Let's see your good old basic fixed blades, Bowie's, Stickers, etc.

Carbon Robust Pro with yoghurt patina.

eRQEXnt.jpeg

Zieg
 
Jack Black said:
I acted as a consultant for the UK importer of Brusletto knives in the 1990's, and so had quite a bit of contact with the company, being given a number of their knives, all of which I found very good. They used to be excellent value, and in fact a British custom maker, who was quite well-known at the time, used to buy Brusletto blades, grind off the name, haft them, and sell them as his own. Over the years, I gifted all the Brusletto knives I had, the last two in giveaways here, but I picked one up at a market a while back, which I haven't done anything with :rolleyes: :thumbsup:

MJyHdpr.jpg
Click to expand...
I keep coming back to this one. Does the handle feel as good as it looks?
 
tinfoil hat timmy said:
YES YES YES

Where can I buy one?

YES
Click to expand...
This is a combination of parts: A discontinued Windlass Steel crafts "Spanish Cut & Thrust Sword", which was their approximation of the Spanish 1796 pattern cavalry sword, married to a rustic guard by a company in the US (whose name I have forgotten). This was my attempt to replicate a Spanish 1728 pattern cavalry sword with the "boca de caballo" two-lobed hilt, also known as the "bilbo" for what the English considered its Bilbao provenance. I built three of these and kept the one I liked the best, selling the other two to fellow reenactors.

If I can source the parts again, I'll gladly make you one.

Zieg
 
The Zieg said:
This is a combination of parts: A discontinued Windlass Steel crafts "Spanish Cut & Thrust Sword", which was their approximation of the Spanish 1796 pattern cavalry sword, married to a rustic guard by a company in the US (whose name I have forgotten). This was my attempt to replicate a Spanish 1728 pattern cavalry sword with the "boca de caballo" two-lobed hilt, also known as the "bilbo" for what the English considered its Bilbao provenance. I built three of these and kept the one I liked the best, selling the other two to fellow reenactors.

If I can source the parts again, I'll gladly make you one.

Zieg
Click to expand...
very cool
 
Jack Black said:
I'll get it off to you soon Jer, same address? :thumbsup:

Edit - I thought I had lost it for a minute, but it was at the bottom of my 'table box'! :D
Click to expand...
That sounds like a safe place for it.
Yup, same address. I was figuring out how old my new lawnmower is, and it'll be eight years I've been here, come August.

Woo Hoo!
 
screened porch said:
That sounds like a safe place for it.
Yup, same address. I was figuring out how old my new lawnmower is, and it'll be eight years I've been here, come August.

Woo Hoo!
Click to expand...
I probably should have put on my too-small-for-me steel-lined Mechanix gloves before I started rummaging through that pile, some scary stuff in there! :eek: :D :thumbsup:
 
screened porch said:
I do that, too. Those naked blades will be fine in there for the time being.
Western Mark I, flat ground. With the wheel pommel rudely sawn and filed off.
Szozh1f.jpg
Click to expand...
There are some real horrors in there! :eek: Inflicted upon me by my mate with the tool stall who does garage clearances, and the like! 🤣 What a shame about the pommel :( Here's a Sheffield Whittle-tang Bowie :thumbsup:

MfUk49G.jpg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top