My fixed blade custom knives

per sima · Apr 18, 2002

I'm a Swedish guy who started making knives. I have completed three by now. I started in January 2002. It has become a passion to look at metall and wood and decide which knife is hiding inside the lumps of raw material. I will try to show you the pics.

Regards,

P

If I can't display the pics here, you can view them on the forum (with the very kind assistance of Member "Flava")on \Knife Community\European Knife Community. They are called My First knife and second etc.

Best regards,

P

flava · Apr 19, 2002

first knife

second knife

third knife

Qurator · Apr 19, 2002

Snyggt Per

Jag gillar runorna!

richard rosvall · Apr 19, 2002

Two new Swede's, there goes the neighborhood!! Just kidding. Great work, Per. And welcome, Qurator!

Thanks for sharing!

Keith Montgomery · Apr 19, 2002

I am not a fan of gut hooks, but I really like knives two and three. Very nice ergonomic looking handles and nicely ground blades. the sheaths are excellent. Well done.

LaMess · Apr 19, 2002

Kool. What do the runes say? KWM - how do you lift your pots from the fire?

Lynn

Buck 112 · Apr 19, 2002

Ja det er godt nok et par flotte knive du har lavet der.

per sima · Apr 20, 2002

Thanks for your kind words.

I will use the first knife for the annual Moose hunt. The gut opener is a better option than puttng halve your arm into the animal just to open the gut. Also the sheath is originally a american design. It is neat and covers the knife in rough terrain. Furthermore my skinner has a sheat of the same design and manufacturer... I use two knives during hunting. One gut opener/general purose and one skinner. The skinner i bought in a hotel in Moscow. The knife was manufactured in Russia in a jont venture company with a Spanish manufactúrer. The blade is of carbon molybden alloy (used in surgical equipment) and the shaft of rugged rubber. A knife ideaal for skinning. However the sheat it had when i bougt it was like a "scout knife" sheat and of poor manufacturing. So now I am equipped with the two knives for moose hunting. The oter knives have different purposes, but that's another story...

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per sima · Apr 20, 2002

The rune's mean Blåtunga which is Blue thounge it was a name of a sword in a Viking novell by the aouthor Frans G. Bengtsson. On the other side it says orm which is the same in English. Both of the names are inspired from the book. By the way in English the title is "The Long Ships", read it if you want to know about how the north of Europe was at the time of the laste millenium change.

P

per sima · Apr 21, 2002

Well here's the spec on knif no. 3
Blade:
Material: Carbon steel SS2258, Hardened in oil and blued to 60 HRC. 2 ¾ in length, 14/16 in height, total length 7 in
Thickness- at the base approx. ¼ in that thins out towards the tip.
Surface Raw forged surface that is polished. The edge is sharpened to razor sharpness.
The tongue is needle type and goes through the handle.

Handle:
Staring from the blade.
Brass 5/16 in thick polished and worked into a finger guard integrated with the shaft wood.

Wood African red hard wood. A extremely dense and hard red wood. The color is dark red with elements of lighter colour. The wood has dried in log form for 23 years.
Spacer nickel silver 0.8 mm
Mineral imitation Blue carbonate of copper/green copper ore mixed with plastic to create a imitation of stone which is workable with hand tools.
Nickel silver, 0.8 mm
Wood as above.
Brass polished with engravings. Teutonic runes Blåtunga and ORM meaning blue thounge and Orm. Inspired by a book of Frans G. Bengtsson.

Sheath:
Lower part of the sheath is made of the same wood as above. Polished to a high-grade shine. A hand made image of Thors hammer Mjölner is inserted in the wood.
The top part is made from colored raw hide. It is sewn on the reverse side. It is colored with a black knurled pattern in a dark red/brown environment. Blending very nicely with the color of the wood. The hanger is colored and patterned in the same manner and is attached to the sheath with a brass colored D-ring.

Crayola · Apr 21, 2002

Those are awesome! I've meen looking at puukos and Mora knvies and such the last 2 days a lot, having read Mors Kochanski's bushcraft book. In fact, I ordered Bo Bergman's knife makign book today too, because I want to make some knives in that style. Thansk for the great pics, and keep up the good work.

per sima · Apr 22, 2002

Actually I made the first two knives with guidiance from one of the books of Bo Bergman. The third one I made using the inner inspiration but still using the making techniques from the book. He gives basic advice regarding the wood, blade as well as the leather work.

Good luck and I hope to see your work on the forum.

P