This is a great knife thread.

And Daryl, well, what to say!

Awesome!

BTW: the basket hilt swords are called "broadswords" in all my books, tho I think they are commonly referred to as "claymores". The "claymore is actually a double hand or hand-n'half swoard of similar type and including the one your brother is holding.

He looks like the character guarding the chalices in one of the Indy Jones movies!

I've been on a making binge, so I need to post my home-grown blades here. For now, the avatar...