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EKA knife help

CUTS LIKE A KRIS

CUTS LIKE A KRIS

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At an antique show this weekend I bought a Swede 311 and what I have learned is a Swede 38 ($13 and $5 respectively). Now I need the help of you swedes out there. My handle says "for fritiden OK" on it and I cannot figure out what it means!
Any help would be appreciated!
P.S. So far these seem to be excellent knives- I was unaware that they had a double backspring on EKA knives- anybody know why as well?
 
CUTS LIKE A KRIS said:
...My handle says "for fritiden OK" on it and I cannot figure out what it means!
Any help would be appreciated!
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Directly translated, it means "for the sparetime".
What the "OK" means I don't know - doesn't make much sense. It is short for "okay", like in english, but it seems out of context.

A picture could maybe help me :)

Regards
Claus - danish, fluent in swedish and norwegian - still working on english, german, and spanish :D
 
Thanks- Maybe if I can figure out posting I will put on a pic (have to get help from the girlfriend- she is the computer guru in our house- question- is there a tutorial about posting on this forum- my searches do not help me much (and it is easier....oops- more helpful if I could be pointed in the right direction
 
Well here are the pics- finally figured this stuff out. Included is the kydex sheath that I made for it this weekend
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I guess this knife has been manufactured for the swedish oil company OK for marketing purposes.

You can see the logo on OK's website http://www.ok.se/. The logo has been used since 1969.

OK is an abbreviation of Sveriges Oljekonsumenters Riksförbund (Swedish Oil Consumer's Organization) and the company dates back to 1945. OK is a co-operative company owned by the members. OK used to run its own gas stations but the stations are since 1999 owned by OK-Q8, where OK is a part-owner together with Q8 (Kuwait Petroleum International).

OK-Q8 has gas stations all around Sweden where not only gas but also, among other things, a wide range of sporting goods are sold. Accordningly, there is at least some kind of conneciton between the company OK and the phrase "för fritiden".
 
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