Knife I brought back from my third trip to africa

[leslie hetrick]

on my third trip to Africa, one of my trackers had this knife, as its a custom stuart smith African made knife I ,m not sure how he received it, lost and he found it, given to him by a hunter of at worst he stold it. I traded a good quality gerber folder for it. it has see much use and is not perfect, but I love it and when I handle it and close my eyes I see Africa again and I have a grandson who has the hunters fire and he will get it when the time comes. he also keeps eyeing the two African cheapo knives. les.

 

[AfricaHunting.com]

he also keeps eyeing the two African cheapo knives.

See: The Knife of the Trade

 

[leslie hetrick]

thank you for the link, I believe I paid 60-70 rand for the two and they sharpened them on a cement block by the skinners. I lent several of the skinners two of my knives and had the PH tell them if they put them to the cement block,i would kill them.les.

 

[Wheels]

Nothing says African knife like Okapi. The model shown hasn't changed in the 50+ years since my first one. I believe that model has been around in its same form for over 100 years. Durable for an inexpensive knife.

 

[Wheels]

See: The Knife of the Trade

Jerome, I should have read your post before writing mine.

 

[nztimb]

Interesting knife. As so often happens it is the easy to purchase for every day use knives that see the most use by those who REALLY use a knife