Horsewright
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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A good friend of mine recently sent this Kious folder to me for some repair. One of the scales had fallen off. Simple, easy fix and its sitting here on the desk ready to ship back. Thought I'd share some pics here cause its a sweet little folder.
I asked him about the engraving and here is the story he relayed to me:
I was at an SCI show and a tiny Italian guy came up to me and started talking to me in Italian. My Italian is, uh, limited, so he grabbed me by the arm and took me to some guy who translated. The gist was that he, the tiny Italian, was a world-famous engraver and he liked my work and wanted to engrave something for me; did I have a rifle or shotgun he could do? I didn't but I had that knife in my pocket and I handed it to him. There were a lot of people around trying to get me to do this or that or meet this person or that gunmaker and we got separated. It wasn't until later that I realized I hadn't gotten his name, and he didn't have my address. I thought that was the last I'd ever see of that knife, but at next year's show, there he was, knife in hand, with engraving you see on it now. He was a nice man and the engraving, as you can see, is spectacular.
Thought some of the folks here in customs would be interested in that little story.
I asked him about the engraving and here is the story he relayed to me:
I was at an SCI show and a tiny Italian guy came up to me and started talking to me in Italian. My Italian is, uh, limited, so he grabbed me by the arm and took me to some guy who translated. The gist was that he, the tiny Italian, was a world-famous engraver and he liked my work and wanted to engrave something for me; did I have a rifle or shotgun he could do? I didn't but I had that knife in my pocket and I handed it to him. There were a lot of people around trying to get me to do this or that or meet this person or that gunmaker and we got separated. It wasn't until later that I realized I hadn't gotten his name, and he didn't have my address. I thought that was the last I'd ever see of that knife, but at next year's show, there he was, knife in hand, with engraving you see on it now. He was a nice man and the engraving, as you can see, is spectacular.
Thought some of the folks here in customs would be interested in that little story.
