fallkniven - general opinions?

I believe he was talking about Busse knives in that particular post... ouch! lol. kidding, but it's the same logic. who decides what is overpriced for any item? the market. if nobody bought a Busse at that price, then they wouldn't be selling them. Same goes with fallkniven. funny how some people can't understand the similarity in that simplicity.
 
I see Fallkniven as tough, compact, no frills cutting tools that work very well. They are readily available and easily replaced.


 
Mikael W said:
Nope!
Production costs are higher in Japan and Fällkniven has never been made in Sweden.
Sweden doesn't have any knifemaking companys, that equal the quality and production volumes of Hattori in Seki, Japan.

Regards
Mikael
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Other than Mora, are there other made-in-Sweden knives you would recommend?
 
RedLynx said:
Other than Mora, are there other made-in-Sweden knives you would recommend?
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You could check-out Karesuandokniven and EKA!
Some of EKA's production are made in Sweden.
Karesuandokniven are traditional knives made in the country.
They also make knives for Casstrom.
Have a look at Casstrom Skarpsint in RWL 34 at rc 60!

Personally I use Mora and Fällkniven.
I also use Leatherman and Bark River in regular rotation.


Regards
Mikael
 
I will add that I have 3 fallknivens A1, S1 and F1 currently and i agree with the above poster saying i see them as no frills quality knives that i can rely on. I did modify my S1 to add a brass guard as i felt the small molded guard was not sufficient enough for stopping my hands in rough or wet work.
 
FTR-14c said:
I see Fallkniven as tough, compact, no frills cutting tools that work very well. They are readily available and easily replaced.
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May I ask where you got those kydex sheaths?
Please PM if you prefer.
Many thanks.
Ken
 
KenHash said:
May I ask where you got those kydex sheaths?
Please PM if you prefer.
Many thanks.
Ken
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No problem,
Azwelke Kydex right here on the forum did the S1 and PHK. You will have to send your knives in for fitting.
The F1 was made by an unknown maker.
 
I know people that use them in the past for hunting. These people use them on a large number of big game animals every year and they had nothing good to say about them. They quit using them altogether after two years or less and went on to better knives using much better materials.

I also know people they tried to use them for bushcraft heavy use and the common complain was they handles breaking all the time.

I think there are far better choices out there and would own a Falkniven myself.
 
wfsltt said:
I know people that use them in the past for hunting. These people use them on a large number of big game animals every year and they had nothing good to say about them. They quit using them altogether after two years or less and went on to better knives using much better materials.

I also know people they tried to use them for bushcraft heavy use and the common complain was they handles breaking all the time.

I think there are far better choices out there and would own a Falkniven myself.
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sorry man, did i miss something on this one? are you talking about fallknivens breaking all the time or another knive and you would own a falkniven?
 
FTR-14c said:
No problem,
Azwelke Kydex right here on the forum did the S1 and PHK. You will have to send your knives in for fitting.
The F1 was made by an unknown maker.
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Ah ok thanks VM.
It was actually the F1 sheath that caught my eye.
 
wfsltt said:
I know people that use them in the past for hunting. These people use them on a large number of big game animals every year and they had nothing good to say about them. They quit using them altogether after two years or less and went on to better knives using much better materials.

I also know people they tried to use them for bushcraft heavy use and the common complain was they handles breaking all the time.

I think there are far better choices out there and would own a Falkniven myself.
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Mmmmm...what knives are you talking about?
 
Brisket said:
Chocula, have you tried the S1? The blade is a little thicker (+.02") than the F1 but also has a longer blade (+1.3") and slightly longer handle (+.10").
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Nope, I didnt try it because I heard the S1 handle tends to feel small compared to the A1. Might need to give it a shot to find out for myself. :D
 
I just ordered a Yellow Hawk custom sheath off of Ebay for my F1. Anyone else have any experience with them?
 
Chocula said:
Nope, I didnt try it because I heard the S1 handle tends to feel small compared to the A1. Might need to give it a shot to find out for myself. :D
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everything on the S1 feels small compared to the A1... the A1 is a real mean piece of work. I prefer the S1 myself and its actually on my rig at the moment. F1 is my EDC for a fixed blade at work. I have always managed well with the F1 so unless I was going to do a lot of heavy work, I think I could get by without my A1 in the field.
 
I have the F1 ceracoated with leather, S1, A1, H1 and U2

They are very good knives, but i am not sure about using VG-10 for a large knife, even after using my A1 as a throwing knife and seeing that knife test guy beat one with a sledgehammer, it is a steel more suited for thin kitchen knifes i say
I talked with the boss man from Fällkniven for a while about that and he did not see my point about modern high-tech carbon steels being more suitable for a bowie

Fällknivens factory seems to only produce laminated blades, which is especially weird on their tiny thin folders, like the U2, not sure why it would need to be laminated
 
Vicarious Reality said:
I have the F1 ceracoated with leather, S1, A1, H1 and U2

They are very good knives, but i am not sure about using VG-10 for a large knife, even after using my A1 as a throwing knife and seeing that knife test guy beat one with a sledgehammer, it is a steel more suited for thin kitchen knifes i say
I talked with the boss man from Fällkniven for a while about that and he did not see my point about modern high-tech carbon steels being more suitable for a bowie

Fällknivens factory seems to only produce laminated blades, which is especially weird on their tiny thin folders, like the U2, not sure why it would need to be laminated
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Fallkniven does not have a "factory". The "factory" in Seki Japan makes both my "safe queen" and my
"user" big bowies below.

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Vicarious Reality said:
I have the F1 ceracoated with leather, S1, A1, H1 and U2

They are very good knives, but i am not sure about using VG-10 for a large knife, even after using my A1 as a throwing knife and seeing that knife test guy beat one with a sledgehammer, it is a steel more suited for thin kitchen knifes i say
I talked with the boss man from Fällkniven for a while about that and he did not see my point about modern high-tech carbon steels being more suitable for a bowie

Fällknivens factory seems to only produce laminated blades, which is especially weird on their tiny thin folders, like the U2, not sure why it would need to be laminated
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I agree with Peter!
Laminated VG-10 works very well in the NL1 and NL2 knives and they have a thinner edgegeometry than the A1.
The point Peter is talking about, is that most of his customers wants a stainless steel, when they buy a new knife.
There are a lot of more advanced steels out there than VG-10, like CPM 3V as an example.
I have talked to Peter about them and he has said that he will stay with the stainless options.

There are more important factors than the choice of steeltype.
Geometry is by far, more important than the steel.
So is the heat-treatment.
The steel is only in third place after those two.

A very important factor are the endusers sharpening skills and how the users can put on a proper edgegeometry, for the materials they cut.
Without insights in good cutting geometry's and ability to put them on the knife, the knife will not perform as good as it could.
This goes for just about any knife in any steel and even a "simple" steel can be improved a lot, with the right edgegeometry.

Throwing knives are made very soft, not to brake on impact.
A knife made for use on wood, is harder and will suffer from being throwed.



Regrds
Mikael
 
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Mikael W said:
Nope!
Production costs are higher in Japan and Fällkniven has never been made in Sweden.
Sweden doesn't have any knifemaking companys, that equal the quality and production volumes of Hattori in Seki, Japan.

Regards
Mikael
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Eka does a pretty good job. They are not as fancy as Fallkniven, but they are all Swedish. For what they make, they equal the quality of Hattori or Moki.

Mora is well loved, but not in the same price bracket either. They also equal Fallkniven in quality for their price point.

Fallkniven markets their knives as Swedish, but the steels are Japanese, and many of the designs are as Japanese as they are Swedish. However they don't put country of origin on their knives to give the Japanese credit. The country name presented by Fallkniven is always Sweden.
 
Received my A1 yesterday and it's exactly what I hoped for. I'm going to put it to its first test this weekend weather permitting.
 
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