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Selling two really nice ratchies. These are made by Friedr Herder in Solingen, Germany. They differ from your typical “disposable murder weapon ratchie” in their extremely fine attention to detail. The blade grinds are incredibly lean and these things are both extremely sharp and fantastic looking. The stampings on the blades and back plates give them a classic look and a sign that you’re not dealing with cheap junk here. The ratchet knife is a very old classic (read up on the Navaja if you want a history lesson), and these honor that classic design with an old world look and feel combined with excellent engineering.
Granted, you’re going to get blade play (vertical mostly) and an uncentered close is a foregone conclusion. Trying to open and close these with one hand will require tricks that you first world dwellers aren’t going to know and will need to do some homework to even understand. But if you want a good ratchie this is one of the better affordable options. I mean, you’ve got the lunch-money-cheap Kudu and Okapi on one end of the scale, and $200+ custom navajas on the other.
My price for the two is $80 shipped. I paid about $140 for them from Bernal, the links below take you to the product pages. One is stainless steel with black oak (the darker one), the other is carbon steel with walnut (the lighter one). Steel type is unknown. They are very sharp.
These have been carried a few times and have cut a few things (sharp I tell you, damn sharp). You’ll see most of the use wear on the rings themselves, otherwise these are super clean with no edge wear or discernible damage or wear to the handles or components.
Look at those peened brass rods in the steel plates! Gorgeous. You know you want them. They will haunt you until you buy them. Do it.
Stainless
https://bernalcutlery.com/collectio...ck-oak-oryx-4133r11-00?variant=39606819750040
Carbon
https://bernalcutlery.com/collectio...oryx-walnut-4133-11-00?variant=39606812770456
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Granted, you’re going to get blade play (vertical mostly) and an uncentered close is a foregone conclusion. Trying to open and close these with one hand will require tricks that you first world dwellers aren’t going to know and will need to do some homework to even understand. But if you want a good ratchie this is one of the better affordable options. I mean, you’ve got the lunch-money-cheap Kudu and Okapi on one end of the scale, and $200+ custom navajas on the other.
My price for the two is $80 shipped. I paid about $140 for them from Bernal, the links below take you to the product pages. One is stainless steel with black oak (the darker one), the other is carbon steel with walnut (the lighter one). Steel type is unknown. They are very sharp.
These have been carried a few times and have cut a few things (sharp I tell you, damn sharp). You’ll see most of the use wear on the rings themselves, otherwise these are super clean with no edge wear or discernible damage or wear to the handles or components.
Look at those peened brass rods in the steel plates! Gorgeous. You know you want them. They will haunt you until you buy them. Do it.
Stainless
https://bernalcutlery.com/collectio...ck-oak-oryx-4133r11-00?variant=39606819750040
Carbon
https://bernalcutlery.com/collectio...oryx-walnut-4133-11-00?variant=39606812770456
Pics