African Blade - Owen Wood & Dewald Reiners

1991 first edition large format hardcover with dust jacket in good secondhand condition. Swords, daggers, Damascus steel knives, hunting and camp knives, fighting, boot and Bowie knives, other...

For centuries man has depended on the blade as a weapon, utensil and tool. In African Blade Owen Wood, a master knife-maker, introduces us to knives that transcend practicality and enter the realm of art.
The handmade knives featured here are collector's items, treasured for their exquisite design and the precision which they are crafted. The knives, from simple but beautiful hunting knives to fantasy daggers are the work of a group of Southern African craftsmen.
Dewald Reiners' artistically executed photographs have captured the individuality of these knives, making this book a collector's item to cherish.