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    Some Interesting Knives

    As long as I was taking some pictures of my Buck knives, I decided to show some of the other more interesting knives I have.

    Here is one made from an old railroad spike that I was given for my birthday a while back. I have to be very careful when I pull this out of the box as the sheath was not made for this knife and the restraint does not restrain. Not one bit.



    A friend bought me this in Colorado. It is custom made and the handle is elk horn. This sheath was made for this knife.



    Last is a knife I bought back in about 1984-85 when on my first deployment. I bought it from a street vendor in La Madeleine, Italy for about $10, which at the time was about 20,000 lira. The only distinguishing marks on the blade are a 'B' and 'Rostfrei' written in cursive. Rostfrei is apparently German for stainless steel.



    When I get a good photo setup I will take some pictures of my Damascus steel knives. They are cool, but if I don't take good pictures of them the beauty of the blades is lost.
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    Turns out the lower knife was made by Frank Beltrame, that is what the B on the blade stands for. This same knife now costs about $100. I am pretty excited about that.
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    Did you twist the spike and is the blade welded to the spike or was the
    spike flattened?
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    Quote Originally Posted by l921428x View Post
    Did you twist the spike and is the blade welded to the spike or was the
    spike flattened?
    That knife is one continuous piece of metal. The blade is where the point of the spike would be and the top is twisted to form the handle. It is one piece of metal, though, not two separate pieces that were joined as far as I can tell. I get to look at a lot of welds in my job and if this was welded together it is the best weld I have ever seen!
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    Those are interesting. I've seen the spike knives before. The second knife with the elk handle looks like they used the blade and brass guard from a Buck Kalinga.

    http://www.buckknives.com/product/40...ife/0401RWS-B/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Richard Simmons View Post
    Those are interesting. I've seen the spike knives before. The second knife with the elk handle looks like they used the blade and brass guard from a Buck Kalinga.

    http://www.buckknives.com/product/40...ife/0401RWS-B/
    Yes it does look like they did. I think I can about read the name in his photo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Schuetzenman View Post
    Yes it does look like they did. I think I can about read the name in his photo.
    It actually says Colorado and has a picture of an elk. I will try to get a better picture later today to show it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ltorlo64 View Post
    It actually says Colorado and has a picture of an elk. I will try to get a better picture later today to show it.
    I really put the maximum enlargement on it. Can't really read it but I see the engraving seems to be made up of tiny dots or that's what it looks like on the screen. I also see two pins in the guard that aren't in the Buck. Must have had inspiration from that design of buck.

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    The last knife at this link is a Kalinga and you can see the pins that hold the guard in place.

    http://www.jaysknives.com/buck_5.htm
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