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I was talking with my brother the other day and he showed me what he had gotten while on deployment. He was stationed in Djibouti and while on patrol he met a local guy who liked my brother's sunglasses. They started talking and the guy offered my bother his handmade knife for the glasses. Not the most even of trades (the guy definitely came out ahead with the glasses as you can see below) but it was a cool souvenir to come back home with. It's made from scrap materials and in no way is properly constructed nor heat treated but an interesting piece non the less in my opinion. These people were scrapping by however possible so I'll give them credit for trying.

Sheath is camel skin with some copper wire-wrap for structure and a little decoration. Also has a little aluminum belt clip.

Wouldn't even begin to guess the metal but I'm sure it's some scrap piece from whatever he could find.

The handle appears to be some cheap wood that you would find on most Walmart furniture that has been pressure fit with some aluminum riveting. Also some more wire-wrap.

Maybe I'm crazy but I thought it was something fun to see. I think I got the image posting parameters right, sorry if not.

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Posted : 27/08/2020 4:21 pm
Joshua States
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I do think it's cool. Nice little memento of the mission to keep. Thanks for sharing.

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Posted : 27/08/2020 10:16 pm
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Love the design, even if the execution is poor. It might be a fun project to make your own version

 
Posted : 25/09/2020 6:12 am
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I might just do that!

 
Posted : 28/09/2020 5:19 am
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