Strange attractors.

blade_420

blade_420

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Can someone please post some better pictures or any information on whatever the heck these things are...

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Curiously, under California law that is actually a fixed-blade knife.

The original purpose behind that design is to provide a second blade if the first is broken off.
 
I saw about 5 of those at the Blade West show. I didnt talk to the maker, but my take on it was that for hunting/skinning if one blade dulled you could switch to the other one..... still, pretty strange:confused:
 
The top one looks like a Walter Erickson piece. Function is as described. Two bladed knife sharing a common handle.
 
Yup.., they are a little strange...I'll post some pictures of a couple that are even more strange shortly :cool: ...I'm trying to become "Camera-Saavy". The original explantion I heard was the broken blade scenario Chuck mentioned. I saw some in Batangas when I was there years ago, and they were carried in sheaths just like a fixed blade.

Pardy and Rommel Bugtai (Oregon) make double-bladed models like that, and I'm sure that's what you saw at The Blade Show West "sn7".

You can see more of their work on Chuck's site from time to time. Some nice pieces if you order them the way you want them.





"Hunters seek what they [WANT].., Seekers hunt what they [NEED]"
 
strange indeed...! i see new things here every day :D
anyhow... i wouldn't carry that around in my pocket! ;)

and another thing: how is it to manipulate? it seems to have some limits ;)
 
Both of those knives are from Walt Erickson. His idea is if one blade becomes dull or damaged, the other one is ready to go. He also does these with two different blades styles, i.e., skinning blade and a utility blade.
 
Does anyone around here have any...?
Dawkind? Chuck? Tony?

I sure would love to see better pictures of these or other types he's done.
I guess sandwich handles are the only way to go, but the geometry is all the same.
It's almost hard to tell the insert material.
How much do they go for?
Can they be flipped?
Is this actually the "Missing Link" and a true Balisong Fixed Blade?
Have any other makers tried it? ( Mer?..:) )

I know.. I'm "Mr. Questions.":p
 
Sorry, don't have one. I've seen only one example of this knife in all my years of attending Knife Shows. And the purveyor wouldn't let me flip it out of fear I'll lop off a finger or two. She was asking $400 (1990, 1991?).

As for the handle materials (I'll presume you know the second) the top one looks like stablized curly maple. If it was ram's horn, you'll see shadows where the ridges are.

If memory serves, I believe Nolen also did a few. Don't quote me though.
 
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