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Welcome to the 2G KNIVES WITH IBEXHUNTSPAIN. We are specialized in handmade hunting knives for all types of use, whether for exhibition, hunting or tactical / military purposes,  following the standards of our mentors William Scagel, Robert Loveless and many others, precursors of the new order of forged handmade knives. As disciples, we make our own reading in the creation of this legendary instrument, creating a new style: we call them: The 2G KNIVES

Rodrigo Mulero Crespí
Knife Maker

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2G KNIVES has a recent, but intense life.

In the year 2004, two good old friends, Rodrigo Mulero Crespí and Pepín Vives, having both logged a long experience in craftmanship, metal work and gunsmithing, decided to fulfill a childhood dream: to make custom knives.

 Custom knifemaking is often a late-life vocation, a place where you arrive carried by some magic sharp dwarfs that you keep hiding inside you, until one day, they decide to show up in the shape of a knife.



 The name

Pepín Vives and Rodrigo Mulero started together in 2004, they choosed the name 2G KNIVES. 2G KNIVES are the initials of "2 Ganivaters", "2 knifemakers" in catalan. From 2009, Pepín Vives graduatly left his work in 2G KNIVES, until the year 2010, when he did his last works, the famous and renowned Sheridan sheaths. From that moment, the sheaths are made by Bear Holsters. In the year 2011, Ridrigos son started to work in the forge, to follow the steps of his father.

That was the case with our inspirer William W. Scagel as well as with Bo Randall, Bob Loveless, and many other people who were not born within a knifemakers environment. One day they heard this hidden voice and they made knives their passion. Without trying to compare ourselves to these Masters with our own craftmanship, we certainly share the same passion. A passion which made them Universal men. This Universal Spirit, which recognizes no frontiers, has reached us and moved our souls into the world of William Scagel.

But why this type of knives and not another? Very simple: when we saw a Scagel knife for the first time we knew that these, and not others, were the knives we wanted to make. A real arrow shot. A love story.

We sincerely hope to convey all these feelings when you handle one of our knives: the passion with which we make them and the perpetual search of perfection, a long hard path which we stroll day after day.

The Knifemaking Process

Our blades are handforged from tool steel with a high carbon content. We use the steels O1 and 52100, tool and all-bearing steels. We forge the blades by hand, because we think that this is the best way to improve the steels caracteristics.

Our knives have a full tang, 6mm x 14mm and a silver soldered guard from german silver or brass. The solver permits a strong and rugged construction and won't allow moisture to enter in the handle, as the tang is completely sealed. The handle is composed by discs from aluminium, fibre, exotic hard woods, leather and a riveted stag crown. Befor riveting the tang, the discs are glued with epoxi and compressed (200kg pressure).

 

HAVALON SKINNER | Hunting Knives | Ibexhuntspain.com

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While officially launched in 2005, Havalon Knives has a history that runs longer and deeper.

 

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Since the 1980s, taxidermists had been buying surgical blades from Havel's Inc., Havalon's parent company. The taxidermists liked Havel's products for skinning and caping because the blade edges lasted longer than other surgical blades. When Patrick Carrothers, Havel's current president & CEO, was first hired as a Havel's marketing manager back in 1996, he observed that taxidermists carried their scalpel blades in a toolbox because there was no safe alternative. He also noted that the taxidermists liked Havel's post mortem style blades because they were stronger and didn't break as easily as regular surgical blades. 

 

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After several years of this brewing in Patrick's mind, it occurred to him—and he remembers the epiphany clearly: "I said to myself: 'Why doesn't somebody make a scalpel that folds into itself and locks like a pocket knife? Hey, why don't we make this pocket scalpel?'" And thus, Havel’s pocket scalpels were born. 

 

--> The Havel’s team soon realized hunters would like this kind of knife for skinning big game. "I had a sense this product could appeal to a very large non-medical audience, so we created a new brand that would not confuse our medical customers. This new brand, Havalon, would offer surgical-edging technology to sporting and industrial markets only," Patrick says.

   Havalon is in the enviable position of being stressed by explosive growth. This, of course, is good stress. The company has added new capacity on the blade manufacturing side to meet customer demand, and the Havalon team has been busy improving the strength of the blades without giving up sharpness. Patrick says, "Most customers don't realize that is part of the trade-off. Everybody likes our sharpness, but nobody wants a blade to break. But a huge factor in the sharpness of a surgical blade is the thinness of the steel to begin with." 

 

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Doctors know not to twist or bend or pry with their surgical blades because that will cause them to break. Hunters, however, are accustomed to prying and twisting in all manner of ways when they're processing an animal. "So our customers have to learn to let the blades do the work with slitting and slicing motions only. At the same time, we're trying to learn new ways to make the blades stronger, less likely to break under torque, but without giving up sharpness. That's the future for us—new steel blends and new tempering methods, so we keep Havalon on the leading edge of quality," explains Patrick.

 

Let's face it: do-it-yourself hunting is hard work. It takes a lot of physical stamina to walk up and down ridges carrying a weapon, while tracking or stalking any size wild game. For still hunting, it takes a lot of patience to sit for hours trying not to be detected by your quarry. Both methods can be very tiring. So when you've had a successful hunt, you tend to be tired, cold, and worried about predators as the sun is going down. Add to that, an animal you must field dress and haul back a long way from where you are now. Havalon knives help hunters finish their work faster and easier.

 

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DIY hunters like Havalon because one knife and 12 extra blades weigh only three ounces, while giving the hunter enough skinning power for at least four elk or eight deer—with no sharpening needed. That's the Havalon revolution. Before Havalon, hunters lugged a set of pre-sharpened knives into the field along with sharpening tools, and had to frequently stop and re-sharpen their knives over and over again. The lightweight knives reduce weight in the pack and free the hunter from re-sharpening. Havalon knives also help hunters get home faster with less work, not to mention they are the sharpest knives in the woods.

 

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Patrick adds, "That said, we also want to be clear that our knives are skinning and game processing tools. We're not the only knife you need in the outdoors. But if you have field dressing, skinning, and caping work to do, Havalon is your best choice."

 

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For Skinning and Field Dressing
Choose Crazy-Sharp Havalon Piranta Knives

 

 

 Each Knife Includes 12 Additional Blades

Lighten your hunting field pack with Havalon skinning knives with the "quik-change" blades. The Piranta series reduces the need to carry extra skinning knives, gut hook blades or whetstones. When the blade gets dull, just pop it off and replace it with a new one.

-->No more sharpening! Havalon knives save you valuable time and effort in field dressing and skinning big game or small. Our Piranta may not be the only hunting knife you'll need, but we guarantee it'll be your favorite hunting knife for field dressing and skinning your next trophy. 

 Patrick explains that at the heart of every Havalon product innovation and customer transactionare these four cornerstones:
 
1. Exceptional quality you can trust 
2. Great value for the price paid
3. Exciting innovation that meets customer needs 
4. Outstanding customer service - always 


Patrick adds, "Our goal is to ensure that our customers never regret bringing their business to Havalon."

SITKA GEAR - Hunting and Archery Gear | Hunting Ibex in Spain | Hunting Spanish Ibex with Cole Kramer | IbexHuntSpain |

 HISTORY


Founded in 2005, Sitka Gear was an idea spawned by necessity. Like many stories, this one started out as an epic journey that culminated with a clear vision. After 3000 vertical feet in the dark, with intermittent snow flurries and driving sleet, the morning climb ended behind a gnarled White Bark Pine to get some reprieve from the elements and a little food in the bellies. Cold and wet with sweat from that climb, it was more than obvious that discomfort like this was unnecessary. So, on that September morning, at timberline, surrounded by bugling bulls, the vision that became Sitka was realized.

 Drawing on strong backgrounds in the climbing, mountaineering, and general head strong assaults of the backcountry, expertise and experience where focused on bridging that gaps that existed between these endeavorers. Sitka's driving goal is to not only bridge the technology gaps that existed from a fabric, construction, and product form perspective, but to fully immerse ourselves in driving new technologies and solutions for the modern outdoorsman.

Our roots are in the mountains, but our solutions range wide.
We could say that we simply make the best high-performance system of hunting clothes on the market, but it's more than just quality It's a philosophy: Turning Clothing Into Gear!

Hunt Hard!

 MISSION 


A paradigm shift...to engineer gear that is an extension of the outdoor experience and not simply a barrier between the user and the environment. By utilizing only the most advanced fabrics and construction technologies, Sitka will always design gear that is engineered to work together as complete systems, excelling in performance, function, and protection.
Our customers will be able to hunt comfortably in the most diverse and challenging range of hunting conditions.

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"Our tradition in the mountain  is hunting. We manage our game species through hunting. We fund that management through hunting. We are not at all ashamed about the fact that we are hunters."

You can't buy happiness, but you can buy hunting licenses... and that's kind of the same thing.

"It's one thing to see it on the news and another to live here in the heart of it."

 Good Hunting ...!!!