Bruno Duffort throwing knives.

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Bruno Duffort a french knifemaker has begin to produce throwing knive.

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They are Throwing Knive, replic of the throwing knives used by the trappers to XIXe.
they are bowies without guard has to launch.
"Blade in 45S7, handle: plates in collet riveted, not stuck, emoutures concave. It are not sharpened well on but make less than one mm with the edge with a small sharpening one can have a good knife of camp in addition to its first function "

A second set
Small throwing knive, forged those, inspired there per nothing, they are right voluntarily rustic.
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"Blade: 45S7, bevel punts, a leather thin strap holds place of handle each knife has its individual case, but one can attach them together when one wants to launch out them. one can like Ca attach of them 2 or 3 or + unit has the belt."

I love there design.

@ + ben
 
No i'm Benjamin :D, i'm a fan who like his knives (not only the thowring set), he made amazing bowie, primitive knifes.
I like share his production with the "world" in order to make discover him to some people.

His website.

http://knifemaker.free.fr/

@ + ben
 
The 1st set with screws on the handle don't look too promising. (handle breaking off, screw come loose, etc etc)
The 2nd set is the one to go for!
 
Thats why bruno has made the plate in leather an the pins with nail. It's really easy to change when it became "old".

@ + ben
 
Beautiful work! Reminds me of the McEvoy Randall thrower. Guess I won't be the first to repro them.
 
Interesting to see that name again. In addition to making knives and other Western gear (he's a Frenchman, and the French are kind of mad about the American West), he was well known for producing the most exacting and visually accurate models for various flightsims, primarily Combat Flight Simulator.

Back when the first version of that game was popular, Bruno did photo-realistic cockpits, superb "skins" (or textures; the outer surfaces of the aircraft) and flight models that were as accurate as the CFS fllight model allowed.

We had a whole group of fans that had weekly dogfights where we flew nothing but Bruno-created aircraft.
 
Looking at the website, a big one costs 210 euros, and a small one is 135 euros.
While owning of something like that could be fun, I can't really see myself throwing something of that cost and waiting until it breaks :D
 
Thats the good thing about a custom knife. It aint gonna break. The individual attention you can show each blade gives the maker the confidence to offer a lifetime guarantee.

What do those euros translate into bucks?
 
BrownBear said:
Looking at the website, a big one costs 210 euros, and a small one is 135 euros.
While owning of something like that could be fun, I can't really see myself throwing something of that cost and waiting until it breaks :D
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true for me. i would put it on the shelf and get some rust. I'll rather throw something cheap. usually below 40USD for 3 pieces....

Not that i've broken any throwing knives, yet.....
 
What do those euros translate into bucks?
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135.00 EUR = 172.396 USD
210.00 EUR = 268.172 USD

Again, I can see a place on a shelf for something like that, but I don't see myself throwing this pricey piece of art on my backyard on daily basis :)
 
BrownBear said:
135.00 EUR = 172.396 USD
210.00 EUR = 268.172 USD

Again, I can see a place on a shelf for something like that, but I don't see myself throwing this pricey piece of art on my backyard on daily basis :)
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Yeouch! Those are drawer queens. But I do throw a McEvoy model1 that is worth that pretty regular. It was used when I got it and I threw it for years before I knew what it was worth.

Anyone have some scans of a recent Tru-Bal catalog? Should be something similar in there for a decent price.
 
nope they will not break. and yes the handle is in hard leather like the original one , not in wood, and will not break . each knife is a unique item ( you will notice that the 2 knives are differents), handmade, in 45S7 steel , made with the 10 years of experience i have as full time knifemaker. i needed more than 6 hours to make them , including the heat treatmemt, and some days to test them.
comparing the price of one of this knife with a factory commercial product made at million of pieces has no sense. you cannot have the money to buy them, to be honnest i should not have it too, but you cant say it's expensive because it.s not. it could almost be considered as a lack of respect for all knifemakers and more generally to all artist and creators who try to hardly living with they job and passion if i should take offense, but of course i dont, it's just to explain some things people tend to forget. a unique item made by a craftman/artist/creator cannot be compared to a factory made item. in the other side, a item like this has to be better than a factory one but it' s not the only reason to choose it: some people dont want to have the same knife than millions of other people. they want an item made for them or at least made at only one piece.
some guys find very rare a mini-serie made by a factory like spiderco, buck or any other, and named 1, 2, 3 on the blade.Wow it's rare,it has a better value than the rest of the serie and is hard to find. But here, we dont talk about a knife made in large serie,even not in in small serie, but a unique item, made only zith a hand , a mind and a hammer.. simple, not really hard to make for a knifemaker, but wich wear the feeling of the guy who made it. this is what will think the guy who will buy it ( who bought it, because they are already sold). and this meeting between a creator and his customer has no equivalent in term of satisfacion and pleasure for the tzo parties . ;)
just my two cents ;)
 
Now we can assume that you are Bruno, HTM? If so, I would like to say you do some very beautiful work. I have spent some time at your website going thru your fine knives. I passed the link along to some Scagel collector friends of mine who have several original Scagels. They were impressed with your repros and commented that you have done a fantastic job of capturing the essence of the Scagel style. It is obvious that you have done extensive study on antique knives and have brought them to life with your art. Hats off to you my friend.
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Oops .. yes sorry, it' me ;) thks very much for this kind words. the most important thing in this kind of job is the meeting between people who speaks the same language. speaking about a passion and live with it because other people likes your job is always a surprise and always a pleasure ;
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You are right. I have met some of the most giving, sharing, talented people of my life thru bladesmithing. A wonderful community.
 
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