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While on the last trip to Peru in support of BNN Productions reality show, "Try Before You Die" I had a chance to use knives from JK Knives, Landi, RAT Cutlery, Breeden, Tramontina, Bladetech, Blind Horse, and the long awaited K-Bar Becker Necker. Of course they were not all mine but on trips like this we all use each others knives and the local Peruvians with us and at the villages all help out too. There were honestly more knives than time and lets not forget the film crew, that was the main reason we were there in the first place.
I can't get into the details of all the knives but wanted to share some knives from the custom knifemakers around here. Keep in mind that it could be difficult to catch everything these knives were used for. I would often put a knife down and walk away just to come back a find some nice trap, camp craft or meal done by the knife I lent them. Additionally, the many places we visited in Peru all had their own form of cutlery which usually included a broken kitchen knife and a few machetes. I can't stress enough how sharing knives and machetes is a normal thing and I never worried about someone taking my knife and never seeing it again. What I am saying is that I lent out knives and tried to photo as many tasks with them as I could catch, it was hard. When there is a Caiman being butchered and potatoes and chicken being made it is quite a task to run back and fourth to catch the action. To us it seemed like some real nice knife use but to them it really is a way of life.
A few knife clips of some custom knives from Breeden and JK Knives taken from the knife use section of the Jungle Trip July 08' thread.
Breeden Knives Kat-Blade length 4-inches, Handle 4-inches, 3/32-inch thick, convex edge, 01 steel
Cutting Caiman tail
French Fries?
That's a fuzz stick from a nice convex edge
As you can see there are no kitchen or woods knives here, just knives.
Breeden Knives
http://www.myspace.com/breedenknives
tacklebreeden@yahoo.com
402 300-0058
I can't get into the details of all the knives but wanted to share some knives from the custom knifemakers around here. Keep in mind that it could be difficult to catch everything these knives were used for. I would often put a knife down and walk away just to come back a find some nice trap, camp craft or meal done by the knife I lent them. Additionally, the many places we visited in Peru all had their own form of cutlery which usually included a broken kitchen knife and a few machetes. I can't stress enough how sharing knives and machetes is a normal thing and I never worried about someone taking my knife and never seeing it again. What I am saying is that I lent out knives and tried to photo as many tasks with them as I could catch, it was hard. When there is a Caiman being butchered and potatoes and chicken being made it is quite a task to run back and fourth to catch the action. To us it seemed like some real nice knife use but to them it really is a way of life.
A few knife clips of some custom knives from Breeden and JK Knives taken from the knife use section of the Jungle Trip July 08' thread.
Breeden Knives Kat-Blade length 4-inches, Handle 4-inches, 3/32-inch thick, convex edge, 01 steel
Cutting Caiman tail
French Fries?
That's a fuzz stick from a nice convex edge
As you can see there are no kitchen or woods knives here, just knives.
Breeden Knives
http://www.myspace.com/breedenknives
tacklebreeden@yahoo.com
402 300-0058
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