SOLD! For sale from collection: SOLD! hunting knife with REX 121

[atz]

Hello everyone,

For sale from my personal collection comes a handmade knife with laminated Damascus blade and REX 121 centre @ 66 HRC

State: brand new / never used

Blade size: 145/33/4.3 mm

Handle: mammoth tooth, African blackwood, stainless steel pommel and guard

Natural leather sheath with snake skin application on both sides

Price: USD 700 TYD, delivery by DHL, PayPal / PaySend payment

 

[betzner]

Who made the knife?

 

[atz]

Who made the knife?

A craftsman from Bulgaria that I work with on regular basis

 

[Dabling]

Please do not take offense, but no one here is likely to buy any of the knives you currently have for sale without provenance.

 

[atz]

Please do not take offense, but no one here is likely to buy any of the knives you currently have for sale without provenance.

What do you mean provenance? What exactly is necessary? Chemical analysis of steel? Please be specific what exactly is required?

Just for your information, I make the design for all my knives myself. I buy all materials independently from abroad, including blades. In Bulgaria I work with a couple of guys that are making knives for 15+ years now to make the assembly for me. So... What exactly do you need as proof of provenance? A paper signed by whom? I have sold several knives to USA already and also several knives to different countries in Europe and the feedback is more than positive.

 

[Bigfattyt]

What do you mean provenance? What exactly is necessary? Chemical analysis of steel? Please be specific what exactly is required

No....he means tell the buyer which maker made the knife. It is helpful to be able to go to the makers profile and look at his work, etc.

For example this knife looks to my eye to possibly been made by Todor Hristov?? Or Ivelin Voshtanski, but I don't see a makers mark.

 

[atz]

No....he means tell the buyer which maker made the knife. It is helpful to be able to go to the makers profile and look at his work, etc.

For example this knife looks to my eye to possibly been made by Todor Hristov?? Or Ivelin Voshtanski, but I don't see a makers mark.

Thanks for clarification Nope, it is not Todor. Mitko Bliznaka made the knife. He doesn't have profile here, just on Facebook.

I got your point. I am new guy and you want to verify if quality is supposed to be OK by matching it to a specific Bulgarian craftsman with high rating and acknowledged skills. Since everything is about trust I can give you nothing better but a reference to a buyer in the USA who has already bought knife made by Mitko Bliznaka so he can give you a feedback.