pics of your knives from cities historically famous for knife making

Legendary_Jarl said:
This bickering is ridiculous and uncalled for. Your original post is not clear enough regarding your expectations. And why did you include Oaxaca, Mexico then? They probably have more experience in many places in the East Coast of the US than in Mexico even including the New Spain period 🙄.
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You're right, I'll update the post for you.
 
Solingen, Germany. I've had these about 30 years.

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whereismyknife said:
Thank you for this valuable information. I learned a lot from you. I guess I was misunderstood too. What I'm trying to say is that if there is a settlement there, it could be continuing in a tradition.I guess I didn't explain myself. It's fun to even discuss this topic. The idea of looking at the history of manufacturers is pretty good. I will do a research about it. I looked at the article you sent. I understood how industrial production shifted to China. But I couldn't see anything clear that the claims of Chinese manufacturers were wrong. Of course, that doesn't mean the opposite is true. I'll look into this in detail and then, if you'll excuse me, I'd like to share with you what I find. Thank you for this pleasant conversation.
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You're most welcome and I would certainly appreciate hearing of any further information that you may uncover. I remind you, I consider Yangjiang to be an important Knife making center. In fact, it probably produces more than all other global centers combined. So it is definitely "famous" and very significant. I simply have been in unable to find any information to substantiate it being a "historical" knife making center on a par with other well known global locations, much less having a 1400-1500 year history of knifemaking.
 
Arathol said:
Knifemaking in Taiwan on any real scale didn't start until the early 20th century when the native people started collecting bits of spent metal from ordinance that the Japanese military dropped on them. Before that, yes knives were made, but no more extensively than anywhere else in the world. Not exactly what you'd call a knife making capital of the world though.....
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I believe you are mistaken. Taiwan became a Japanese colony in 1895 after defeating the Qing Dynasty (China) and remained so until 1945 when it was returned to the Republic of China, in whose control it remains to this day. Knifemaking on any real scale did not start until then. The native aboriginals, who were subjugated by the Dutch and Chinese prior, although they had bladed weapons prior to 1895 had no knife making "industry". Or any industry at all. Knives were distinct but made by craftsmen, Some of these craftsmen were put to work making knives for the Japanese military during WWII.

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Preliminary Classification of Indigenous Taiwanese Knives

Introduction The Indigenous Taiwanese Peoples are the first inhabitants of Taiwan in recorded history. Inextricably tied to Austronesian peoples, their surviving culture is of great importance to t…
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The shells and ordinance that are known to be used for knifemaking in Taiwan came from Mainland China. The years under Japanese control did however lay the ground work for Taiwan's modern steel industry.

"During the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the People's Republic of China fired around 1,000,000 shells at the Kinmen islands in its conflict against the Republic of China which controls the islands. The shells have become a resource of steel for the local economy. Since the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, Kinmen has become famous for its production of cleavers made from PRC artillery shells. "

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Kinmen knife - Wikipedia

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"Taiwan blacksmith turns Chinese artillery shells into knives"

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Taiwan blacksmith turns Chinese artillery shells into knives

KINMEN (TAIWAN) - In a contemporary twist on beating swords into ploughshares, Taiwanese blacksmith Wu Tseng-dong has forged a career fashioning kitchen knives from Chinese artillery shells once fired at his home.
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"Maestro Wu hand forges knives from salvaged artillery shells fired on Taiwan by mainland China since the early 1900s. Artillery steel makes a strong blade not prone to rusting or chipping. These classic Chinese knives and cleavers are renowned across the world by the Taiwanese diaspora for quality and craftsmanship."

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Maestro Wu

Maestro Wu hand forges knives from salvaged artillery shells fired on Taiwan by mainland China since the early 1900s. Artillery steel makes a strong blade not prone to rusting or chipping. These classic Chinese knives and cleavers are renowned across the world by the Taiwanese diaspora for...
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kaos 13 said:
I got it from the factory it came in 3 different blade design it was made to order similarly to a military knife called the tank Todd knife so you could be right I do t know to be honest but thay don't seem to be making any off them anymore it was a company called scorpion knives Sheffield England but thanks for the info and its a good knife used it to chop a Christmas tree up a few years ago qnd it was supsringly good knife and it is well made I will put another pic up with the sheath and you can see if it the knife you think it is

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Yeah, mine was made by scorpion. Exactly the same knife, except for the blade( jambiya style blade). It's a great knife, I've used it for a lot of jobs, but the paint has never come off. No chipping on the blade. I really like the design you have of this knife.
 
whereismyknife said:
Yeah, mine was made by scorpion. Exactly the same knife, except for the blade( jambiya style blade). It's a great knife, I've used it for a lot of jobs, but the paint has never come off. No chipping on the blade. I really like the design you have of this knife.
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Any chance you can put a pick up of it and I went for a non coated (painted) blade would like to see yours with the coating user because I got it non coated because I thought it would come off really quick
 
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Thiers, France
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Nontron, France. Nontron claims that they operate the longest continuously operating forge in France20230506_120219~2.jpg

Scarperia, Italy
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Albacete, Spain. Should be noted that this city isn't currently known for the best cutlery these daysPXL_20220226_210635764~2.jpg
 
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Not to fan any flames, but the restriction to an official 'knife making city' eliminates some very old, historical knives from being included.

Case in point - Traditional knives made in Sardinia..... Nearly everyone who lives in Sardinia personally knows someone who makes knives because it is so strongly ingrained in their culture.

Top knife is an authentic Pattada made in Sardinia, bottom one was made in ScarperiaIMG_20230610_112621.jpg
 
whereismyknife said:
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Thank you for pick looks good thay are nice blades might have to try find one like yours if it comes up for sale and after the double diamond ground edge how they described it on the add one side part serrated and plain edge on the other side
you have a nice collection
 
kaos 13 said:
Thank you for pick looks good thay are nice blades might have to try find one like yours if it comes up for sale and after the double diamond ground edge how they described it on the add one side part serrated and plain edge on the other side
you have a nice collection
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I have four of these knives, I bought four of them when I found them at a very reasonable price. I'm also thinking of buying one of yours if I find it. I like the handle design very much. I would actually prefer it to be uncoated because I'm not going to use it for tactical purposes, so night glare is not very important and I think it is a stainless steel (I don't remember the steel information, it may be aus8 or vg10).

thank you, actually I would like to send you more proper photos but I have too many fixed blades and they are all in boxes so I was too lazy to look for them. I added a photo I found on the pc.
 
Well, I don't think I've ever been to a city famous for making knives. I live near Chicago, which is famous for shootings and stabbings, does that count?
 
whereismyknife said:
I have four of these knives, I bought four of them when I found them at a very reasonable price. I'm also thinking of buying one of yours if I find it. I like the handle design very much. I would actually prefer it to be uncoated because I'm not going to use it for tactical purposes, so night glare is not very important and I think it is a stainless steel (I don't remember the steel information, it may be aus8 or vg10).

thank you, actually I would like to send you more proper photos but I have too many fixed blades and they are all in boxes so I was too lazy to look for them. I added a photo I found on the pc.
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The steel if I rember rightly is 420 HC from somewhere in France and scorpion knives did it by lazer cutting and did there own heat treatment qnd the rc hardness was under 60 about 57 58 but that is from memory but defornety 420 HC steel I did asked about the steel when I got it like i said make was made to order
I grew up with the William Rodgers Sheffield sheath knives as a kid and didn't think moden Sheffield was as good but thay are good
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Arathol said:
Punctuation and actual sentence structure makes things so much more readable.......just sayin......
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If its me the im dyslexic this is as good as it gets mate sorry lol I know I'm rubbish but like I said this is as good as it gets if a moderate was to fix it or rewrite it feel free might be better lol
 
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