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wo daggers from a company called Cudeman (based in Toledo, Spain).
Specs (large & small):
OAL Length: 17" & 9 3/16"
Blade Width (at hilt): 1 1/8" & 1 1/4"
Blade Length: 10 3/8" & 4 3/4"
Blade Thickness (at hilt): 5/32" & 1/8"
Steel: 440 Stainless (presumably 440C) for both
Handle slabs: Thuya wood/Burgandy stained Stamina wood
Two excellent quality knives from a relatively little-known Spanish company. By little-known, I mean I could find out virtually nothing on various websearches. As it is, I can only report good things of them. Both were shaving sharp NIB with an easy to maintain edge. Full tang construction with the handle slabs pinned to the body )stainless steel pins), two pins per side, plus a nice detail with the company logo made into a little badge inset into one side of the handles.
Simple, cheap yet great quality (handmade and finished if you believe the sales pitch) if you can find them, there's not much more I can say other than they go through the usual hair-shaving, paper, cardboard, and bubble-wrap cutting, and wood wittling tests nicely and I expect I'd get plenty of good use out of them if they were legal to carry.
As you can see from the (sorry to say poor-quality) picture, the sheaths these come in are very solid and durable, with the company logos on a small badge set central in one side and on the snap fasteners. Large dagger has a belt-only sheath (would fit anything up to a 3" stable belt), small dagger has a spring clip for belt/boot/wherever carry, but I'm sure someone would make a sheath up for them if neccessary.
But the main reaason I'm bringing these to your attention is that a fair number of US-based forumites have said they like the look of daggers, but twin-edged knives are illegal to carry in various states. Well these combine the classic look of twin-edged daggers with just a single sharpened edge. Great looking and legal for those of you concerned with such things. No idea of a US supplier but I'm sure you could find one, or maybe import them from Spain yourself.
Specs (large & small):
OAL Length: 17" & 9 3/16"
Blade Width (at hilt): 1 1/8" & 1 1/4"
Blade Length: 10 3/8" & 4 3/4"
Blade Thickness (at hilt): 5/32" & 1/8"
Steel: 440 Stainless (presumably 440C) for both
Handle slabs: Thuya wood/Burgandy stained Stamina wood
Two excellent quality knives from a relatively little-known Spanish company. By little-known, I mean I could find out virtually nothing on various websearches. As it is, I can only report good things of them. Both were shaving sharp NIB with an easy to maintain edge. Full tang construction with the handle slabs pinned to the body )stainless steel pins), two pins per side, plus a nice detail with the company logo made into a little badge inset into one side of the handles.
Simple, cheap yet great quality (handmade and finished if you believe the sales pitch) if you can find them, there's not much more I can say other than they go through the usual hair-shaving, paper, cardboard, and bubble-wrap cutting, and wood wittling tests nicely and I expect I'd get plenty of good use out of them if they were legal to carry.
As you can see from the (sorry to say poor-quality) picture, the sheaths these come in are very solid and durable, with the company logos on a small badge set central in one side and on the snap fasteners. Large dagger has a belt-only sheath (would fit anything up to a 3" stable belt), small dagger has a spring clip for belt/boot/wherever carry, but I'm sure someone would make a sheath up for them if neccessary.
But the main reaason I'm bringing these to your attention is that a fair number of US-based forumites have said they like the look of daggers, but twin-edged knives are illegal to carry in various states. Well these combine the classic look of twin-edged daggers with just a single sharpened edge. Great looking and legal for those of you concerned with such things. No idea of a US supplier but I'm sure you could find one, or maybe import them from Spain yourself.