New Von Gruff Heavy Hunter Knife

[Dr Ray]

New Von Gruff Heavy Hunter Knife

I gave this to myself for Christmas AND a matching one to my son, Craig.

Once again I am very, very pleased with the quality of the workmanship.
The knife is just a great one - feel and balance.

Also feels "sturdy".

Will take this to Tasmania in early April for a fallow deer hunt.
Thanks Garry!

 

[nztimb]

Thanks Ray. Was a pleasure to make them as a pair for you both.

 

[Dr Ray]

Thanks Ray. Was a pleasure to make them as a pair for you both.

I must order more as I’m addicted.
Need to design something special (hint)

 

[nztimb]

I must order more as I’m addicted.
Need to design something special (hint)

Love the chalenge of working with you

 

[Tgood1]

A really useful looking piece of cutlery there

 

[Dr Ray]

Love the chalenge of working with you

Well I request a special knife

Let’s work on a design

Blank mind and sheet as I type


Thinking of a knife - Ridgewalker suggested
Kiris or some name like that

Sorry cannot think if what it’s called

 

[Dr Ray]

Love the chalenge of working with you

My wife (known as Rusthead) says I’m a challenge
Calls me an alien nerd

Doesn’t help when I say I can’t even Work out the algorithm to that !!
Yikkkkkeees

 

[nztimb]

Is this what you were thinking of with the Kris
The kris blade is called a wilah or bilah. Kris blades are usually narrow with a wide, asymmetrical base. The kris is famous for its wavy blade; however, the older types of kris dated from the Majapahit era have straight blades, as do more than half of all kris prior to the modern era.

 

[nztimb]

A couple ofpics I have put asside at times as possibilities for something different
The Khyber knife

 

[Tra3]

New Von Gruff Heavy Hunter Knife

I gave this to myself for Christmas AND a matching one to my son, Craig.

Once again I am very, very pleased with the quality of the workmanship.
The knife is just a great one - feel and balance.

Also feels "sturdy".

Will take this to Tasmania in early April for a fallow deer hunt.
Thanks Garry!

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Beautiful knife!

 

[nztimb]

The Kopis

 

[nztimb]

A slight persian influence

Very modern look

 

[wesheltonj]

Or you could have him make another in Damascus.

 

[Dr Ray]

Is this what you were thinking of with the Kris
The kris blade is called a wilah or bilah. Kris blades are usually narrow with a wide, asymmetrical base. The kris is famous for its wavy blade; however, the older types of kris dated from the Majapahit era have straight blades, as do more than half of all kris prior to the modern era.
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Now this one really appeals to me

 

[nztimb]

Now this one really appeals to me

About the most difficult grind there is but something that we can look at in more detail in coming days.

 

[CBH Australia]

Dr Ray,
Perhaps get matching steak knives for you and yours.

 

[ZG47]

The Kopis

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How many people will know what that is, without having to Google it?

 

[fourfive8]

Good stuff… let the imagination run free! Particularly in a time of lock downs, mandates, closures, loss of basic God given freedoms and what amounts to house arrest for many.

Any number of references available including of course the net but I can recommend a few reference books to nurture the curious including: Glossary of Arms and Armor…. by George Stone.
Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago by Albert Van Zonneveld. Islamic Weapons by Anthony Tirri.

 

[fourfive8]

Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines have historically provided some of the greatest variety of blade design of any region in the world followed closely by the general category of Indo-Persian arms.

 

[nztimb]

How many people will know what that is, without having to Google it?

Not sure it matters how many others know what it is as long as the customer does and can talk through its properties and histories when having a yarn in the man cave. The Kopis was the traditional Greek daily use in shorter lengths and military use with a little more length.
I am sure there are many things in many man caves that a lot of people would have to google to find out all about them.