
Okapi Historical South African Carbon Steel Biltong (Cured Meat) Cutting Knife
Okapi Historical South African Carbon Steel Biltong Knife(Biltong is a form of dried, cured meat that originated in South Africa)Okapi Unique Historical KnifeOwn a little piece of history!!!This knife is a unique but simple design that has been around for hundreds of years and was adopted and repurposed by South Africans for cutting biltong!!!(Design Is From Europe and Colonial America in the 1600 and 1700's)Knives of this type were made by hand in the blacksmith shops of Europe and Colonial America in the 1600 and 1700's. As the industrial revolution changed the way that goods were made, the traditional designs of the blacksmiths were copied.Okapi Knives - which is a registered trademark - have been manufacturing knives in Solingen, Germany, since the 1800's. In 1983, the manufacturing was moved to South Africa, and the knives are still made to the same specifications and standards of quality under German Management.Okapi knives are quality reproductions of the knives carried by explo