TalkBlade.Info Knife Forums

Here are a couple fun TRIANGOLO stamped knives for your Friday enjoyment. The two 12cm blue shell wraps are MC and CR stamped and the 28cm is misspelled " TRIAGOLO " which is pretty cool. I know there are some TRIANGOLO collectors in here; has anyone else seen one misstamped like the one on the righ...

fastr19 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 5:24 pm Thanks Matt and Ian. I didn't want to step on this post so I waited a while.

It’s an open (mouth fish lol) invitation to post any others out there… yours is pretty dang special!

fastr19 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 3:43 pm plp fish.jpg
Here's another PLP fish with a square button.

This one is too cool!

There's a bit of interesting info in this old SD forum thread that does reference them as well, but I am 99% certain the two newer/nicer looking Latamas in the above pic are not authentic/vintage productions. You can feel the difference in your hands between even an Oreste DiBon fish and these (the ...

How can you differentiate a Sandoval from an actual Latama? The two smaller "Latama ITALY" stamped knives to the left were made from raw parts found by Lucio DiBon (I believe there were 100 total knives made?) about 15-20yrs ago... from what I have gathered, these fish were misrepresented as authen...

rithvich wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 3:01 pm There was one in a private collection I remember drooling over. I think it was pre 1950's and a multi blade camper model.

Wow! I'd love to see that one someday

Thank you everyone for the kind words... these fish are some of my favorite knives and it hasn't been easy to put this group together, considering only four of the seven are original (vintage) etc. There's got to be more out there and as time goes on, I'm confident they'll make their way to the surf...

Here are some fun Open Mouth Fish I've been able to reel into the boat the past few years... if you have one you don't want anymore please keep me in mind. Some things I've noticed about these open mouths vs the more common "closed mouth" is the non radiused/squared top bolster (no gills ), deeper m...

jim d, wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 2:44 pm That's a great point Tom. Here we have a company that many of us trusted for years severely damaging their credibility for some short-term profits.

Jim

PVK sold a couple years ago and they are not the same company at all unfortunately

I guess PVK still has them as those are the highest prices I have seen. Never bought from them, but when the China made Magos came out and they sold them for $140 claiming they were from Italy, they lost a future customer in me....The 11" Frank B 2.0 are $60+ more than anyone else.... For $310 you ...

Coricama 33cm / 13" in that condition is easily 1500+

Thanks everyone! I’ve been hunting for an Astor 9” kris for a couple years now; just need the 13” kris and fish to complete my Astor set so it’s fun chipping away at ‘em

Pretty nice to see these these beauts show up today...

23cm Astor kris
28cm IMCO bayonet
33cm Kerper kris

Wow that's a beaut! Can't reproduce that gorgeous horn!