Situated and inspired by the tranquil surroundings: Outiniqua mountains in the North and the Indian Ocean in the South (George, South Africa) together with our perfectionist personalities, we pour a piece of our sole in every knife we create.

 

Vincent, with his admiration of Piet Grey’s – Bush King Knife, at a very young age, and latter bush experience, is well aware of the benefits and value of a trustworthy, strong, practical and all round multi-purpose survival and tactical knife. ..this resulted in the vision of creating the ultimate bush, survival and hunting knives, which will not let anyone down!

 

Being taught the art of knife-making by Vincent’s friend and member of the “The Knifemakers’ Guild of Southern Africa” , Peet Bronkhorst as well as Gawie & Thinus Herbst (Herbst Knife-making Academy), Vincent’s vision became reality and are now shared with all interested. Vincent has been crafting knives since 2007. 

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In 2015, Vincent & Almarie also travelled to Hyvinkaa, Finland to learn the correct way of crafting one of the most awesome blades... The Finnish Puukko. Here, Karri Rautinnen was the mentor and today, Puukko's are crafted with the knowledge gained.

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We also believe that one can never learn enough, so both Almarie & I completed a Forging workshop at Heaven Forge under the tutorship of Kevin Harvey, Master Blade-smith & Chairman of the Knife Makers Guild of South Africa.

 

Every French Handcrafted Knife is hand-made and is issued with an Unconditional Lifetime Guarantee certificate against any material or construction defects. This guarantee includes the unlikely breakage under extreme conditions and will be replaced free of charge.

 

French Handcrafted Knives Knives specialize in Fixed Blade, Full Tang - Bush, Survival and Tactical knives as well as custom fixed blade, full tang knives (on request).

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• Steel used for our knives is N690 (Bohler), K110 Toolsteel (Bohler), Elma(Bohler),M390 toolsteel from Bohler and Shaya Forge Damascus Steel by Bertie Rietveld and Damasteel– All between  3mm and 5mm. Each knife is individually heat treated and tempered at an average of between 60 and 62 HRC depending on which steel is used.

• Blade finish is mirror polished or have a satin or custom finish.

• Steel use for bolster (when applicable) is 316L.

• Handlel are made from natural wood (like African Black Ivory) and Dymondwood or G-10 for ultimate durability.

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• Each survial knife includes a handcrafted leather sheath, a fire striker (Magnesium), and a 1 meter  woven Paracord lanyard, which can be undone to enable the user to tie the knive to a stick, for use as an extension to cut at distance or a spear to hunt.

 

 

It bears pointing out that because each knife is made individually, from start to finish by hand in our workshop, every knife is one-of-a-kind.

 

We also specialize in handmade leather work like knife sheaths, arrow quivers for traditional archers, arm guards or any special requests.