I wouldn't buy an fallkniven product because I don't particularly like the company. I know a few swedes and love their films, TV shows and vodka. Fallkniven claims to be swedish, but the knives are from Japan. Most of their designs are japanese styles not swedish and their super steels are japanese. That's OK, but the blades and the website do not say Japan, they say sweden. They claim to be "the leading knife specialist in Scandinavia since 1984". Since their products are not made in Sweden, but Eka's are designed and made in Sweden, the claim seems spurious if not a lie.
They offer a poor warranty compared to Spyderco, Benchmade, and Buck. But the warranty has recently changed, not sure I understand it:
"Each new Fällkniven product is covered with a ten year warranty. Fällkniven AB warrants to the original owner that Fällkniven knives purchased from authorized dealers will be free from defects in materials and workmanship. Fällkniven AB will without charge, repair or replace at our option, any product returned for warranty work and found to be defective by us."
"The Fällkniven AB warranty only applies to Fällkniven products purchased from authorized Fällkniven dealers, be careful to save the receipt. Products purchased on the internet through discount websites or through any other unauthorized source are not entitled to our warranty coverage. Grey-imported products are NOT covered by our warranty."
A current search of their website indicates that there are no repair services offered. They offer a "grinding service" but it is not clear how to access this service and the prices for "outside" EU are in kroner.
Below is fallkniven's reason to buy their knives:
"WHY BUY AN EXPENSIVE FALLKNIVEN PRODUCT?
It’s correct to put that question. What do you get, actually? Well, first of all you get a lot of knife from the very start, a knife which is strong, comfortable and stays sharp very well or extremely well. And, after some ten or twenty years, it’s time for grinding the knife back to original shape. Ten dollars later, you can continue to use the knife for another ten years, or so. You also get a safe knife, well tested long before it was put into production. As a result, our warranty commitments are as low as 0,1 %.
Expensive? No. Cost effective? Yes.
And during all these years you have had the access to a much reliable knife, well tested by both elite soldiers and people who use to stay long in the wilderness. Check your knife account, we are sure that you haven’t bought many more knives after you made your first purchase of a Falky knife. Expensive? No. Enjoyable? Yes.
Instead, you’ve been climate smart! You haven’t gone for those fancy, hip, fashion, super cheap knives though they look good and were offering a smart surface and design. There is a straight connection between price and quality and for sure, you understand that a cheap knife cannot provide much of a quality. So, buying many cheap knives, you are wasting our limited earth resources and still you need to replace them every year because they don’t stand up to your expectations.
So, now you know. Buying cheap is expensive, buying quality will make you smile. Save your wallet and the climate and buy a Fallkniven product – you won’t regret that!"
I am sure their knives are fine, since the people who run the website and make the policies don't make the knives
Sometimes though service is a discriminator for choosing a knife.
