Anyone using a Ruana knife?

[Nrthfce]

Uh oh, someone has the Ruana bug... It's a blessing, not a curse.

My buddies cringed when I pulled out a knife ~80 years old and started cutting and processing meat off a freshly harvested elk, and I had to laugh as they repeatedly sharpened and stepped out of my way as I kept cutting though and packaged more meat than the two guys "helping" me.

It's completely weird for me to say, having never met the master, but I couldn't help but picture Rudy smiling. I haven't had the priveledge of meeting the Hangas' and whenever I drive through Bonner I wanna stop but never do because I am not sure they would/could understand or appreciate my infatuation with their knives or grandpa-like figurehead.

 

[Makael]

Uh oh, someone has the Ruana bug... It's a blessing, not a curse.

My buddies cringed when I pulled out a knife ~80 years old and started cutting and processing meat off a freshly harvested elk, and I had to laugh as they repeatedly sharpened and stepped out of my way as I kept cutting though and packaged more meat than the two guys "helping" me.

It's completely weird for me to say, having never met the master, but I couldn't help but picture Rudy smiling. I haven't had the priveledge of meeting the Hangas' and whenever I drive through Bonner I wanna stop but never do because I am not sure they would/could understand or appreciate my infatuation with their knives or grandpa-like figurehead.

You absolutely have to stop. They are absolutely some of the greatest people I have met. The first knife I picked up last Monday was after hours. The dad took my knife to his place so I got to meet Rudy's daughter and chat for awhile. I fell in love with the old school approach to the manufacturing they still use.

Let me know when you do stop even if it's to say hi. You will have alot in common with Vic. At 79 he still is making sheaths. One of the two he made for me and it is as cherished as the knife itself. He made the black one.

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