Pro Rockstar
Price $375.00
Product Details
Blade Length 3.125
Overall Length 7.5
Closed Length 4.375
Weight (oz) 4.9
Source Previously owned
Additional Specs
Knife Type Tip Down Clip
Blade Material 154 CM
Blade Details Clip Point
Handle Material Metallic
Other Details Tactical
About the Maker
Burke, Jim
"In 1989 I made my first knife; it wasn’t much, just a straight blade. I would have been about 15 at the time. I picked this up from my father, who picked it up from a distant uncle. As the years passed I continued to make a knife every now and then as my interest in cutlery grew. In 1994 I made the decision that I would enter into the profession of Law Enforcement. It didn’t take long for me to decide I needed a tough folding knife to carry while on duty. I looked at many production model folders at the time and none of them really suited me. So, my father and I took to the task of figuring out how to build a liner locking folder. This turned out to be a bit of an adventure, due to the fact that we had no help whatsoever. I only had pictures I had found in magazines to go by so we ended up building three prototypes before finding the right combination of utility and combat. Hence, my first knife design, The Number One Utility Folder was born. I ended up making them for fellow officers and friends for nothing more than material fees. Since 2005 Burke Knives has been bringing customers high quality edged tools. During this time we have made cutlery for Soldiers and high end collectors alike. I know we can provide you with a high quality product, one that will last you a lifetime. After all we will still be here, and we will always make combat essential edged tools."
Burke Production Knives
Burke Production Knives is a new production knife company comprised of Custom Knife Maker Jim Burke and CNC specialist Lee Nottingham Jr.Jim has been making custom knives for about 17 years, staring out as a part-time maker and has moved on to full-time making. Jim draws on his background in Law Enforcement and Security Consulting to create purpose driven knife designs.Lee is the Production Manager and he has an extensive background as an Applications Engineer in CNC Programming & Prototyping as well as overseeing production runs of specialty parts (outside of the knife industry) for companies all across the Southern region of the United States.Lee uses his skills to build the knives and Jim inspects each knife as if it was one of his custom pieces and does final sharpening of each one before it leaves the shop.About a year and a half ago, they had the idea to get Burke Production knives started and after a lot of work they are proud to have debuted their first folder model, the Rockstar, at Blade Show 2008.