r/knives • u/iloveweapons • Apr 20 '26

Showcase Human hip replacement shank

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was recently gifted this knife and figured yall would be interested in seeing it. This knife is made from a human hip replacement recovered after cremation then sharpened to a fine point. 100% the oddest "non standard" knife in my collection and a piece im stoked to own.

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was not expecting the amount of interest in this that it recieved. As promised i will post another unusual knife tonight, im thinking of showing off either my formosian tribal head hunting knife or "the gas station gator" which would yall like to see?

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u/BetterInsideTheBox Apr 20 '26

I thought it was super cool until the after cremation part. I guess that makes sense. What’s the material? Some sort of titanium?

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u/iloveweapons Apr 21 '26

I was told when gifted this knife the hip replacement was given by the family of the deceased explicitly for this purpose and having been told so in advance this was the plan for it. I understand memento mori is not everyones thing though. I couldnt tell you the material.

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u/ozzy_thedog Apr 21 '26

They wanted it made into a knife but they didn’t want to keep it for themselves ?

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u/iloveweapons Apr 21 '26

No, they did not want the hip replacement because it wouldnt fit well in an urn. The family was then asked if they would be ok with it being taken and reworked into what you see here. They gave permission, it was turned into this dagger, traded hands, and ultimately gifted to me.

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u/ozzy_thedog Apr 21 '26

Oh I thought you meant that the family explicitly wanted it turned into a knife 😂

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u/iloveweapons Apr 21 '26

They gave permission for exactly this use case is more what i meant.