Buenos Aires, Argentina...Beautiful City, lots of people, culture, delicious food - excellent beef. Knifes and Knifemakers.
Several times when my wife traveled to Buenos Aires to visit her son she would go meet with Ruben Calo, a local knife maker in Buenos Aires and buy me a knife.
The first time I went to BA with here we went to Ruben's home where he showed me his shop and what existing inventory of knives he had. I bought a butterfly knife he made and then he gifted me an Argentine Chef's knife; one of the first knives he made. Little did we know that within 6-8 months he would succumb to lung cancer.
Here's the Balisong he made:
and here's the chef's knife:
