Johnnythefox
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I was determined not to buy any knives or anything else for myself on my Spanish road trip,absolutely determined. 
As it was I had 5 knives with me from home,no more needed.
My bags where already hard to close,last year it was just one more thing it wont hurt,it got very wearing trying to pack every time I moved location.
I had already bought some delicious plums (only a few) put them in my tank bag where they burst and made a mess,actually I did it several times.
All that concentrated Spanish meats, I was trying to balance the diet a little.
Anyway on my last day a Monday,where just about everything is closed I found a knife shop on the way back to my accommodation.
I was a little board as besides the Cathedral and a few cafes there's was nothing to do.
So I spent some time annoying them asking to look at various knives,incuding a model I've never seen before where the blade ratchets.
Then I asked if they had anything in carbon and this one was produced.
It was manky a technical English term for dirty and encrusted with a dust like paste.
What they told me was that it was produced for the shop,that's the shop name on the blade,I couldnt get a reduction for the condition so I nearly didnt buy it (the last one).
I am glad I did now because after searching for the shop online,I think it was old stock from when the original owner of the shop retired.
Looking at photos its not the same inside/outside the shop as it was some years ago.
Today I used it for the first time its heavy,long and locks.
That's everything I dont look for in a knife and of course I cant carry it in England.
It feels solid and I like the unique locking system Spanish knives use.
Oh and I did by accident buy another knife at a run down petrol station in the mountains.
I was waiting to pay at the counter while the attendant was chatting with his locals customers.
There was a display of knives on the counter,I was hot and bothered with all the bike gear on but took a look.
When he came in I think he said do you want it, though it could have been why dont you take your bike gear of if your hot
Anyway I got flustered and bought it,obvious really.
www.burgosconecta.es
The Ibáñez cutlery on Palom street is closing for retirement. Juan Ignacio Ibáñez Lanchares will open for the last time the business that his grandfather founded on the last day of this 2021. He has been announcing it for days with a sign in the window and this is corroborated by the constant movement of customers who do not stop entering and leaving the store to buy some of the already few articles that Juan Ignacio has left.
70 years of business that ends this December 31. « The grandfather founded the business with a store that still exists in Plaza Santo Domingo and as a result of that they began to set up stores. This specifically was put 70 years ago. We are from the street, apart from the Casa Quintanilla grocery store, the oldest”, explains Juan Ignacio Ibáñez proudly.
As it was I had 5 knives with me from home,no more needed.
My bags where already hard to close,last year it was just one more thing it wont hurt,it got very wearing trying to pack every time I moved location.
I had already bought some delicious plums (only a few) put them in my tank bag where they burst and made a mess,actually I did it several times.
All that concentrated Spanish meats, I was trying to balance the diet a little.
Anyway on my last day a Monday,where just about everything is closed I found a knife shop on the way back to my accommodation.
I was a little board as besides the Cathedral and a few cafes there's was nothing to do.
So I spent some time annoying them asking to look at various knives,incuding a model I've never seen before where the blade ratchets.
Then I asked if they had anything in carbon and this one was produced.
It was manky a technical English term for dirty and encrusted with a dust like paste.
What they told me was that it was produced for the shop,that's the shop name on the blade,I couldnt get a reduction for the condition so I nearly didnt buy it (the last one).
I am glad I did now because after searching for the shop online,I think it was old stock from when the original owner of the shop retired.
Looking at photos its not the same inside/outside the shop as it was some years ago.
Today I used it for the first time its heavy,long and locks.
That's everything I dont look for in a knife and of course I cant carry it in England.
It feels solid and I like the unique locking system Spanish knives use.
Oh and I did by accident buy another knife at a run down petrol station in the mountains.
I was waiting to pay at the counter while the attendant was chatting with his locals customers.
There was a display of knives on the counter,I was hot and bothered with all the bike gear on but took a look.
When he came in I think he said do you want it, though it could have been why dont you take your bike gear of if your hot
Anyway I got flustered and bought it,obvious really.
El adiós tras 70 años de comercio familiar en el corazón de Burgos
La cuchillería Ibáñez cierra sus puertas por jubilación. Juan Ignacio Ibáñez Lanchares cierra el negocio que regentó junto a su padre en la calle Paloma y que tiene 70 a
www.burgosconecta.es
Goodbye after 70 years of family business in the heart of Burgos
The Ibáñez cutlery closes its doors for retirement. Juan Ignacio Ibáñez Lanchares closes the business that he ran together with his father on Paloma Street and that is 70 years old.
The Ibáñez cutlery on Palom street is closing for retirement. Juan Ignacio Ibáñez Lanchares will open for the last time the business that his grandfather founded on the last day of this 2021. He has been announcing it for days with a sign in the window and this is corroborated by the constant movement of customers who do not stop entering and leaving the store to buy some of the already few articles that Juan Ignacio has left.
70 years of business that ends this December 31. « The grandfather founded the business with a store that still exists in Plaza Santo Domingo and as a result of that they began to set up stores. This specifically was put 70 years ago. We are from the street, apart from the Casa Quintanilla grocery store, the oldest”, explains Juan Ignacio Ibáñez proudly.
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But it’s got nice rosewood, and great Solingen steel, so I don’t care what they call themselves.