Can anyone furnish graphic of Morseth knives?

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I've been rooting around for another Morseth knife or two. Several vendors asked me what Morseth pattern I wanted -- there are many, MANY patterns from which to choose.

Does anyone have available to either post on this thread, or make available to me via E-mail attachment, graphics and dimensions of Morseth knife patterns?

I believe Russell-Morseth blades had double hollow grind. Do ANY Morseth blades have [factory] convex grind? If yes, please identify them as well as you can.
 
As far as I know there are no graphics for the morseth knives, they are cut by machine from a die. The blades that A.G. once bought from Brusletto were not factory ground. Dozier, and others working for A.G., ground them at the time they were making a knife. You may want to ask Dozier what he used to grind the blades. Brusletto has some laminated blades for sale that are die cut and preground. However, they come from a French supplier these days, and are not the original blades from Sweden the made the knife famous. I am in the final stages of writing a book on the history of the morseth knife. The target publication date is the summer of 2007. It will contain a lot more detail and pictures of a variety of knives that you may find helpful.

Sincerely, Jim
 
I thank both of you for taking time to reply. The issue has become moot. I found that prices for Morseth knives, users rather than "fighting" or "survival" knives, of comparable condition to what I had were unreasonably high.

After a thorough investigation I obtained Hattori built-to-order KD30 series knives. Their gross shape resembles Randall's Model 5s. Blade material has the misleading name of Cowry X Damascus steel.

In reality, the Damascus pertains only to the outer layers of a three-layer laminate. Damascus is a 128-layer variation of AISI 420 stainless. The core layer, the cutting edge, is Cowry X steel.

So the result is a blade remarkably similar to Morseth's laminated steel, except a little harder, probably a little more abrasion resistant, and more stain resistant than D-2 without quite being stainless, with convex grind.

Not bad for a country boy.
 
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