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On one side, I guess, I am not a blade maker
The one for skiving lays at a slight angle and shaves the edge off. At a 45 or less degree

Taiwan most likely. Was a time every thing came from there

Hi guys I am a leather worker and I love a sharp blade I am attempting to make a couple of blades to use in my tool kit Both are being shaped using vintage Stanley wood plane blades One is a round knife, it it used to cut long straight lines And curves The other is a skiver, used to shave edges down...

A Kroger sack is a brown paper bag that used to be used to bag groceries, Kroger is a store name Back in the ‘80s. I went to work one morning and a fellow worker was sitting in a chair with his head in his hands looking at the floor His name is Danny and he is usually upbeat and laughing I approache...

I think you are correct that it is an Asian knock off but I do not think it was a kit. I only have intuition to back that up

Which one of these forums has blade makers?

My first was bought by me in the Philippines pearl handle 9” long super thin blade.

This is the one I have 50 years later

sammy the blade wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:14 pm Looks Asian to be.

I think you may be correct, I did a google search on the word rostfrei
It came back as a German word meaning rust free
Which is used by the Chinese and Japanese blade makers on some blades to …well, we need not go any farther
So most likely a knock off

It was given to me by my Mexican helper after his return tripe to his family farm, I always figured it was a cheap knock off till I paid attention to the blade
The blade is sharp as a razor and holds its edge I use white stropping chalk on a leather strip

Hello, My name is Frodo I am a leather worker and vender at festivals, swap meets and things of that nature I have recently added knives to my inventory and am interested in the history behind them. I have a switch blade that I think is from Italy 8.5” long with a 4” blade. Stamped on the blade is I...

Hello ya’ll, I joined to talk about a switch blade and find out some info on it,

maybe someone here can tell me about this knife
It was given to me by a guy from mexico. Back in 1992