Olive wood handle knives
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Olive wood handle knives
Have you seen the natural Olive Wood handle knives from Due Buoi Italy.
Do you like them?
Do you like them?
Hi Vito,
I'm not sure about olive wood as a handle material for a kitchen knife. A friend of mine produces custom kitchen knives with laminated wood which looks good and works well.
Do you have a relationship with due buoi? Obviously no problem if you do, just curious.
I'm not sure about olive wood as a handle material for a kitchen knife. A friend of mine produces custom kitchen knives with laminated wood which looks good and works well.
Do you have a relationship with due buoi? Obviously no problem if you do, just curious.
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The LYON is almost perfect and very beautifulMilu wrote:I spend a lot of time in Italy and I'm part Italian.
Coltelleria Righi in Parma.
If I designed the "perfect" knife it would look like hell and no-one would like the way it looks. [not even me ] The Lyon is as close as you can get and still look good
Righi don't have a web site. Just a good, traditional knifeshop where the owners love fine knives. They do make some knives but as far as I know only direct sell. I think they may stock Riboni. This is the Riboni site I found.
http://www.riboni-knives.com/ingrand.-leoni.htm
http://www.riboni-knives.com/ingrand.-leoni.htm
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That's the site I found looking for RighiMilu wrote:Righi don't have a web site. Just a good, traditional knifeshop where the owners love fine knives. They do make some knives but as far as I know only direct sell. I think they may stock Riboni. This is the Riboni site I found.
http://www.riboni-knives.com/ingrand.-leoni.htm
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Remember I said it would look like hellVito wrote:Vagrant,
how would you design it?
I'd start with a Puukko type handle but make the sides of the handle flat, or a least flattened a little. I would use a blade a little wider than a Puukko, more like a classic German Nicker. Add a very slight thumb-rest, for extra leverage when cutting. The end result would be a knife that wouldn't twist in your hand [a Puukko can], a knife that you could tell which way the edge was facing [even in the dark], a knife that lets you apply maximum leverage, and a knife that LOOKS TERRIBLE