Biltong knife
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Biltong knife
My daughter Tracy just returned from two weeks in South Africa.
She brought this knife back for me. As you will see it has the edge on the opposite side you would expect. Designed for cutting biltong. It has a giraffe bone handle and is very nicely made. Groot Gert Knives is the custom maker. Very unusual.
Might not be too evident in this photo but the cutting edge is on the side opposite the finger grooves.
She brought this knife back for me. As you will see it has the edge on the opposite side you would expect. Designed for cutting biltong. It has a giraffe bone handle and is very nicely made. Groot Gert Knives is the custom maker. Very unusual.
Might not be too evident in this photo but the cutting edge is on the side opposite the finger grooves.
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Re: Biltong knife
Very nice knife, now all you need is some biltong.
WOW in that first picture your daughter looks like she was cloned from your wife. No doubt where she gets her good looks from.
WOW in that first picture your daughter looks like she was cloned from your wife. No doubt where she gets her good looks from.
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E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
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Re: Biltong knife
I LOVE biltong...too bad you can't import it. Nothing like it here in the states...elephant, Kudu, Bleesbuck, etc....mmm, mmm good!
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You're a blessed man Fred, great lookin' gals!
Has anyone ever told you you remind them of the 70 "Buck Rogers" Gill Gerard?
Has anyone ever told you you remind them of the 70 "Buck Rogers" Gill Gerard?
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Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
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Today as well!Friends Call Me Ji wrote:You're a blessed man Fred, great lookin' gals!
Has anyone ever told you you remind them of the 70 "Buck Rogers" Gill Gerard?
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Re: Biltong knife
Very nice gift.
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Re: Biltong knife
I like that knife. Very nice
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Re: Biltong knife
Just be glad she didn't bring you home the pet in the other photo. I understand they can be difficult to house break.
Very pretty pair of ladies.....definitely see where she gets her good looks.
Wm
Very pretty pair of ladies.....definitely see where she gets her good looks.
Wm
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That is a new one Ji/Oly - wonder if anyone hit him the nose with a bat - looks like maybe.
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olyinaz wrote:Today as well!Friends Call Me Ji wrote:You're a blessed man Fred, great lookin' gals!
Has anyone ever told you you remind them of the 70 "Buck Rogers" Gill Gerard?
I'd say
Re: Biltong knife
Great knife!
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Re: Biltong knife
Unusual design...
Thoughtful and good lookin' daughter too! Obviously takes after your wife...
Thoughtful and good lookin' daughter too! Obviously takes after your wife...
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+1game keeper wrote:Unusual design...
Thoughtful and good lookin' daughter too! Obviously takes after your wife...
Very nice knife, had to Google Biltong, made me hungry
Pete
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Sometimes I wonder if it is worthwhile gnawing through the leather straps to get up in the morning..................
Re: Biltong knife
When I was in Africa, the guide, Chris Troskie always had some around. It is better than any of the beef jerky that you can buy packaged here in the States. Yes, it is too bad that you can't import it. The USDA thinks that it would be a problem. There is a way of using one form of radiation to kill bacteria in packaged food that I think would work, but the USDA won't budge.
Your wife and daughter are quite pretty. I like the knife.
Your wife and daughter are quite pretty. I like the knife.
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Re: Biltong knife
Cold Steel and hot ladies - what more can one ask for? A very nice knife Fred!
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Re: Biltong knife
Well thank you Ravenman and all - I would like to know what other uses you fellows might see for it.
Re: Biltong knife
all together now -
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Re: Biltong knife
The Huntington ..... a great place !!
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Ah, new pig - a man of culture.
Twodot - very kind.
Twodot - very kind.
Re: Biltong knife
For 50 years I have always thought it was -I wish they all could "SEE" California Girls.-
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Re: Biltong knife
I think it would make an excellent Salami knife, just wear the salami around your neck and cut slices off as needed.Old Savage wrote:Well thank you Ravenman and all - I would like to know what other uses you fellows might see for it.
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Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
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Re: Biltong knife
Biltong is easy to make. All you need is red meat, apple cider vinegar, salt, a place that has air flow, and time. Cut the meat into 1x1/2 inch strips and start layering in a nonreactive pan. As you lay the first layer of meat in the pan sprinkle with salt, spray a little vinegar, and flavor with black pepper and coliander, keep doing this for all the meat. Let the meat sit in the frig over night. The next day hang the meat in the house if you have AC over something to catch any drips. I put the meat into my Excalibur dehydrate on the lowest temp setting for 3 days.
There are many videos on YouTube on making biltong. You don't need to make a biltong box.
There are many videos on YouTube on making biltong. You don't need to make a biltong box.
Re: Biltong knife
Very nice OS.
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Re: Biltong knife
Ummm, question from an ex-city boy. What makes biltong different that you need a special knife? Ain't it just South African jerky?
Mike
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Re: Biltong knife
OK, I am a sucker for knifes as much as firearms. That one is cool especially as a gift. But I am struggling to figure how it functions, short of trying to rip some ones belly open with a yank upwards to let there innerds fall out on the floor. How is this used, I don't get it?
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Re: Biltong knife
I think they hold the biltong like it was a sausage and kind of cut up toward the thumb. The friend my daughter watched do it is a surgeon.
Re: Biltong knife
Like slicing carrots into the stew with a pairing knife aginst your thumb? I guess I can see that. They make a special knife for the purpose of cutting meat sticks?
I guess I get it now, but its odd.
I guess I get it now, but its odd.
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Re: Biltong knife
That is it - that is how they do it.
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Re: Biltong knife
Yup, I use my curved blade paring knife the same way when cutting up carrots or peeling 'taters.
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Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
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Re: Biltong knife
Yup, about 9 miles south of me on the Haleakala Highway real close to my old deer hunting grounds. Sure miss my old homestead.
Tracy sure looks familiar.
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Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Re: Biltong knife
As a sailor (sailboat owner, not Navy) I carries a folding knife with a marlin spike, a shackle key, and a blade shaped similar to the biltong knife with the cutting edge along the flat side. It was used for cutting line (rope to you landlubbers) with a mallet (lay the blade on the line and whack it). Chops multi-braid and standard lay line pretty good.
Just FWIW....
Just FWIW....
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Re: Biltong knife
A buddy of mine thought "Little Deuce Coupe" was "Little Dew Scoop" all his life until I set him straight.pwl44m wrote:For 50 years I have always thought it was -I wish they all could "SEE" California Girls.-
Perry
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Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Re: Biltong knife
This could prolly make a 29 page thread of it's own. That aint the only song I misinterpreted or misheard.Friends Call Me Ji wrote:A buddy of mine thought "Little Deuce Coupe" was "Little Dew Scoop" all his life until I set him straight.pwl44m wrote:For 50 years I have always thought it was -I wish they all could "SEE" California Girls.-
Perry
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