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Any knife nut who's into vintage custom knives has heard of Harry Morseth. He was known for using Norwegian laminated steel blades in his knives. He'd get 'em from Brusletto of Geilo, Norway, make his own handles, and reprofile the blades as he saw fit by cold grinding to preserve the temper. Brusletto has been around a long time. When the famous Norwegian explorer Roald Amundson went on his South Pole expedition, he had a Brusletto on his belt.
Anyhow, with the passing of Bill Moran, a genuine icon of American custom knives, I figured some of y'all might be interested in making your own Morseth knife, by way of nostalgia and paying homage to the old time custom knifemakers.
You can get the blades from Ragnar, www.ragweedforge.com , here's a pic and description;
"These were recently discovered in the factory warehouse. They are old stock and were apparently made for the American knifemaker Harry Morseth. For some reason they were never delivered. They are laminated carbon steel, 4 7/8" long, 1" wide, and about .175" thick. Apparently Mr. Morseth liked his blades stout, and these are a good bit thicker than any other Brusletto blades I've seen. The blades are stamped rather than etched with "Brusletto Norway". They have been newly cleaned and polished by the factory.
Might have to get one of these for myself and do up an antler, brass, and stacked leather handle for it. Would make for a really cool/fun knifemaking project. :thumbup:
Sarge
BTW, for those who don't remember Morseth knives
Anyhow, with the passing of Bill Moran, a genuine icon of American custom knives, I figured some of y'all might be interested in making your own Morseth knife, by way of nostalgia and paying homage to the old time custom knifemakers.
You can get the blades from Ragnar, www.ragweedforge.com , here's a pic and description;
"These were recently discovered in the factory warehouse. They are old stock and were apparently made for the American knifemaker Harry Morseth. For some reason they were never delivered. They are laminated carbon steel, 4 7/8" long, 1" wide, and about .175" thick. Apparently Mr. Morseth liked his blades stout, and these are a good bit thicker than any other Brusletto blades I've seen. The blades are stamped rather than etched with "Brusletto Norway". They have been newly cleaned and polished by the factory.
Might have to get one of these for myself and do up an antler, brass, and stacked leather handle for it. Would make for a really cool/fun knifemaking project. :thumbup:
Sarge
BTW, for those who don't remember Morseth knives
Guess what my family's gettin' for Christmas next year??
