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That blade has a very Argentinean Gaucho flavor to it. It might be intended as a kitchen knife, but an Argentinean will do wonders with it preparing a proper "asado" (grill) with it. It would do great as an all around field knife too. Maybe not too hefty like a Bowie, but much more practical for most chores other than chopping wood or bone. That's an important blade as knives go. Mr. Bose most certainly knows his knives.
Now I def wanna BBQ a small half a deer!!
Its bringing out the Gaucho in me
-Vince
Even on his Flat ground blades,he puts that kick a$$ swedge on there.
You all know why,don't you?
-Vince![]()
Tony likes to do something easy once in a while so he cranked this one out yesterdayHe calls it the LDC ("Lil Dumplin" Carver). I don't make this stuff up.
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I'm not sure of the length but it's handled in ebony, made of 154CM and flatground to nearly a zero edge.
Am I seeing it right that the swedge is only on one side? I've seen this done on some nice old kitchen knives that have quite thin blades (I have an old OVB small butchers knife like that) -- it's a nice touch since the swedge can be more dramatic by being only on one side, and it still works just as well to thin out the blade spine for slicing.
This is a real user Tony has put together...a 4" green canvas BP, ground finished handle and bolsters, CPM-440V drop point blade and spring, scro..uh...bullock shield, Bose-a-licious goodness in a nice, neat package.
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