New to the forum and overwhelmed. got question.

RedFury

RedFury

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So much info, so little time. I had no idea there was this level of interest in knives. You forum creators and moderators are to be commended. I go to some gun forums now and again and the ones I go to have no where near your volume.

Anyway, to the question that brings me here. Some 40 years ago I owned a knife that seems to me to be unusual. Unfortunately in the moves from place to place I have lost it. It was an ordinary looking working knife. Full tang riveted wood handle. I don't recall any markings but my old brain insists it was of Scandinavian origin. The blade was laminated. Soft steel on the outside and hard steel in center. It would take a wicked edge. Here's the punch line........ the steel on the outside was SO soft you could curve the blade with your fingers. It was almost like a rubber knife but it didn't spring back.

Any ideas????

Thanks in advance.
 
Welcome to Bladeforums!

It's hard without a picture. Obviously can't take one after it's gone now. Maybe a sketch?

Try an estimate of length of blade and length of handle. Shape of blade, was there a guard?
 
No guard although I think there was "bulge" at the bottom of the wood handle that served as a bit of a guard. Definitely not a slick "cut your fingers off" Mora type handle The handle was unfinished dark wood like a Schrade or Old Hickory. Blade length maybe 5 inches certainly not over 6. I'm holding a Marttini in my hand right now and Im sure it was bigger than this 4" blade.
 
Welcome Red. That's one interesting knife. Never had one like that. Was it new 40 years ago or something you got handed down?

Mike
 
Mora knife would be my guess. I bought my first here on Blade forums and quickly found out how it would flex under stress, I've hammered it straight two or three times.

I remember when blade forums was new to me and full of new information to read. :)

Welcome.
 
Welcome! Fallkniven are Scandinavian, laminated, but not real bendy, that I know of. I think they're old enough.

EDIT: Scratch Fallkniven as a possibility, keep the welcome ;)... they started up about 30 years ago.
 
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Welcome to the forum!

Sounds like a Helle to me, they use laminated steel. Did it look anything like this? Check out their website, they have a lot of different patterns.
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Take your time and LURK MOAR. :p

There's a ton of knowledge here either in active threads, stickies or stuff you google which leads you back here in some way or another.

If you google almost anything knife related, chances are there's a few threads already here about it. I've learned a TON from the Maintenance and Tinkering forum and really found great specific info on knife brands that are featured in the sub forums for manufacturers.

There are some really good people here, too.
 
Thanks guys. The mystery remains unsolved. I also thought Mora and then Helle and have deliberately purchased those brands in laminated. Fortunately they are good knives and certainly not expensive so the purchases were OK but they were not what I was looking for. Every laminated blade I have found is a stiff as any "normal" blade in my not very sophisticated opinion. So the quest for the rubber bladed knife is still open.
 
There have been many laminate knives sold in the USA over the years??

Welcome to the forums and as mentioned, take a look around, perhaps open a favorite beverage and enjoy!
 
I have spent WAY too much time familiarizing myself with the forums.. SOOOO much info. It's OK though, because it's too hot and humid to work much outside in my shop in Florida now. So I've spent quite some time prowling around here. It keeps coming back to Mora knives but now I've learned Mora is town in Sweden and more than one company made knives there but they all sort of get called Mora knives. Is that correct? Several people have suggested the current L110 Mora laminated blade but I've had one of them in the drawer waiting for a handle for a couple of years and it is way stiffer than the knife I remember.
 
Probably the old fellow selling misspelled it. Could be Sandvic. No matter. The 40 minute phone conversation with him was probably worth the $30 he wants for the knife. I'll just add it to the pile.
 
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