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My daughter Tracy just returned from two weeks in South Africa.

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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.

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Might not be too evident in this photo but the cutting edge is on the side opposite the finger grooves.
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Very nice knife, now all you need is some biltong. :wink:
WOW in that first picture your daughter looks like she was cloned from your wife. No doubt where she gets her good looks from. :D
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Ji here is another of the two of them.

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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? :wink:
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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? :wink:
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Very nice gift.
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I like that knife. Very nice
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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.

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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:
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? :wink:
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I'd say 8)
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Great knife!
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Unusual design... 8)

Thoughtful and good lookin' daughter too! Obviously takes after your wife... :wink:
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game keeper wrote:Unusual design... 8)

Thoughtful and good lookin' daughter too! Obviously takes after your wife... :wink:
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Very nice knife, had to Google Biltong, made me hungry :D :D
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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.
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Cold Steel and hot ladies - what more can one ask for? A very nice knife Fred!
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Well thank you Ravenman and all - I would like to know what other uses you fellows might see for it.
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all together now -

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The Huntington ..... a great place !!

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Ah, new pig - a man of culture.

Twodot - very kind.
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Old Savage wrote:Well thank you Ravenman and all - I would like to know what other uses you fellows might see for it.
I think it would make an excellent Salami knife, just wear the salami around your neck and cut slices off as needed. :wink:

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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.
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Very nice OS. 8)
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Ummm, question from an ex-city boy. What makes biltong different that you need a special knife? Ain't it just South African jerky?
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Thx OS, I stand "Informed".
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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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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.
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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.
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That is it - that is how they do it.
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Yup, I use my curved blade paring knife the same way when cutting up carrots or peeling 'taters. :wink:
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You got it - same idea.

Here is Tracy years ago in HI. She is a stone's throw from Ji's property back then I believe if I have the places we visited right still.

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Old Savage wrote:You got it - same idea.

Here is Tracy years ago in HI. She is a stone's throw from Ji's property back then I believe if I have the places we visited right still.

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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. :wink:
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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.

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pwl44m wrote:For 50 years I have always thought it was -I wish they all could "SEE" California Girls.-
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Friends Call Me Ji wrote:
pwl44m wrote:For 50 years I have always thought it was -I wish they all could "SEE" California Girls.-
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A buddy of mine thought "Little Deuce Coupe" was "Little Dew Scoop" all his life until I set him straight. :lol:
This could prolly make a 29 page thread of it's own. That aint the only song I misinterpreted or misheard.
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