{"title":"Camp Knives","description":"The original low-emission chainsaw, Camp Knives combine brutal toughness and elegance.","products":[{"product_id":"american-bolo","title":"American Bolo","description":"\u003cp\u003eI'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 was all I could do to restrain myself from putting the hours necessary into a sublime hand-finish that would showcase the subtlety of the hamon, but I resisted because that goes against the whole idea of keeping the costs down while squeezing in as much character as possible.  The handle is natural (not stabilized) Brazilian rosewood that I've had for several years in my dry box.  Modern, acrylic-impregnated stabilized wood just seemed wrong on this knife, while the natural rosewood and the hammer-peened copper pins seemed just right.  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEven the sheath was \"rusticated\" with a special technique I've developed over the years that is top-secret.  OK, I'll tell you...  I have a rock I like that I roll and pound and press into the leather 'til it looks just right.  :-)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis monster of a knife has a 16\" blade, with an overall of 21.5\".  The blade is just over 2\" at the widest point as is 3\/8\" thick at the ricasso with a distal taper and a tapered tang.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burt Foster Handmade Knives","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1154918499,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/9381\/products\/camp43-1200.jpg?v=1423006300"},{"product_id":"jungle-sword","title":"Jungle Sword","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eMy 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThis blade is forged from a 1\" round bar of 52100, and differentially tempered for a hard edge and a spring back.  The blade has a tapered tang and distal taper in the blade so it is surprisingly light and fast. In fact, this blade is a fraction of an ounce less than my personal 10\" camp knife! The blade is hand finished on the flats, and mirror polished on the tang and spine. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe handle is another new adventure for me....carving. I was inspired by some heavily \"rusticated\" smoking pipes that I really liked. The desert ironwood is deeply sand blasted with a mask on the scroll area. The scroll was carved out to give it some visual depth and the perimeter is smooth and polished. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe scabbard is heavy duty premium leather with an ironwood escutcheon sandblasted and finished to compliment the handle and then sewn to the sheath.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe blade is 15.25\" long with an overall length of 20.75\" \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burt Foster Handmade Knives","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1155148135,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/9381\/products\/bowie-061-1000.jpg?v=1423011957"},{"product_id":"laminated-chopper","title":"Laminated Chopper","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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 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style.  Warning: If you do not have any spare lumber or dead trees close at hand when you first hold the knife, you will likely lay into the furniture before you know what's happening.  So get the wood, get it ready, and save the kitchen table.  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThis blade is forged from W-2 and clay-hardened for a vivid hamon.  The spine is textured, while the rest of the blade has a fine hand-finish.  I like this look (as you probably know) because it offers such nice contrast while serving as a reminder to it's forged birth.  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe bolsters are butterfly mosaic Damascus of O-1 and 15N20.  The handle scales are beautiful stabilized English walnut, secured with domed nickel silver pins and a lined lanyard hole.  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe sheath is a pouch style, tooled with a quilted pattern, flanked by faux overlay of black leather.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe 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that begged to be used for something special.  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe blade is forged, clay hardened 1095.  The hamon is my signature \"flocked\" pattern.  The bolster and pins are hammer-peened copper, aged just a little so that it has already begun to show some wonderful color patina.  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe elk antler itself presented some interesting choices.  It had wonderful color, texture, and shape, but it is still a natural material so it was not perfectly symmetrical.  This resulted in the first knife I have ever made that actually shows a preference for a right-handed user.  There is a curve and a hollow on one side that is less present on the other, and as a right-handed user the fingers just drop into that hollow perfectly.  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe sheath has a unique retaining system that prevents the knife from being drawn straight out, but requires it to be pulled to the rear before it can be drawn.  The sheath is tooled with a distressed pattern, then bordered with my campfire pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eBlade is 10.5\" long, nearly 2.5\" wide, and has an overall of just under 16\"\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burt Foster Handmade Knives","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1156868667,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/9381\/products\/camp64-1200.jpg?v=1423058568"},{"product_id":"integral-cleaver","title":"Integral Cleaver","description":"\u003cp\u003eI 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis knife has a blade forged from 52100 round bar.  Heat treated in salt, blade is differentially tempered and hand-finished on the blade flats.  The tang, spine, and bolster are satin black.  Handle is black canvas micarta finished with my carved texture.  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSheath is tightly molded , and carries right handed.  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBlade is 6-3\/8\" long and over 2-1\/4\" wide at the widest point, with an overall of 11-3\/8\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burt Foster Handmade Knives","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1156949919,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/9381\/products\/camp67a-1000.jpg?v=1423060554"},{"product_id":"spalted-integral-dirk","title":"Spalted Integral Dirk","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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 could spend a lifetime mastering them.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe knife is forged from 52100 round bar, heat treated in salt, and differentially tempered.  The blade flats are hand-finished, and the rest of the steel is mirror polished.  I have been finishing integral knives like this for years, and I still love the contrast you can get in the same piece of steel.  The handle is stabilized, spalted maple with domed nickel silver pins.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSheath is a pouch style with a \"V\" notch belt loop and \"rack gear\" tooling.  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBlade is 7\" long with an overall of 12\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burt Foster Handmade Knives","offers":[{"title":"Default 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clay-hardened blades and Damascus fittings are available as well.  If you are interested in one let me know and we can talk about the details.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burt Foster Handmade Knives","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1161706495,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/9381\/products\/camp-hunter-012-1000.jpg?v=1423193338"},{"product_id":"great-white-north","title":"Great White North","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThere 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 is Laminated steel with a re-curved edge and a sweeping clip.  The bolsters are exploding stars in a field of night.  The handle is fossil walrus 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pins.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eDeep pouch sheath is made in my Dragonskin pattern and is crisply molded to the handle.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eBlade: 10-1\/8\"  Overall Length: 15-3\/8\"\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Burt Foster Handmade Knives","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1163185399,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/9381\/products\/camp80a-1200.jpg?v=1423237285"},{"product_id":"eastern-camp-knife","title":"Eastern Camp 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The forged blade is so close that very little grinding is needed to finalize the shape.  The steel is 1095.  It has all the natural forge texture left on the blade, except near the edge where the steel was ground and hand-finished to it's final edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe handle, perfectly matching the texture and polish of the blade, is white oak from used bourbon barrels.  The texture of the charred interior of the barrel is offset by the perimeter where it was sanded and finished, exposing the golden color of the oak.  The pins are hammer-peened copper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sheath is a deep pouch model in Dragonskin with a right-handed, \"V\" notch belt loop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlade length is 9\", overall length is 14.25\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burt Foster Handmade Knives","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1003691507733,"sku":"","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/9381\/products\/camp004.jpg?v=1512593327"},{"product_id":"wrought-camp-knife","title":"Wrought Camp Knife","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere'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.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bolsters are forged from a 19th century wrought iron wagon tire (pictured), and deeply etched to bring out the pattern.  The handle is spalted maple from right here on my property, all secured with domed nickel silver pins.  The deep pouch sheath is my Dragonskin pattern with a \"V\" notch belt loop for flexible carry.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlade length is 9\", with an overall length of a little over 14\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burt Foster Handmade Knives","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12363592597575,"sku":"","price":2100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/9381\/products\/camp101-1200.jpg?v=1532197584"},{"product_id":"damascus-bolo","title":"Damascus Bolo","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeeing an adult man in the Plilipine jungle without a bolo would be a rarity, as this knife is as much a part of daily life as clothing.  My bolo is forged from 200 layer woodgrain Damascus (52100 and 15N20), and left long and light, just like the real thing.  The distal taper keeps it fast while the wide belly out front gives it more power in a chop than you would have from a straight blade.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe handle is weathered wenge, a tone-wood that just begs to be finished like this, along with a bamboo rattan wrap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sheath is a deep pouch style in Dragonskin leather.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blade is 11.5\" long with an overall length of almost 17\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burt Foster Handmade Knives","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12363683070023,"sku":"","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/9381\/products\/camp100-1200.jpg?v=1532198480"},{"product_id":"rustic-camp-knife-1","title":"Rustic Camp Knife","description":"\u003cp\u003eRustic on purpose of course, like a well-worn waxed cotton jacket.  It says \"Yes, I meant to leave the house looking like this.\"  So if that's you....\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis blade is forged from 1\" round 52100 to the shape as you see it.  Even the bevels and tapered tang are forged to their finished shape with only minor grinding and hand-finishing in those areas to bring the blade to completion.  The forged areas are left dark for contrast.  The resulting knife is stout with some serious chopping...er...chops.  The handle is tiger maple once headed to Gibson Guitars but held back for lack of a suitable bookmatched piece, with the bamboo rattan wrap I like so much on knives like this.  The lanyard tube is lined with African Blackwood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe deep pouch sheath is distressed, again on purpose, in a highly technical and secretive process I developed in which I lay it on the road in front of my house and jump up and down on it.  Don't tell anyone.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blade is 9\" long with an overall of 14.25\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burt Foster Handmade Knives","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12363955044423,"sku":"","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/9381\/products\/camp99-1200.jpg?v=1532201343"},{"product_id":"l-s-recurve-camp","title":"L.S. 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The natural forge texture is visible everywhere except the satin finished areas around the perimeter and near the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe handle is curly maple secured with African blackwood pins.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe leather head case keeps it sharp and ready when you need it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe main cutting blade is 3\" long, the head is 6.25\" across and the overall length is 12.75\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(note: I have a couple of these, so the one you get may not be the one in the photo, but they are all essentially identical.)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burt Foster Handmade Knives","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17024501940295,"sku":"","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/9381\/products\/axe-001-web.jpg?v=1557184151"},{"product_id":"camp-axe-1","title":"Camp Axe +","description":"\u003cp\u003eI have been making forged camp axes for a few years now, but I've never offered any for sale.  The previous ones have just done duty here in the forest and I have made changes and improvements with each version.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis axe represents the best of what I've come to like about axe design, and they are spectacularly strong, durable and capable.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForged from 5160 with a hard head and a spring shaft, the main edge does wonders to limbs and the chisel spike is strong enough to drive through 1\/16\" mild steel plate at full-force without hardly a scratch (soup cans therefore, aren't much of a threat). 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