Bali-song made in Sweden! Gollnick, help!

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2Sharp

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Hi friends!

Just got back from a nica party weekend with some fellow military friends.

One of them showed me a bali-song made here in Sweden
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i've read that they have been made here but the only one's i've heard mentioned was the Hackman knives and as we all know they were made in Finland.

I will try to get a few pictures shot and posted.
Attn: Gollnick, have you ever heard 'bout any bali-songs made in Sweden?? (or anyone else)
Any ideas appreciated!

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Be well!/Jonas aka 2Sharp

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To my knowledge (and I haven't been to Sweeden in about twenty years), I don't think there are any being made there now, though I say that only because I haven't seen them. Maybe they just don't get to the States. But they were popular in Scandanavia in the fifties and sixties.



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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
http://www.balisongcollector.com
 
There are some being made in Germany and Austria (and yes, I have to look up that Austrian company's address) today. Maybe your friend got it in Sweeden, but it wasn't made in Sweeden.



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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
http://www.balisongcollector.com
 
Hello Gollnick!

Thanx for your input, i had no clue that bali-songs were popular in Scandinavia during the fifties/sixties, fun to know!

Anyway, some more details on the knife:
Blade is marked "Stainless steel" and "Sweden" and also "KFG" in a symbol and tang is marked "Knivfabriken Gnosjö" ([the]knife factory [in] Gnosjö) Gnosjö is a well know town in Sweden.
Maybe the blade was made here in Sweden and the knife assembled somewhere else?
Story was that my friends father bought it from Germany during the 1940-ies.

Handles are thin sheet matal that is folded to create square handles and they have black inserts.
The blade is of utility shape and has got a "blood groove".
The tang end is shaped like a flat screwdriver.
The most interesting design is the latch that is spring loaded and would never get in the way no matter what manipulations you put it up to, it's also located on the outside of the handle, on the butt end.

I will try to track this knife's story down, never thought that i'd find a bali made in Sweden
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or if it wasn't made here i'd like to know where!

Be well!/Jonas aka 2Sharp

"May all your detonations be expected"

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[This message has been edited by 2Sharp (edited 06-26-2000).]
 
Oh, yes. I thought we were talking about a more modern knife. Sure, those were made, as you suspect, in the 1940s and 50s. They were made entirely in Sweden and sold throughout Scandanavia and into Norther Europe too. I had forgotten about the spring-loaded latch. As I recall, though, that latch is quite a different design. I've got a couple of those. Maybe I'll round one up and take some pictures so that people can see this different latch design.



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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
http://www.balisongcollector.com
 
Hi!

I'm very happy that you know the model
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Really like that you even got a few.
Any information that you can share is greatly appreciated!

I love this place, one stumbles over a piece that one has never heard about and just puts up a question and voilá, a day later one has got the answer, awesome!

My knife learning days are divided in two parts, BI and AI, and that is Before Internet and After Internet, i've learned so very much since finding this place and also learned to know so many really nice people and now i'm rambling so i'm outta here...

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Be well!/Jonas aka 2Sharp

"May all your detonations be expected"

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[This message has been edited by 2Sharp (edited 06-26-2000).]
 
Well, now I'm on the spot. The knives are locked up at the bank. These knives predate my scanner, so I don't have e-pictures of 'em yet. But, let's see what we can find in my paper files.

"Catalog #113, Knifabriken Gnasjo <over> Stainless Steel <over> Sweeden, 3.5" Drop Point" Curious that "Stainless Steel" and Sweeden are in English. The picture doesn't show the tang stamp very well. These pictures are taken before I learned how to take good knife pictures. Anyway, it's a 3.5" Drop Point blade with saw serrations on most of the spine. Polished finish. Mine is described by me in my catalog as "has a few scratches not consistent with manipulation
but basically mint." One of the horns on the tang forms a bottle opener and the other a slotted-blade screwdriver. The handles are compositon construction with black bakalite inserts. It has a spring-loaded Batangas latch. The bolsters have a sort of crown design stamped into them. And it is dated to 1958 by manufacturer's catalog entry. I don't have that catalog. I suspect I researched it at Nortwest Knives and Collectibles down in Salem, Oregon.

A similar one in slightly lesser condition sold at NW Knives and Collectibles in October of 1998 for $50.



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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
http://www.balisongcollector.com
 
Just wanted to let you know the knife is called the Hackman Camp knife. But that knife was made in Finland not Sweden. It was originally made by Fiskars.
 
I understand that you own one but the original design quite possibly came from the Heming bros knife that was made in the 1920s.
Fiskars released the same looking knife in the early 1950s but with red nylon/plastic handles. Fiskars is located in Helsinki Finland. Our research has been through our own(talked to some friends in Kotka Finland) as well as from Jouni Kellokoski(owner of Kellam knives which imported the Hackmans camp knife to the U.S.) and Bernard Levine. I am pretty sure the Swedish model came after the Fiskar .
 
Hello all!
Just wanted to add that the Hackman and this knife is very different, maybe the form is similar but thats about it.
I've had several Hackman knives with the plastic handles, this one has got metal handles with plastic inserts and so on.

Maybe they got the idea to make the knife from the Finnish one??

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Be well!/Jonas aka 2Sharp

"May all your detonations be expected"

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Hello Gollnick!

Thanx for the pictures!
The knife i have isn't exactly the same, i have no serrations on the spine, no cap lifter and nu fancy bolsters, i guess mine is the "plain jane" version??

Again thanks for getting me this information, mighty appreciated
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Be well!/Jonas aka 2Sharp

"May all your detonations be expected"

The coolest bar in the world: http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Camp/8373/index.html
 
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