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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:

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No pics in your last post, Chief.
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Rick - I can see them...you couldn't!

Fixed. I had copied "attachments" from another discussion forum.
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I can see them now, Chief.

Excellent!
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Voorhis "Big" Chute Style Knife. A knife designed to help a pilot or member of the Airborne to extricate themselves from a tree or other situation. Voorhis's chute knife is a lot bigger then most.

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Peter Martin O-1 Tool Steel tactical knife. Cord wrapped handle and a beautiful hamon.

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Voorhis "Big" Chute Style Knife. A knife designed to help a pilot or member of the Airborne to extricate themselves from a tree or other situation. Voorhis's chute knife is a lot bigger then most.





I really like this one!


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Another Ruben Calo Knife. My wife brought this very large slip-joint folder home from Argentina for me! The scales are cow bone.




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