A few old swedes, Mora and Eskilstuna

Wellcome out here Bodis. Nice to se a countryman. you will soon see that this Subforum for traditional knifes also holds traditional walues about being kind and interested towards other people.

Ken, I follow your work where I find it and you are my absolut favorit maker. Mabye your grandfather took some genes with him from Eskilstuna. Probobly the finest knifemaking gens that ever was there.

I saw in that old post I quoted that I was talking about fastening working knifes with button at the leg. Now when I can post pictures I will take a foto for you how its done and post here.

Always nice to write about those old knifes, they bring back memories that bouth makes me happy and sadens me.

Bosse
 
Welcome Bodis. The phenomenon your knifemaker friend described has happened worldwide, not just in Sweden. As industrialization came to dominate the knife market, more and more people chose to buy and use inexpensive, mass produced goods. Not surprisingly this led to a loss of knife using skills as people found they can dispose of a previously valued tool (the knife) rather than learning to resharpen it, because of the minor cost of replacement. I've seen this here as well. I know of families that treat their kitchen knives the same way most treat cartridge razors; use for a while and when they dull, throw them away and buy some new ones.

Fortunately that seems to be changing. The rise of the internet has made it possible for skilled artisans to market their goods to a broader audience, bringing together makers and buyers in a way that was not previously possible. The consumer still has to do his research, but he now has options available and isn't limited to the offerings at the nearest store.

- Christian
 
Great knives and stories to go with them. I especially like the folders with corkscrews. Thanks for sharing them with us.
 
Thank you for sharing these very interesting pictures.

I have always wondered how the users in your very cold climate could safely use a knife without a guard to prevent their hands sliding onto the blade.

Obviously they can, and do, as these knife patterns are very old.

Keep well.
 
I have always wondered why the fingerguard is so important on any blade. Ok maybe tactical or other blade that you thrust with force with buy if you cut why do you need it? Ok my kids first
Knife should also have it :). It's a honest question I'm not trying to bee cool but maybee I don't do the same things with my blade for example I don't hunt.
 
Kamagong: I have a blog that talks about how our civilization is going to change dramaticly prett soon when we can't continue to extract the natural resources like we are use to the last 50-100 years. The blog is in Swedish but It called bodis. That's going to make this consumer society to die. So together with internet-tutorials this knowledge maybee will be more common again like you said.
 
Here os the funktion of the buttonhole.
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Larger immage of the throusers and of the rotation of workknifes. Also 2 new ones in the centre heading over the ocian.
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Bosse
 
Thank you Bosse for sharing your knives with us. I've recently discovered Scandinavian knives, they are terrific! My first was a Mora "Scout", then a Helle spiederkniven. Since then I've been looking for and collecting Scouting related knives from Europe, Scandinavia in particular. My Scouts (and especially their parents :eek:) are amazed that their fellow Scouts across the Atlantic are allowed to carry fixed blade knives.

While the Boy Scouts of America has not banned fixed blades, they don't encourage them. So to carry a fixed blade Scandinavian Scout knife on my belt to a meeting creates a lot of interest among the boys. Some of the parents don't believe me, they think I am just being a knife nut, but then I point out the fleur-de-lis, the international symbol of Scouting, on the knife or sheath and they just shake their heads :D

Cheers,
Griff
 
:cool: Thank you (I hope "tusen tak" in Norwegian is written correctly) for the interesting information and pictures. I find the Scandinavian knives very interesting because my ancestors left Norway about 150 years ago to settle in Wisconsin.

For some reason, though, I was not exposed to the Scandinavian pattern until I read about Mora knives being inexpensive knives for the outdoors. Very true. One of my knives, though, was given by my father to me after he visited the ancestral village in Norway. It is treasured by me, and I hope to pass it on to my own son. I now try to learn as much as I can about Scandinavian/Nordic knives.

I am very impressed to read that knives were used on a daily basis as tools rather than weapons, and students in schools often brought knives to school for daily tasks. Not now in our USA! Please tell me if knowledge knives as important tools is part of the Swedish curriculum.

Faiaoga
 
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Here comes a few more modern EKA knifes. The EKA swede 60 big lockback often follows my carpentarthrousers as the knife for finekutting. Those 2 old EKA 38 in the middle is cristmasgifts from around 1977. The Yellow is mine and the Ornge was my brothers. They have been used hard and bouth have cracks in the plastic around the screws. The Wood EKA 45 with the easygrip notch is my User these days and a few is all unused from secound hand and kept for my sons. sheap as dirt here sometimes.
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Bosse
 
Great collections gents. Enjoyable to see them and read your thoughts.

I am waiting on my EKA 60 of choice to come back in stock. They make some good, honest folders.
 
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