Hunting Knives: reliability and durability in the wild
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Gabriele Sammatrice - Big Camp Custom - PRIVATE COLLECTION - handmade knife
KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: previously Purchased
* Condition: in good condition
* Commercially available: unique specimen
* Sharpening: original
* Marks on blade: some small oxidation marks (see photo)
* Marks on handle: /
* Packaging: /
* Scabbard: handmade, leather
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: Yes
* Checked and certified by our in-house laboratory
Gabriele Sammatrice/Sicilian Forge Custom Knives is a skilled craftsman who offers blades with character, strength and cutting edges of the highest level. He often uses A8 Modified tool steel: a very strong alloy steel. The most common use of this alloy is in striking blades. It has extreme toughness with good edge retention. The 8.5% chromium makes it almost stainless.A8-mod is a modified version of AISI A8. It is a tool steel with a medium carbon content and alloyed with chromium, molybdenum and vanadium. This steel is an improvement on A8 steel, with good hardenability, toughness and dimensional stability to heat treatment.
Intended use: hunting/collecting
Type of production: artisan
Country of production: Italy
Blade: carbon steel A8 Mod.
Blade finish: satin-finished
Handle: maple wood
Blade length: 140mm.
Blade thickness: 6mm.
Total length: 260mm.
Weight: 294g - 504g including scabbard
Scabbard: handmade, leather
Packaging: /
Notes: previously purchased knife from a private collection
GS-BIG-CAMP-CP -
Livio Montagna - 2014 Hunting Knife - RWL34 & Sambar Amber - PRIVATE COLLECTION - handcrafted knife
KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously Purchased
* Condition: Very Good
* Commercially available No.
* Sharpening: original
* Marks on blade: none
* Marks on handle: a few small hairlines on heads.
* Packaging: none
* Scabbard: Leather, handcrafted, original with a few marks due to age.
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: certificate of authenticity signed and dated by the craftsman.
* Checked and Certified by our in-house laboratoryIntended use: hunting / collection
Type of production: handcrafted
Country of production: Italy
Blade: stainless steel RWL34 hardened to 59/60 HRC
Blade finish: satin finish
Handle: amber Sambar stag with 416 stainless steel guard and pommel
Blade length: 107mm.
Blade thickness: 3.5mm.
Total length: 220mm.
Weight: 181g.
Sheath: handcrafted, leather, hand-stitched
Packaging: -
Notes: previously purchased knife, from private collection, handcrafted by Master C.IC. (Italian Knifemakers Guild) Livio Montagna.AP-MONT-CPSA -
Neanderth.Art - Dario Trifelli - Shaman Fulltang Custom - PRIVATE COLLECTION - handmade knife
KNIFE TAKEN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously Purchased
* Condition: In very good condition
* Commercially available: Unique specimen
* Sharpening: Original
* Marks on blade: /
* Marks on handle: /
* Packaging: /
* Scabbard: two handmade leather and kydex
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: Yes
* Checked and certified by our in-house laboratory
Neanderth.Art is the project of cutler Dario Trifelli always looking for original and functional designs.
Intended use: hunting / collection
Type of production: artisan
Country of production: Italy
Blade: Becut steel
Blade finish: satin-finished
Handle: G10
Blade length: 80mm.
Blade thickness: 5.5mm.
Total length: 180mm.
Weight: 219g - 316g including leather sheath - 280g including kydex sheath
Sheath: two handmade leather and kydex
Packaging: /
Notes: previously purchased knife from a private collectionNEA-SHAMAN-CP -
Franco Vernazza - Hunting Knife - N690Co, Titanium and Olive - PRIVATE COLLECTION - handcrafted knife
KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously Purchased
* Condition: Like new
* Commercially available unique specimen from 2010.
* Sharpening: Original, improvable
* Marks on blade: /
* Marks on handle: /
* Packaging: /
* Scabbard: Leather, handcrafted, in good condition.
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: Certificate of Authenticity.
* Checked and Certified by our in-house laboratory.
FRANCO VERNAZZA is a hobbyist knifemaker and by passion a member of A.C.H.I. (Associazione Coltellinai Hobbisti Italiani), this does not take away from his excellent knifemaking skills. He himself says he makes blades for passion, knives that do the job of cutting, everything else is a detail. The workmanship, all unique because he doesn't use jigs, is really good, completely Hand Made in Italy.
Intended use: hunting / collectionType of production: handmade
Country of production: Italy
Blade: stainless steel N690Co
Blade finish: horizontal satin finish and mirror polish
Handle: Olive wood with anodized Titanium guard
Blade length: 135mm.
Blade thickness: 3.5mm.
Total length: 255mm.
Weight: 151g.
Sheath: leather, handcrafted, hand-stitched
Packaging: /
Notes: previously purchased knife, from a private collectionFVHKTU-CP -
Livio Montagna - Hunter knife - M390 - Stabilized Beech - PRIVATE COLLECTION - handmade knife
KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously Purchased
* Condition: Like new
* Commercially available No
* Sharpening: Original
* Marks on blade: NO
* Markings on handle: NO
* Packaging: NO
* Sheath: In leather, handcrafted
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: YES
* Checked and Certified by our internal laboratoryKnife handcrafted by Master C.IC. (Italian Corporation of Cutlers) Livio Montagna.
Type of production: artisanal
Country of production: Italy
Blade: M390 steel at 60/61 HRC
Blade finish: satin finish
Handle: in stabilized beech wood
Blade length: 105mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Total length: 215mm.
Weight: 185g.
Sheath: handmade, in leather, hand-stitched
Packaging: NO
Note: -AP-HUNTER-FA -
Jimmy Lile - 1989 Engraved Stag Skinner Model 2 - PRIVATE COLLECTION - handcrafted hunting knife
KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously Purchased
* Condition: Like new
* Commercially available No, craftsman passed away in 1991.
* Sharpening: Factory original
* Marks on blade: None
* Marks on handle: None
* Packaging: Gift box marked "Coltelleria Lorenzi, via Montenapoleone, Milano"
* Scabbard: Leather, handcrafted, original
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: Certificate of guarantee and authenticity present.
* Checked and Certified by our in-house laboratory
Intended use: hunting / collection
Type of production: handcrafted
Country of production: USA
Blade: D2 steel
Blade finish: satin finish
Handle: deer Sambar, brass guard and pommel engraved by "J.S."
Blade length: 155mm.
Blade thickness: 4.5mm.
Total length: 273mm.
Weight: 340g.
Sheath: handcrafted, leather, for vertical carrying on belt
Packaging:Gift box marked "Coltelleria Lorenzi, via Montenapoleone, Milano," certificate of guarantee
Notes:1989 specimen designed and made entirely by hand by cutlery legend Jimmy Lile, famous to most for "inventing" and designing Rambo's knives, who died in 1991 - Previously purchased knife, from a private collection, like new.AP-LILE-SK2 -
Roberto Bernini - Fixed Hunter in Sambar Deer - PRIVATE COLLECTION - handcrafted hunting knife
KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously Purchased
* Condition: Like new
* Commercially available On commission
* Sharpening: Factory.
* Marks on blade: A couple of imperceptible marks on the satin finish, presumably from being inserted in the scabbard
* Marks on handle: No.
* Packaging: Zip pouch, original
* Scabbard: Leather, handcrafted, original
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: Certificate of guarantee and authenticity present.
* Checked and Certified by our in-house laboratory
Intended use: hunting / collection
Type of production: handcrafted
Country of production: Italy
Blade: stainless steel ATS-34 60HRC
Blade finish: satin finish
Handle: deer Sambar with stainless steel 416 guard
Blade length: 87mm.
Blade thickness: 4mm.
Total length: 198mm.
Weight: 80g.
Sheath: handcrafted, leather, for vertical belt carry
Packaging: zippered case and certificate of authenticity and guarantee from the Corporazione Italiana Coltellinai
Notes: Designed and made entirely by hand in Italy by Master CIC Roberto Bernini, specimen dated November 2010 - Previously purchased, from private collectionAP-BER-HCV -
Buck Custom - Stag Horn Hunting Fixed Blade - PRIVATE COLLECTION - knife
Collected from a private collection, this Custom model of the American Buck made prior to 1986 is numbered on the blade with serial number 0023 - Never used and never resharpened, overall in excellent condition - Devoid of packaging and certificates, supplied with its own brown leather sheath - Distinguished by its full tang construction, prominent brass guard and beautiful stag handle with finger grooves - Checked and certified by our in-house laboratory Coltelleria Collini.
Intended Use: Collection / HuntingType of production: handcrafted
Country of production: USA
Blade: full tang in 420HC stainless steel with concave rounding
Blade finish: mirror polish
Handle: brass guard and deer handle with finger grooves
Blade length: 134mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Total length: 258mm.
Weight: 325g.
Sheath: leather
Packaging: -
Notes: Pre-1986 specimen withdrawn from private collection - Custom series, numbered version on blade, specimen number 0023 - Never used, never resharpened, in excellent conditionBU-CUSHFG -
Emerson - EDC-2 multitool TAN G10 - knife
Emerson - EDC-2 multitool TAN G10 - knife
Intended Use: Tactical / Military / Multipurpose
Type of production: Industrial
Production Lama: Taiwan
Blade: Stainless steel 440C
Treatment Lama: black
Handle: G-10
Blade length: 65mm.
Blade thickness: 2.5 mm.
Closed Length: 105mm.
Overall length: 173mm.
Thick when closed: 16mm.
Balancing: -
Weight: 134g.
Lock: Liner Lock
Clips: stainless steel
Sheath: -
Packaging: cardboard box with logos Emerson
Notes: utility knife with lock tools88822