asdfasdf (77 words) - [Galleries – BFHK](/content/pages/edc-gallery/index.html): Because my knives are all handmade, there have been countless examples that are truly one of a kind.  Some of these knives evolved to become regular models, while others were made one time and never again.  Below are examples of some of the pieces I've made over the years...   Regular Models     Hunters and EDC's Bowie (141 words) - [Bladesmithing – BFHK](/content/pages/bladesmithing/index.html): Bladesmithing, to me, is the craft of creating the forged blade using the best tools and materials to make the finest knives possible.  I have no objection to using the most modern tools I can afford, and yet many of the best tools for the job are the ones that a smith from hundreds of years ago would recognize immedia (1,075 words) - [News – BFHK](/content/blogs/news/index.html) (2,463 words) - [Blood, Sweat and Years – BFHK](/content/blogs/news/56573699-blood-sweat-and-years/index.html): When I started making knives I was 28 years old. I had a new baby girl, a new little house...life was simple. I bought some tools and set up a little shop in my 2-car garage. Blink my eyes and Boom, my little girl is six-feet tall, I have another son and daughter, I don't work in that little garage anymore , I don't li (7,907 words) - [No longer in the 1990's – BFHK](/content/blogs/news/14528087-no-longer-in-the-1990s/index.html): Wanting to take advantage of that newfangled inter-web-net, in 2002 I paid a college student to build my first website.  Being what college students are, a year later I had to take over the work myself, which seems perfectly logical since I new nothing about computers and didn't care to learn.  You know, if you want ru (553 words) - [Why I Write](/content/blogs/news/19145795-why-i-write/index.html): I have this blog on the new website, because I've decided to write more this year. I guess it's partly because I think have something to say – the curse of all bloggers. The allusions at my wit and wisdom are junk food for my ego. I'd be dishonest if I said that wasn't at least part of my desire to write. I hope that n (1,206 words) - [Combat #5 – BFHK](/content/products/combat-5/index.html): The Combat #5 is the big brother to the versatile Combat #4.  It's the same knife but with a 2" longer blade and an integral double guard.   The blade is forged from my stainless / carbon laminated steel (420 stainless with a 1095 core).  There is forge texture left on the ricasso and spine of the blade.  The knife is (305 words) - [Talon EDC – BFHK](/content/products/talon-edc/index.html): Purpose designed as an Every Day Carry knife, the Talon has remained one of my most popular regular models.  From the shape of the handle to the grind of the blade, each curve is intentional and makes up one of the most useful and carry-able knives you've ever had. Made with Laminated and sometimes Damascus blades, the (181 words) - [Burt Foster Handmade Knives – BFHK](/content/pages/frontpage/index.html): custom knife, forged knife, master blade smith, master bladesmith, damascus steel, laminated steel, bowie knife, military knife, fighting knife (148 words) ## About Pages - [Contact – BFHK](/content/pages/contact/index.html): Burt Foster Handmade Knives23697 Archery Range RoadBristol, VA 24202Phone:  423-366-8009... or you can email meI live and work in southwest Virginia, and if you're ever going to be in the area and you'd like to stop by, please give me a call.  I'd love to have you.  (131 words) ## Resources - [Full Page Index](/index.html): Browse all cached pages with rich metadata - [About This Cache](/about.html): Methodology, technical details, and usage guidelines - [XML Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap for crawler discovery - [Robots.txt](/robots.txt): Crawler directives - [Agentsite Network](https://agentsite.network/network.html): Public index of Agentsites and their machine-readable resources