All About Pocket Knives

Hi everybody
My name is Santiago (52). I'm folding knives collector specially marlin spike folding, this is my small collection [image][/image] there are some British, American, German and Argentine rigging folding knive

thanks for reading

Well there's a country we haven't heard from yet (that I know of). That's a fine looking group of Spikes you have there.

Welcome to AAPK. Glad to have you aboard.

Welcome to AAPK. Nice set of Marlin spike knives!

Ken

Hi and welcome!

Hola Santiago,
Bienvenidos a AAPK. La coleccion es amable.
Donde esta in Argentina?
He viahado a Buenos Aires, San Miguel de Tucuman, y Santiago.

Tony

Welcome Santiago!

I have read about the facon knives carried by the Gauchos and would like to own one someday. (If folks aren't familiar with these knives the ornate ones are beautiful; see this article: http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/facon/criollo.html).

Santiago, can you tell us about pocket knives made in Argentina and maybe include some photos? Does Boker still make knives in Argentina?

Dennis

jerryd6818 wrote:Well there's a country we haven't heard from yet (that I know of). That's a fine looking group of Spikes you have there.

Welcome to AAPK. Glad to have you aboard.

Thanks Jerry

Mumbleypeg wrote:Welcome to AAPK. Nice set of Marlin spike knives!

Ken

Thanks Ken

Quick Steel wrote:Hi and welcome!

Tony_Wood wrote:Hola Santiago,
Bienvenidos a AAPK. La coleccion es amable.
Donde esta in Argentina?
He viahado a Buenos Aires, San Miguel de Tucuman, y Santiago.

Tony

Hola Tony ..soy de Buenos Aires, vivo a 5km de Aeropuerto Internacional de Ezeiza..

Hi Tony, I'm from Buenos Aires 2 mile ago the Ezeiza International Airport

deo-pa wrote:Welcome Santiago!

I have read about the facon knives carried by the Gauchos and would like to own one someday. (If folks aren't familiar with these knives the ornate ones are beautiful; see this article: http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/facon/criollo.html).

Santiago, can you tell us about pocket knives made in Argentina and maybe include some photos? Does Boker still make knives in Argentina?

Dennis

Hi Dennis, Mr Domenech is the most important expert about knives in Argentina.
The Knifemaking in my country isn't a big industry, there are only 2 famous factorys: Eskiltuna y Boker. The first focuses in frigorific industry knives and Boker producting low cost folding knives for the local market.
But....there are a lot of awesome knifemaker CAS Brothers, Manuel Quiroga Guiraldes (wonderful Gaucho's knives) and the son of the knifemaking in Argentina Mariano Gugliotta for example..

asigarza wrote:

Tony_Wood wrote:Hola Santiago,
Bienvenidos a AAPK. La coleccion es amable.
Donde esta in Argentina?
He viahado a Buenos Aires, San Miguel de Tucuman, y Santiago.

Tony

Hola Tony ..soy de Buenos Aires, vivo a 5km de Aeropuerto Internacional de Ezeiza..

Hi Tony, I'm from Buenos Aires 2 mile ago the Ezeiza International Airport

Bueno,
Avenida 9 de Julio?

Mr Domenech is the most important expert about knives in Argentina.

Thank you Santiago. Yes, Abel Domenech wrote the article I linked to about gaucho knives. (AAPKers, here is his website: http://www.domenech.com.ar/cuchillos.htm. It's in Spanish but you can use Google's translate button.)

Santiago, I can't find information about the company Eskiltuna. The name is very similar to the famous Swedish knife company Eskilstuna. Is there any relationship? Can you tell me where I can see some pictures of Eskiltuna knives?

The first focuses in frigorific industry knives...

I've never seen this word before. I assume it refers to the rapid quenching technique. What Henckels calls "Friodur."

Dennis

deo-pa wrote: I have read about the facon knives carried by the Gauchos and would like to own one someday. (If folks aren't familiar with these knives the ornate ones are beautiful; see this article: http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/facon/criollo.html).
Dennis

Welcome, Santiago!
Dennis, I would love to get one of these knives, but I don't know how to separate the wheat from the chaff, the cream from the tourista stuff. The ones I have seen on ebay look to me like tourist knives. I tend to leave a genre alone if I can't learn enough about it to keep from getting burned. The antique (?) ones I see are stunning!

I would love to get one of these knives, but I don't know how to separate the wheat from the chaff...

I feel exactly the same way tongue. Maybe Santiago can be our guide and us which ones are the wheat and which are the chaff? Or maybe he knows of a source in Argentina which is reliable and trustworthy.

Dennis

from the Panhandle of Florida. (I've yet to own a Marlin Spike and I have no excuse. ) You have an interesting assortment that is very nice.
Treefarmer

Tony_Wood wrote:

asigarza wrote:

Tony_Wood wrote:Hola Santiago,
Bienvenidos a AAPK. La coleccion es amable.
Donde esta in Argentina?
He viahado a Buenos Aires, San Miguel de Tucuman, y Santiago.

Tony

Hola Tony ..soy de Buenos Aires, vivo a 5km de Aeropuerto Internacional de Ezeiza..

Hi Tony, I'm from Buenos Aires 2 mile ago the Ezeiza International Airport

Bueno,
Avenida 9 de Julio?

Hi Tony, yes near Av 9 de Julio

deo-pa wrote:

Mr Domenech is the most important expert about knives in Argentina.

Thank you Santiago. Yes, Abel Domenech wrote the article I linked to about gaucho knives. (AAPKers, here is his website: http://www.domenech.com.ar/cuchillos.htm. It's in Spanish but you can use Google's translate button.)

Santiago, I can't find information about the company Eskiltuna. The name is very similar to the famous Swedish knife company Eskilstuna. Is there any relationship? Can you tell me where I can see some pictures of Eskiltuna knives?

The first focuses in frigorific industry knives...

I've never seen this word before. I assume it refers to the rapid quenching technique. What Henckels calls "Friodur."

Dennis

Sorry about my poor english, knives for butchers, the factory is Eskilstuna, produce under licence of Eskilstuna of Sweden....http://www.eskilstuna.com.ar/

Abel is the main researcher about knives in our country. He has published a few books, the most important "Del Facon al Bowie" (Facon to Bowie) its a time line about the evolution of the knife. Only in spanish

tongueriver wrote:

deo-pa wrote: I have read about the facon knives carried by the Gauchos and would like to own one someday. (If folks aren't familiar with these knives the ornate ones are beautiful; see this article: http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/facon/criollo.html).
Dennis

Welcome, Santiago!
Dennis, I would love to get one of these knives, but I don't know how to separate the wheat from the chaff, the cream from the tourista stuff. The ones I have seen on ebay look to me like tourist knives. I tend to leave a genre alone if I can't learn enough about it to keep from getting burned. The antique (?) ones I see are stunning!

Dennis....if you want one of this, a true one not for tourist I send it to you and you send me a marlin spike. Agree?
As you said almost on Ebay are for tourist, but there are some tricks to detect fake knives. If you agree next week can write a tutorial about it.
The knives of this picture are for special events, not for daily use. There are some with more than 100 years (british blades are the most wanted) and modern.
The EDC gaucho knife has a wood handle and leather sheath.

deo-pa wrote:

I would love to get one of these knives, but I don't know how to separate the wheat from the chaff...

I feel exactly the same way tongue. Maybe Santiago can be our guide and us which ones are the wheat and which are the chaff? Or maybe he knows of a source in Argentina which is reliable and trustworthy.

Dennis

Sure deo-pa...I'ill help you

treefarmer wrote: from the Panhandle of Florida. (I've yet to own a Marlin Spike and I have no excuse. ) You have an interesting assortment that is very nice.
Treefarmer

Dennis....if you want one of this, a true one not for tourist I send it to you and you send me a marlin spike. Agree?

Sure Santiago, that would be great! I will send you a private message (PM) with photos of my marlin spikes (I only have a few) so you can choose the one you want. Or if you are looking for one in particular I will try and find it for you. It may take a day or two for me to send the PM. Thank you!

Dennis
PS - The Eskilstuna kitchen knives look to be fine knives.

Hi Santiago! I'm glad you were joining the forum. I also like sailors' knives, and I have some British and German.
I'll be glad if you could give me some information about an Argentine knife, which I found by accident. An old kitchen knife. Interesting mark I had never seen bеfore. M.Mieres & Cia, Buenos Aires. Searching the net, both in English and in Spanish, gave almost no results. The only thing I understand is that it is from Argentina, and the company at the beginning of the 20th century was bought by another company dealing with arms trade production.
I bought it from an elderly man in a village, near to Serbian border. He told me the following story. In 1912 Bulgaria was preparing for the Balkan War. The government announced mass mobilization. Penalties for refusal of mobilization were provided. 4 million population of Bulgaria at the time, collected 800,000 Army. The grandfather of this man was rich and did not want to participate in the war. Along with their whole family, they flee from Bulgaria and emigrate to Argentina. Several years later, after the end of the wars, his father returned to Bulgaria.

Sure Santiago, that would be great! I will send you a private message (PM) with photos of my marlin spikes

I've sent you a PM Santiago.

Dennis

Hi Eustace, please to meet you.
I'm not an expert but give me a few days and will try to help you

Regards

Eustace wrote:Hi Santiago! I'm glad you were joining the forum. I also like sailors' knives, and I have some British and German.
I'll be glad if you could give me some information about an Argentine knife, which I found by accident. An old kitchen knife. Interesting mark I had never seen bеfore. M.Mieres & Cia, Buenos Aires. Searching the net, both in English and in Spanish, gave almost no results. The only thing I understand is that it is from Argentina, and the company at the beginning of the 20th century was bought by another company dealing with arms trade production.
I bought it from an elderly man in a village, near to Serbian border. He told me the following story. In 1912 Bulgaria was preparing for the Balkan War. The government announced mass mobilization. Penalties for refusal of mobilization were provided. 4 million population of Bulgaria at the time, collected 800,000 Army. The grandfather of this man was rich and did not want to participate in the war. Along with their whole family, they flee from Bulgaria and emigrate to Argentina. Several years later, after the end of the wars, his father returned to Bulgaria.