New knife from Norway

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My mom just got this for me all the way from Norway; they say it was made by hand, but I'm not so sure; the blade has those perfect looking lines all the way down the blade. Hard to post a picture of. Birch and reindeer antler handle. I don't know what the blade steel is, but it's got a black coating on it from the top of the grind to the spine. Fits nicely in the sheath, which has a plastic insert and is supposedly made from reindeer (Or moose) leather. Too bad they put all that stupid stamping on it.
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Sorry this one is a bit blurry, but my camera died.
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that is a beauty.. i like it..:thumbup:

as far as posting pics, you just need to imbed the
 
mtnfolk mike said:
that is a beauty.. i like it..:thumbup:

as far as posting pics, you just need to imbed the code at the very bottom..[/QUOTE]

I tried that, it came out as the question mark in a blue square.

LRC^, Geiranger and Bergen; she also went to Sweden and London.
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I suspect you tried to post the album URL, not the image URL, using the IMG tag.

Nice looking knife.

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It looks more like a Finnish knife. The blade is probably from Kaankanpaa (not sure about spelling) or Lauri (less likely) - but certainly Finnish, not Norwegian. The blade is 75 - 80 mm of length, right?
Norwegian blades and knives are of slightly different design. The well known examples would be Helle and Brusletto - both would be shiny stainless steel blades (with only onne or two exceptions).
It is difficult to judge the material of the blade. I am not aware of Kaanpaa making blades with than kind of coating. So it was probably done by the knife manufacturer. My guess then would be a carbon steel - for it is more suitable for chemical coatings than stainless. So it is probably a Finnish steel similar to O1, hardness about R 56 - 57. And yes, it is handmade. Handmade Finnish knife - a good souvenir. Your mom has made IMHO a very good choice for the present to bring back! A good knife.
 
That knife looks blued, rather than coated.

Agree that knife looks like a Finn puukko, but the pommel does have more of a Scandinavian look to it.
 
Not knowing anything about this knife in particular for all I know it might be Finnish. We do however have a native people (samic people or lapps, not really sure what they are called or known as in english) in the northern county of Norway who make and use this kind of knives. So it might be Norwegian as well. These knives are not uncommon around here, I have a fiew of similar designs.
That being said I`ve seen souvenirs "from Norway" being sold to tourist that were made in China as well... Troll dolls in particular.
 
Splendid knife. I love those scandinavian designs (even if technically, many people consider Finland not to be part of scandinavia).
 
CWL said:
That knife looks blued, rather than coated.

Agree that knife looks like a Finn puukko, but the pommel does have more of a Scandinavian look to it.
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The blued blade is just the picture. I'll try to take a better one and post it. Thanks, Haakon for the picture and advice; I fixed the post.
LRC^, is there any way to tell where it was made? It doesn't have any stampings.
 
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i was in finland two months ago, in the lapland area. i have seen knives almost exactly like that. i crossed to sweden in pello (google map it) which has a swedish and finish part. they sold these knives there. in my recent esee junglas youtube review there are some pictures of finnish fisherman using that kind of knife with that kind of sheath in it.
it's also definitely reindeer antlers, they are harvested especially for handcraft work and birch is one of the most available tree species there.
a nice knife. they are sold for pretty high prices (for tourists)
 
When I was a kid a National Geographic article about Laps [as they were called then] were quite different from Norwegians .They were smaller and darker skinned .The last time I saw an NG article it was very hard to tell the difference as there have been mixes between the two . They come from Lapland of course ! Some consider Finns not to be Scandinavian because the language is not a Scandinavian one though etnically they are. There are also "Kodak Laps " ,those that dress up in the traditional Lap costumes for the tourists !!!
 
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