Tuna Valley Picture Show

Tuna Valley Cutlery Co., Excelsior Knife Co., & Napanoch Knife Co. are three popular brands currently controlled by The Daniels family. These are old names that went dormant for years, but have since been brought back to life with modern offerings. This forum is here to discuss & show off knives & related items with brand names under the Daniels Family umbrella.
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Very nice. I’m looking forward to getting mine very soon.
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I love the look of these knives.
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I received mine today. Very nice fit & finish, great snap!

I have placed him in his new home with all his Tuna Valley Stag Brothers
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That's a great collection! I've never done a big group shot of mine like that. That's a good idea. The burnt stag on this new Phoenix Jack fits right in with your others. ::tu::
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At some point the red stag version of the Phoenix Jack will be made, that will complete your collection! It looks like you have the burnt and amber stag from every release so far.
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tunefink wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:51 pm I received mine today. Very nice fit & finish, great snap!

I have placed him in his new home with all his Tuna Valley Stag Brothers
Very nice group shot. There is some serious money there. Wish I had started collecting TV knives sooner.
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Photo of Tuna Valley Phoenix Jack.
Love the Raindrop Damascus .
Nice well matched fat Stag .
Very Tight a nail Breaker .
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Thanks Sharpnshinyknives and Rookie. Perry Miller was a very close friend of mine. I have several from the first series when he revived Tuna Valley Knives. They are sentimental for me.

Rookie, you are right on, I have tried to get both stag versions of all the patterns.
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Gary, The raindrop Damascus is awesome. A beautiful knife.
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Nice cloudy day today, so I got a few pictures of some ivory Tuna knives that I haven't shown here yet. 2012 Lock Back Trapper, and 2013 Sweybelly Trapper.
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Rookie those are very nice ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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Rookie, I think your knives are very impressive and your photography as well. ::tu::
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Thanks guys! That sweybelly has the thickest ivory slabs I've ever seen. ::tu::
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Check out this group shot of the 2012 lockbacks!
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Fabulous group. ::tu:: ::tu:: The mammoth lock back trapper is exceptional.
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::oh_my:: The previous page just blew my socks off! ::oh_my::

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Group shot of the humpback whittlers!
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Rookie wrote: Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:42 am Group shot of the humpback whittlers!
Rookie, your collection is amazing.
What a bunch of beautiful knives.
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Thanks Edge! I think taking pics and sharing them with everyone is as much fun as hunting for the missing ones. There are always more to look for!
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Rookie wrote: Mon Apr 06, 2020 2:00 am Thanks Edge! I think taking pics and sharing them with everyone is as much fun as hunting for the missing ones. There are always more to look for!
I may have mentioned this here before, but I'll say it again.
I don't own a single Tuna Valley, but this is one of my favorite threads.
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Thanks David! Here is a nice group shot of the 4 handle materials on the Cotton Kings.
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Keeping with the group shot idea. This is one I took yesterday of the 6 variations of the Cigar from 2010 and 2012.
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Rookie wrote: Mon Apr 13, 2020 12:15 am Thanks David! Here is a nice group shot of the 4 handle materials on the Cotton Kings.
Rookie, these cotton samplers are gorgeous!! So are the cigars in your next post.
Man, I do love your TV collection.
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Took a while, but I finally got a nice photo of my Phoenix Jack in burnt stag with damascus blade.

I also got some shots of a nice 2017 prototype that was never made. Boys Jack Knife in Lightning Wood.
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I've got a bunch of knives to photograph, but these are a few I got this morning.

pile side of the Phoenix Jack with Damascus.
And both sides of the Phoenix Jack with 154cm blade steel.
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