Ethnographic folding knives

A. G. Maisey · 12th November 2008, 12:05 PM

I like folders.

I've got a lot of folders. I do not collect them, I accumulate them.

Indiscriminately.

I buy $1 ones with broken handles and blades and fix them and sharpen them, and use them as bench knives.

In fact, any folder that I see that isn't too expensive , I buy.

This one is one of my more unusual ones. Its probably about as ethno as an ethno folder could be. I would have posted pics of it before now, but I had lent it to a friend. I don't know what it is, or where its from, but my guess is that it is a carpet maker's knife.

Ferguson · 12th November 2008, 04:14 PM

My only ethnographic folder.

A rather touristy folding Lohar from Afghanistan.

Steve

David · 12th November 2008, 04:31 PM

I dunno Steve...it may be a bit "touristy", but it's cool!

I wonder though about including some of these factory manufactured folders in here as ethnographic. I guess i don't expect ethnographic blades to all be carbon copies of each other as these factory ones are. They may have an ethic style, but is that enough to tag them ethnographic?

12th November 2008, 12:05 PM	#1
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,991	I like folders. I've got a lot of folders. I do not collect them, I accumulate them. Indiscriminately. I buy $1 ones with broken handles and blades and fix them and sharpen them, and use them as bench knives. In fact, any folder that I see that isn't too expensive , I buy. This one is one of my more unusual ones. Its probably about as ethno as an ethno folder could be. I would have posted pics of it before now, but I had lent it to a friend. I don't know what it is, or where its from, but my guess is that it is a carpet maker's knife. Attached Images

12th November 2008, 04:14 PM	#2
Ferguson Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kernersville, NC, USA Posts: 793	My only ethnographic folder. A rather touristy folding Lohar from Afghanistan. Steve

12th November 2008, 04:31 PM	#3
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,211	I dunno Steve...it may be a bit "touristy", but it's cool! I wonder though about including some of these factory manufactured folders in here as ethnographic. I guess i don't expect ethnographic blades to all be carbon copies of each other as these factory ones are. They may have an ethic style, but is that enough to tag them ethnographic?