Get a Patagonian blade built to your needs.

Oskar specializes in custom knives.

He wants to know how you plan to use your blade so he can forge a one-of-a-kind heirloom piece made especially for you.

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Many clients ask Oskar to craft their custom knife in his style.

Oskar’s knives feature a combination of signature Patagonian elements. Sustainably-gathered deer horn, non-threatened native woods, criollo design and carved details that imitate forms he sees in nature.

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Knives have history in Argentina. Ever heard of the gauchos?

Think of gauchos as cowboys, although the comparison falls short in many respects as many gauchos were mixed-race and denied basic rights like education and labor, which took them to the wildlands of Argentina.

For gauchos (which still exist, by the way), being without a knife is like an elephant losing his trunk, as one author (and former president of Argentina) put it.

Highly valued tools critical to survival, they were used for numerous activities in daily life.

There are four main types of Argentine knives: the facón, the dagger, the criollo dagger and the country knife. Confusingly, these can collectively be referred to as criollos, the facón being the most legendary. These knives often have a fuller and an S- or inverted U-shaped guard. 

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In Argentina, the dagger is similar in size to the facón but distinguished by its double edge. The criollo dagger, in contrast, features a triangular, lanceolate blade with a counter-edge at the tip near the spine.

Oskar’s criollo, above, has several of these elements. 

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Appearing at the end of the 19th century, you also see the emergence of the cuchillo de campo (country knife), which featured a full tang construction with a wood or antler handle and a brass or nickel bolster.

“[T]he similarities between two most interesting types of knives, Bowies and gaucho puñales, have never ceased to amaze me. … I personally consider the most interesting type to study (especially for Bowie collectors) to be the variant known as the puñal, a knife which was widely used along the territories of what today is Argentina, as well as Uruguay and southern Brazil. This type features subtle distinctive differences of design in each of these regions. Several years ago I developed my own theory, tracing a common root in both the Bowie knife and the puñal.”

— Author Abel A. Domenech

“Oskar is a blade smith that has incredible skills, the knife he made me is beyond what I expected, the blade came shaving sharp, the handle fits my hand perfectly, beautiful leather worked sheath, looking forward to the next knife to be commissioned!”

— James, upon receiving his custom made knife, a criollo

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