Must have traditionals from around the world

[Henry Beige]

There is nothing traditional about a svord peasant. Its a cheap new zealand copy of a european peasant knife, that somehow got an online following, beats me how.

I am from new zealand and can attest to the absence of any traditional knife to rival those in this thread.

It is cheap only in construction, not in price: it sells for about twice what it should.

 

[screened porch]

I have one like it. It's a gaucho knife. There is not a spring missing. The orifice of the sheath has a split in it so that you can adjust it a bit. The knife stays in the sheath via friction from the orifice.

"tea vessel and filtering straw". That's for mate, not tea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_(beverage)

Thanks for the link. Maybe he told us it was for something like tea.
It occurred to me this morning that I could crimp that little collar on the sheath a bit, but even if I didn't overdo it, I'd be worried about increased wear.
Maybe a neoprene ring or two on the ferule (if they stretch that far). And I'll probably slip in a folded plastic liner at some point, which might snug things up a bit.
This side is nice too.