A Portrait of Value

ThePeacent said:
I can tell you some

Top - machete from Tramontina, Brazil
Below - Mora fixed blade, Sweden
Left top - ?
Right top - Okapi folding knife, S.Africa
Second Left - Douk Douk, France
Second Right - Opinel, France
Third left - Mercator, Germany
Third Right - MAM, Portugal
Fourth Left - Higonokami, Japan
Fourth Right - Svord folder, New Zealand

I only miss a Swiss Army Knife, a Sardinian folder and those are all the true classics that come to mind immediately. Great worldwide icons collection, 42!!
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I believe that top left is a Case Sodbuster, in stainless.

I'm no expert on traditionals though.
 
If Cold Steel's version of the ratchet knife counts then I have six of the classics posted here. My favorite is the Douk Douk and the Mercator.
 
Svord makes a Peasant with a clip blade, now. That's a nice knife. I just need to find it with the natural wood handle (I found it with different plastic handle colours and a "traffic light" (red / yellow / green) wooden one. No, thanks. I wish they would still use L6 steel. Although, Jon Baker knows his steel. I bet the new steel is OK.
 
herisson said:
Svord makes a Peasant with a clip blade, now. That's a nice knife. I just need to find it with the natural wood handle (I found it with different plastic handle colours and a "traffic light" (red / yellow / green) wooden one. No, thanks. I wish they would still use L6 steel. Although, Jon Baker knows his steel. I bet the new steel is OK.
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I wasn't aware of the clip point peasant. Although, after looking at it, I'm not really interested, as I find the normal blade profile looks better to me. I also hadn't seen their "micro" peasants (1 7/8in blade), nor their "Giant" peasant (8.5in blade!), so those were interesting to learn about as well.

From what I understand, 15N20 is very similar to L6 steel. L6 has a few more "ingredients" in it from what I can see, but quite small amounts.

I ripped these numbers from an old thread on the differences between 15N20 and L6, and I haven't fact checked them. So take them for what its worth.

15n20
c .75%
mn .5%
ni 2%
si .25%
fe bal

L-6
c .75%
mn .70%
si .25%
cr .80%
ni 1.5%
mo .30%
fe bal

So I guess I'm not personally too worried about the differences between the two, but it is worth noting that they are different.
 
ThePeacent said:
I can tell you some

Top - machete from Tramontina, Brazil
Below - Mora fixed blade, Sweden
Left top - ?
Right top - Okapi folding knife, S.Africa
Second Left - Douk Douk, France
Second Right - Opinel, France
Third left - Mercator, Germany
Third Right - MAM, Portugal
Fourth Left - Higonokami, Japan
Fourth Right - Svord folder, New Zealand

I only miss a Swiss Army Knife, a Sardinian folder and those are all the true classics that come to mind immediately. Great worldwide icons collection, 42!!
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Thank you so much the Peacent for the added info. It is an awesome collection 42 and I can appreciate it more so now that I know what I'm looking at. I now have some new ones to focus on to add to the collection. I only have the mora and opinel.
 
FortyTwo: Do the Tramontina come with sheaths or do you have some that can be purchased?

Thanks!
 
They don't come with one, but will fit most generic sheaths. The toughest thing is finding ones for 14" machetes. The bolos don't fit in generic sheaths, obviously, due to their different shape. However, one of these traditional Italian belt hooks will fit nearly any machete, regardless of shape. Walking longer distances you'd obviously want to just keep it in your hand, but for shorter distances or when you need both hands free for a moment and don't want to toss the machete in the dirt it works great.

[video=youtube;X623MwrkM8Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X623MwrkM8Y[/video]
 
smilk327 said:
What kind of small machete is that?
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My old man made that from a English machete bought at a surplus store in the mid 1950's. Dad kept it in his car truck as a go-to woods knife to augment his edc pocket knife. Used it on campouts, fishing trips, and even as a ham slicer once. Dad passed away in 1981, and I started to use his stuff. To date, that machete has a lot of use on it. Someitmes I use it, and sometimes I use a 12 inch Ontario. I've found dad's idea of a machete and a pocket knife really does cover it all.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
Figured it was about time to take a "family photo" of these guys. A lot of bang for the buck in one picture, and not a one of them made in China. Countries represented include (from top to bottom, left to right) Brazil, Sweden, America, South Africa, France (twice), Germany, Portugal, Japan, and New Zealand. These are but a few of the most famous "penny knives" (and machete) out there, but many of the icons are shown here.

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They don't look like they have even been out of the house!

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Yup. Photos from inventory. I own a number of them personally, though, and they've earned their dings, scratches, and patinas. :D
 
smilk327 said:
Thank you so much the Peacent for the added info. It is an awesome collection 42 and I can appreciate it more so now that I know what I'm looking at. I now have some new ones to focus on to add to the collection. I only have the mora and opinel.
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You're welcome! I still have to get a real Okapi, especially if it's half as good as Cold Steel's reincarnation of such classic design

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all these are really timeless designs, very nice start with those 2 European symbols! :thumbup:
 
I need to get an Okapi. Otherwise, I have all of those. In the meantime, a CS Kudu will have to do. .

The Opinels and the Moras get the most use. The Tramontina is brand new and unused as the brushy season is still a couple of months away here. It came so sharp from Benjamin that a guy could put his eye out.

The Opinels and Moras are the knives that led me to this forum. The rest I discovered here.
 
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