From Aotearoa

[Âchillepattada]

I love Internet ! Of course it helps me to stay in contact with my friends from the Porch, but not only.

This very well known pattern from Mikov is also a gift from my great provider of berets based in New-Zealand.
Knowing I'm a knife collector Daan sent me this knife as a gift.

To sum up, my New Zealander provider of ( Argentinian) beret send me, in France, a Czech knife as a gift. Isn't it incredible? Of course the carbon balance could be better, but the imagination balance is just fantastic

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[meako]

Absolutley Incredible ! ....you know someone in New?Zealand?....is that what its called?

 

[GaiusJulius]

I have bought a beret or three from your favorite dealer too, so there are at least a few of us odd ducks out there… though I live in the USA where such headgear is hard to come by. I’d think it’d be at least slightly easier to procure in mainland Europe??

Maybe we need a “Traditional knives and berets” thread!

 

[Âchillepattada]

I have bought a beret or three from your favorite dealer too, so there are at least a few of us odd ducks out there… though I live in the USA where such headgear is hard to come by. I’d think it’d be at least slightly easier to procure in mainland Europe??

Maybe we need a “Traditional knives and berets” thread!

You're right Eric, we have in France three very good producers and one of them is one of the best in the world ( La manufacture de Bérets) with somme great full hand made berets. And Spain is a great producer too.
But all are in wool and I'm a great fan of cotton berets , very difficult to find outside Argentina .

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[GaiusJulius]

I’ve never tried a cotton one, though, the high heat of our summers has made me consider it more than once! I used to wear the Elosegui berets more or less exclusively until I discovered the lighter weight of the Bearnaise. Now the Basque berets only come out in wintertime.





Two different items that are “unexcelled” in their respective categories.