Types of Knives

[Rustam Bana]

Shadup!

[marksman]

Yes,yes,yes Rustam, that's the one..so "Folding Pig Sticking Knife" it is. The ones I saw were old world designs and much sleeker though. I may as well settle for this one. A BIG THANKS RUSTAM !!!!
Marksman

[Rustam Bana]

You are welcome. If I come across an older Solingen made one, I'll PM you.

There is a German name/term for these knives but it escapes me at the moment.

-- Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:59 pm --

Here's another example - http://www.worldknives.com/products/hub ... -1646.html

The older German examples are also there but it needs a bit of trawling on the net.

[jonahpach]

Hey olly! feels great to see one of those "original MIZO Bowies" hanging in dere!

[Subal das]

Corvo (knife)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvo_%28knife%29

-- Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:18 am --



throwing knives

[sudesh]

Hey Guys,

Name this knife.

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[Vikram]

Nice collection,everyone.Thanks for sharing.

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Corvo (knife)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvo_%28knife%29

From the link

"When fighting with a corvo, the wielder will not feint with the blade itself; traditionally it is used in conjunction with a rag, poncho or stick in the off-hand, which allows the bearer to parry an incoming attack. The corvo is then used to counterattack with a swiping, slashing or stabbing motion."

Tactic inspired from bull fighting? Stabbing with that curve? I am not a knives expert,but would like to know if someone could explain.Thanks.

Best-
Vikram

[Yaj]

The Corvo design seems to be inspired by the traditional Jambiya daggers.

[Olly]

Yaj,
Thanks for pointing out the corrections !

Subal,
Nice knives there...

[Vikram]

The Corvo design seems to be inspired by the traditional Jambiya daggers.

My impression is similar and makes sense to me.


Chile<Spain<Moorish

[kanwar76]

Nice knives Subal,

That curvo looks lethal

-Inder

[hvj1]

Can somebody start a thread on how to throw knives (accurately)?

[eljefe]

Yaj, I remember reading about the Jordanian SF designing their own handgun-in conjunction with a US armsmaker and I think that Jambiya design is from their repertoire.The Jambiyas-Yemeni ones-I've seen, are darkly handsome rhino horned and grimly lethal.This corvo design seems to follow the structure of the sheath, rather than the traditional blade

[Yaj]

Totally agree with you Asif! The Jambiya blade itself is never that curved. Been trying to get my hands on one for some time now(not the rhino handled ones-couldn't afford those) but the damn things are always priced a bit higher than I like because of the handle material or ornamentation.Just looking for a plain Jane working specimen

[eljefe]

have one lying around back home, plain jane work version,compliments of FIL