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the trouble is that most knife blanks i can find are for the hobby market, and of generally mid to good quality and with a price that reflects that, whereas im looking only at the standard cheap fishing knife market, all i want to do is improve the aesthetics of a fairly standard low end but entirel...

thanx, im happy with that quality of steel, but the price is a bit high, i was looking at getting myself a fishing knife and noticed the lack of nicely finished filleting style blades, most have a very utilitarian plastic/rubberised handle which is practical, but a nice piece of our NZ native hardwo...

not after incredible quality, just reasonable stainless steel.
filleting and boning styles preferred.

just hoping somebody might be able to point me in the right direction, ive been searching google with varied results, im in new zealand so shipping is very much an issue.

il tell you one thing, its a bloody good design, but its only stainless, and fairly soft, doesnt hold an edge well, bought it off an oriental fellow who was selling knives out of a suitcase under a bridge for $20nzd it was part of $50 the cops gave me after they beat up a bunch of punkrockers includ...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/vvax/Image087.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/vvax/Image086.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/vvax/Image090.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/vvax/Image089.jpg sorry the pictures are so crap, fixed blade says 'linder' on the blade, but ive bee...

cheers guys, im just about to go take photos of the knives currently in my possession, so i can post them up here.
then im gunna think about places i can get old saw blades... for my toy balisword, having a few teething troubles with it, mainly due to lack of materials and tools

hah, we play rugby down here, its kinda like gridiron with proper rules and no padding.

il check out the bladeforums cheers

what il probably do is get someone to make me a balisword, as i doubt highly our country will let me import one, we have some shockingly strict laws regarding that.

heh, im starting to see how out of my depth i am here, i guess it was misleading when i said ive messed around making fixed blades, all ive done is trim/sharpen saw blades and put new handles on old blades... furthermore while ive always had folding knives i dont know stuff all about them, and hones...

yeh, searched NZ and new zealand, there were a few references, most as a alternative to 'timbuktu' as in somewhere really far away, obscure and backward :? ...americans, :roll: you guys realise a new zealander split the atom dont you? :x anyway, a girl posted on here about a year ago asking a simale...

cheers man, know any other good place to look for pics?

especially people who have experience with knife colecting and buying stuff from overseas..

im new to this, and dont wont to give my money away....

cheers
phil.

i just wanna look at some baliswords(id never heard of them until i found this site)
know any good links/archives?

why cant i see any pictures? not even red x's

cool, cool, the other requirement is reasonable price, much as id like a high quality one... my buying from NZ is effectively doubling the price, if not more once shipping costs are added. having said that i am prepared to pay the price, as its something i really want and is (at this point) a one of...

alright il post some pics after i take em, il need to put some money on my phone so i can pixt to my email, move them to photobucket, and link them here...

they are generally good designs so id say they are clones.
il get back to ya's