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Gunther85 Gunther85 What are those things?
Swedish barrel knives date back to the 19th century. They are like a folding Puukko. The birch handle is broached with a rectangular hole, and has a ferrule on each end to hold it together. The foldable knife rests in the handle in both the open and closed positions. The lock is a small leaf spring with a hole in it which engages a pin in the handle. The knife goes together only one way.
These knives are made in many sizes like the Opinel. Most come from Eskilstuna, Sweden which is the Solingen, Sheffield, Thiers, Maniago, Ibach, etc. knife capital of the country.
 
Seeing as Barrel knives have cropped up here's one I made. A copy of an old 3" one I own.

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Seems like it'd be pretty simple to manufacture.
At first glance you would think so wouldn't you? Until you handle one & see it needs to freely slide into the handle folded, yet when open (blade in the opposite direction to folded) it needs to slide into the handle & get tight before it locks so it has as little as possible up/down or side-to-side blade play.

As I understand it all old traditional Barrel knife inner blade/holders are matched to their handles, they aren't interchangeable.
 
These are sweet knives. New concept to me. I like em :thumbsup:

Ray

Here is a modern version in M-390, but it’s not quite as long.View attachment 788512View attachment 788513View attachment 788514

Seeing as Barrel knives have cropped up here's one I made. A copy of an old 3" one I own.

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At first glance you would think so wouldn't you? Until you handle one & see it needs to freely slide into the handle folded, yet when open (blade in the opposite direction to folded) it needs to slide into the handle & get tight before it locks so it has as little as possible up/down or side-to-side blade play.

As I understand it all old traditional Barrel knife inner blade/holders are matched to their handles, they aren't interchangeable.
 
I'm so excited to see barrel knives appear here! It's been my intention to try to get a modern one for some time but they are hard to google. :/
 
I'm so excited to see barrel knives appear here! It's been my intention to try to get a modern one for some time but they are hard to google. :/

I always thought of these barrel knives as sort of like gravity knives. Cool and sometimes I wonder why they didn't catch on more, but ultimately abit of an oddity and dead end. These barrel knives are an awesome way to get a real handle on a folding knife.

I imagine that they probably weren't advantageous enough over say an Opinel that they are worth the exacting manufacture that I'mSoSharp describes.
 
I always thought of these barrel knives as sort of like gravity knives. Cool and sometimes I wonder why they didn't catch on more, but ultimately abit of an oddity and dead end. These barrel knives are an awesome way to get a real handle on a folding knife.

I imagine that they probably weren't advantageous enough over say an Opinel that they are worth the exacting manufacture that I'mSoSharp describes.

I really like them, but I'm odd.........
The thing is, they are the antithesis of a modern quick OHO knife, when you use a Barrel knife you don't want to be in a rush, it takes time to open it & time to close it again & that's part of the beauty. :)
 
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View attachment 788796 View attachment 788797 View attachment 788798 View attachment 788799 View attachment 788800 View attachment 788801 View attachment 788802 Opening and closing a barrel knife is a ritual like a Japanese Tea Ceremony. You depress the lock spring with the right thumb and pull the guts out almost to the end. Then you lift both hands to pop the point. Now stick the point in the handle and finish opening the blade. Notice that the hands never touch the blade nor the rest of the innards. When the blade stop is seated, shove the innards home. The lock will click.
 
I have the 0452CF, 91bravo 91bravo . Is the 0452Ti a new model? About the only thing a dislike about my knife is the stupid little black ZT clip on it. Is that the stock clip on the Ti model? Sure would like to get my hands on one of those. :cool:
 
I have the 0452CF, 91bravo 91bravo . Is the 0452Ti a new model? About the only thing a dislike about my knife is the stupid little black ZT clip on it. Is that the stock clip on the Ti model? Sure would like to get my hands on one of those. :cool:

No, that's an aftermarket clip on that knife. They have solid Ti 0452s available now, in raw or blue anodized.
 
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I own very few 'mid size' knives. Its mostly smaller stuff like a dragonfly,SAK or a 3.75"+ folder. Rocking a Broken skull today with an izula.
 

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