Does anyone here collect knives/blades from other countries around the world?

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Ckerler123

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Hey everyone, I was recently looking at my collection and realized that I had knives/blades from around 11 different countries and I'm also in the process of waiting on a custom knife being made in Argentina. I was wondering if anyone else here on this forum has knives in their collection that represent the many different countries out there.

This is mine: https://www.flickr.com/photos/156504073@N06/41539925075/in/dateposted-public/ ,

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From left to right: Row 1.Khukuri House Singapore Police Kukri
Row 2.Handmade knife from Greece, Pchak knife from Uzbekistan
Row 3. Frank Beltrame stiletto from Italy, Knivsmed Stromeng knife from Norway, Okapi knife from South Africa
Row 4. Swiss army 7, Karambit handmade in Indonesia, USA Buck 110
Two long blades on the sides are a Gavilan machete from Colombia and a Traditional Filipino Weapons Minasbad sword.

Looking forward to seeing what you all have!
 
Awaiting delivery of a Neill Schutte 8 inch dagger. Neill is from South Africa and in the Guild there. Neill said he would deliver it to me when he gets here for the Blade Show...so within 7 days I should have it.

I've bookmarked knives that I want from Italian and German knife makers and it's just a matter of time before those knives are ordered.
 
A significant part of my collection (accumulation ;)) is knives from various countries. Higonokami, opinel, "black cat", opkapi, lionsteel, Kizer, Languille, and many others. A lot of fun, very interesting, educational and NOT all are expensive; in fact, many are just the opposite. :D Nice thread. :thumbsup:
 
While the bulk of my knives were made in the US, I also have knives from other countries. At this point, these countries come to mind. Might be others
Bulgaria
China
Finland
France
Germany
Japan
India
Italy
Mexico
Switzerland
Taiwan
UK
 
I have a few:

Nearly a dozen SAKs
Mora Companion - Sweden
Douk douk - France
Several Opinels - France
Half dozen or so Bokers - Germany
Mercator “cat” and “otter” - Germany
Messer anchor knife - Germany
Hen & Rooster Congress - Germany
A couple of friction folders - Japan
Syracuse Knife Co “SAK” - Poland
Mikov fish knife - Czech Republic
Barlows - England
Lambsfoot - England
Okapi - South Africa

Probably some others I’m forgetting.
 
Ckerler123 said:
Hey everyone, I was recently looking at my collection and realized that I had knives/blades from around 11 different countries and I'm also in the process of waiting on a custom knife being made in Argentina.
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Who's the maker? Bladesmiths down here in Argentina have improved their quality level dramatically over the past few years. A group of them have been attending Blade Show for a couple of years and done some interesting colaborations with US bladesmiths.

My collection is quite international. I like a lot of different knife styles so I've got stuff from all over the globe. Off the top of my head: Argentina, Uruguay, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, US, Taiwan, China, Japan, Italy, Nepal, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, India, etc. I'm waiting on some knives from Russia, Thailand and Czechia.
 
Franciscomv said:
Who's the maker? Bladesmiths down here in Argentina have improved their quality level dramatically over the past few years. A group of them have been attending Blade Show for a couple of years and done some interesting colaborations with US bladesmiths.
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His name is Patricio Drackull, he has some offerings for very reasonable prices on Ebay for custom traditional Argentinian fixed blades. From what I've seen, Argentinian bladesmiths really know their stuff when it comes to making pieces with great fit and finish and quality materials. Even Bokers line from Argentina looks pretty good too, I'll have to go to Blade Show some time so I can check them out.
 
I've got a few from the Norwegian ones obviously, other than that it's dominated by USA made.
Or at least, American companies, as about half are made in China.

A few Opinels, a Douk-Douk. Nothing too exotic.
 
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