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[icebear]

Here are two from Africa.

This one is from the Samburu people in northern Kenya. There's a national park up there, which harbored Kenya's only population of the white rhino. I'm not sure if the rhinos are still around or not; they were badly decimated by poaching and habitat loss. The local people set up stands outside the park gate to sell souvenirs. This knife was made for the tourist trade, but it's quite sharp and identical to the traditional knives many of the people still use. I got this in the mid-70's when I lived in Kenya.


This one is from somewhere in East Africa, but I don't recall exactly where. Most likely Ethiopia, but possibly Somalia, Sudan, or northern Kenya. The handle is probably cow horn.

 

[waterwolf]

 

[waterwolf]

I used to have all these and more, however I kept only one.

 

[bloorooster]

Amazing collection of Puma Knives W/W ! The Gamekeeper is one I’d not yet seen.

 

[ERP]

Very nice knives everyone....
This knife is nothing spectacular, but the sheath is a one of a kind. Down under knives...
Real crocodile and stitched with kangaroo.
A movie prop company commissioned this in Austria and somehow I ended up with it.
Crockadile Dundee movie helped the big knife population grow for sure.

 

[bloorooster]

Cool ERP
That is a fine looking six string knife display..Breedlove?

 

[ERP]

Cool ERP
That is a fine looking six string knife display..Breedlove?

Takamine Ltd Edition of 100 with Madagascar Rosewood back and sides.

 

[icebear]

Waterwolf's giant folder reminds me of the Italian folding bayonets for the 1938 model 7.35mm Carcano-Terni carbine. Finland had some of these in the Continuation War, but they were mainly issued to rear-echelon units. I used to have one, but it wasn't SA marked so I let it go in order to get rid of an extra Terni I didn't want.

 

[icebear]

Here's another one from Finland. This is a civilian-sale version of the puukko issued to Finnish special forces. There's a multi-purpose hanger on the other side of the scabbard that can be used to hang it from various kinds of load-bearing equipment.

 

[waterwolf]

Waterwolf's giant folder reminds me of the Italian folding bayonets for the 1938 model 7.35mm Carcano-Terni carbine. Finland had some of these in the Continuation War, but they were mainly issued to rear-echelon units. I used to have one, but it wasn't SA marked so I let it go in order to get rid of an extra Terni I didn't want.
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That is very interesting. I had never seen one before.

 

[icebear]

That is very interesting. I had never seen one before.

Here it is open. The rifle is a Finnish contract gun, marked with SA. The bayonet in the photo is not Finn marked, which is why I let it go.

 

[waterwolf]

Working knives. Since I took the photos, several have been sold or given away. (5 of the laminated-steel Mora knives on the right are brand new. I bought them last fall at a local gunshow for $7. (US) each.) My favorite knives these days are the laminated-stainless Helle, Norway knives (bought used) and the big-handled Finnish Puukkos, all on the left. I like the big birch handles. You can easily reshape them a bit to fit your hand.

The last photo is of my butchering knives. Wostenholm, Sabatier, Henckels, etc. I get these at thrift stores and flea markets. I like the old carbon steel filleting knives for de-boning deer/moose, very flexible, rubbery. The one with the dark handle (Ruko, Solingen, top photo, center) cost $3. at a flea market and has the best ergonomic fit of any knife handle I have tried. I got rid of the stainless Finnish Rapalla filleting knife next to it. Maybe okay for fish but not flexible enough for de-boning venison.

 

[waterwolf]

Here it is open. The rifle is a Finnish contract gun, marked with SA. The bayonet in the photo is not Finn marked, which is why I let it go.
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I am impressed by that bayonet. Is it Italian made? Roughly what year would it have been made? Where could I get more information on it? I am not really up on the world of bayonets.

 

[paulsonconstruction]

Working knives. Since I took the photos, several have been sold or given away. (5 of the laminated-steel Mora knives on the right are brand new. I bought them last fall at a local gunshow for $7. (US) each.) My favorite knives these days are the laminated-stainless Helle, Norway knives (bought used) and the big-handled Finnish Puukkos, all on the left. I like the big birch handles. You can easily reshape them a bit to fit your hand.

The last photo is of my butchering knives. Wostenholm, Sabatier, Henckels, etc. I get these at thrift stores and flea markets. I like the old carbon steel filleting knives for de-boning deer/moose, very flexible, rubbery. The one with the dark handle (Ruko, Solingen, top photo, center) cost $3. at a flea market and has the best ergonomic fit of any knife handle I have tried. I got rid of the stainless Finnish Rapalla filleting knife next to it. Not flexible enough.

I believe in the knife world that would be called an "arsenal". Very nice array!

 

[icebear]

I am impressed by that bayonet. Is it Italian made? Roughly what year would it have been made? Where could I get more information on it? I am not really up on the world of bayonets.

That bayonet is Italian, WWII era. It was made for, and issued with, the Model 38 (1938) Carcano-Terni 7.35mm short rifle. There was a belt scabbard to carry the bayonet in the folded position. Finland bought several thousand of those rifles and an unknown quantity of bayonets in its scramble for arms in the Winter War. The Italian rifles were not highly regarded by the troops, who preferred the familiar (and much more rugged and powerful) Finnish Mosin Nagants. The Ternis were mostly issued to rear-echelon troops, to avoid the logistical problem posed by a different caliber of ammunition. The Finnish connection is the reason I have one in my collection; apart from that I know rather little about Italian arms. The Italians did build cavalry carbines with integral folding bayonets, but I don't know of any other detachable folding bayonet like the one in the photo. The SKS rifle and an early version of the Chinese AK also had integral folding bayonets.

The Italian folding bayonet is in demand among collectors and goes for $200-400. I would like to find one with the Finnish SA property mark to go with the rifle.

 

[waterwolf]

I believe in the knife world that would be called an "arsenal". Very nice array!

Tip of the iceberg.

Here is a photo of a portion of my former collection of stag. Now all sold or given away.

 

[icebear]

Tip of the iceberg.

Here is a photo of a portion of my former collection of stag. Now all sold or given away.

Some very good looking knives there!

 

[bloorooster]

I have a thing for old pocket knives too…

 

[280 Hunter]

Couple of custom knives from a New Zealand maker that I had special ordered. Top one is a special piece that was a long time coming- Bog oak handle with mammoth tusk bolster and a stone washed blade. Both the tusk and oak are aged at 10k years.

 

[icebear]

Both the tusk and oak are aged at 10k years.

Nice. Where's the whisky that was aged with them?