De leon knife

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any one know much about this maker all i could find out about him was he learned from ralph bone. i have one of his knives but do not know any thing about him. i think he has been around for a while?
 
I met him at a Dallas gun show some years ago. Super nice guy. He had a display
table there. I believe he told me he lived in Lubbock Texas if memory serves.
 
I don't know much about him either, but I do have a subhilt made by him. It is a good solid well made knife, that came with a VERY sturdy sheath. Nothing fancy but one you could put through rugged use and be confident with.

Peter
 
I have several of his blades. Very well made. Handles on some models run rather large but I think that is a good thing.

Good solid maker in my mind, just doesn't get a lot of press.
 
Years ago I owned a bunch of his knives. Absolutely solid maker with damn good, functional knives.

Bob
 
He once made knives for Orvis, back in the late 70s 0r early 80s. I seemed to recall, tho not sure from where, that he served in Vietnam, possibly special forces, and his designs for fighting knives stem from that experience. I used to see him at Houston gun shows, yet havent for years now. Super nice guy. I have some of his knives, and they are excellent.
 
ohen cepel said:
I have several of his blades. Very well made. Handles on some models run rather large but I think that is a good thing.

Good solid maker in my mind, just doesn't get a lot of press.
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This is a shot in the dark. I have a few of Mr. DeLeon's knives. Do you have any of the material that shows what knives he had available?
He passed away some years ago.
 
crfloyd said:
This is a shot in the dark. I have a few of Mr. DeLeon's knives. Do you have any of the material that shows what knives he had available?
He passed away some years ago.
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Sorry, don't have any paperwork nor literature on his knives. I think I am down to one of them now, if any. Brother has one that I think he is looking to move, no sheath with it IIRC. Larger fighter I think, maybe a Jungle Bowie or some such name.
 
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Enedino Deleon sold the Ralph Bone brand to Scott Parker. Scott lives in my neighborhood.

That said, I don’t have much information beyond the basics of the Bone knives lineage.
 
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