A few knives

[Parabellus]

Just a few I have acquired over the years.

 

[SHOOTER13]

Very nice...always liked a good Bowie knife !

 

[daytime dave]

Great collection. I collect Buck's myself. I'm glad to see you have a 110 in that great group shot.

 

[Parabellus]

I picked up a few more in the past year and a half.

 

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For 40 years I had a replica dai-sho with chrome-plated brass blades that were duller than a butter knife. Not long ago I replaced those blades with these sixteenth century Shinto era blades in the same furniture. The tanto is of recent production steel.

 

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This kris came to me all rusted over and the scabbard required extensive repair. As with other weapons I wrapped the handle for a better grip.

 

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This Khukuri from India was in great shape when I got it. A bit of Kiwi on the scabbard was all that was needed to make it look good.

 

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I made this Jyan from a titanium blank that I got 40 years ago.

 

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From Pakistan comes the Khyber Bowie. A Pakistani friend tells me he never saw such a weapon there so draw your own conclusion. The brass needed lots of work with Brasso and steel wool.

 

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The wood grips on this stainless sabre were narrower than the tang so it absolutely needed to be wrapped and in such a way as to keep my knuckle off the hand guard. The sheath was custom made at a local saddlery shop.

 

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This sheath was also made at the aforementioned saddlery shop. I requested Texas style tooling for The Alamo Commemorative Bowie Knife that came with only a display case.
This was my first large knife that got me started on this collection. Thanks for letting me share.

 

[MikeD]

Very nice @Parabellus . You have a very eclectic collection.

 

[Parabellus]

Thanks Mike.
Among other things I wanted a matched pair of fighting knives. As luck would have it I fount three Schrade Custom knives so I wrapped the grips on two of them. Don't want to cover the pretty handles but this way they are much easier to hold especially when doing palm changes.

 

[Rossignol]

Wow!

 

[Parabellus]

Just a couple more picture of the whole group

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New members and some older inclusions.

 

[CaddmannQ]

That's a very meaty collection Parabellus.

Now you need one of those things the guard carries at the tower of London. Like a combo spear and battle ax.
The Halberd.

 

[Parabellus]

I like it!

 

[CaddmannQ]

Yeah! It's hard to argue with the halberd.

 

[Parabellus]

Here we are with a few other weapons from the collection.