John Angel

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Hi,
Anybody heard of John Angel from the small village of Teckomatorp in Sweden. A lot of Damascus Bowie by him appear on ebay.....is it any good or its bull....!?
Gil
 
I have the same question, I wanted to buy one of those knives from eBay John Angel range, typed in google nothing to be found except this forum, happy to find a forum for us blade collectors though!! :D

I checked with a serious knife collector friend of mine in Sweden he said he has never heard of John Angel.
There are some sellers who come up with these names to make their items stand out in the crowd.

If someone knows about John angel please do let us know.
 
Hi,
I too found this forum while googling john angel after seeing knives on ebay.uk This is the second post on this forum that I have found. In my opinion these knives look like they are made in India/Pakistan or somewhere in asia. The pictures posted in the auctions show a fairly bad fit and finish if you look close. I have a couple of knives from other sellers which look exactly the same quality. I think he maybe cashing in on the fact that swedish knives are in fashion at the minute thanks to Ray Mears as he made a program there showing a knife maker making a traditional style knife. I don't have any proof but that's what I think.
Rich

p.s I have copied & pasted this in the other post.
 
I actually contacted a guy from this "small village in Sweden". He is a musician and was nice enough to look in the phone book for a John Angel.
Surprise, surprise, he could not find such a person. I do believe however that the guy on Ebay in the UK is making a killing off his name.
 
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