Nice ready-made karda replacement.

Ripper · May 17, 2004

I recently ordered a knife from The Northerner but by some error I received a different one.
They are nice people and offered to quickly make it right but I decided to keep what was sent. It makes a fine karda: 2.36 in. carbon steel blade (a little over a 1/16 in. thick and wickedly sharp) with a stacked reindeer horn and birch wood handle. Here are some pics of it:

Regards,
Greg

hollowdweller · May 17, 2004

Now THAT's COOL!

Thomas Linton · May 17, 2004

Ripper, those tiny Scandi knives are great kardas. Unfortunately, there seems to be a collector interest that drives the prices up on eBay. My best finds have been at house sales -- tiny souvenir puukkos that are sharp as the dickens. I'll check out the source you were kind enough to post. Thanks.

munk · May 17, 2004

What was that knife called on the site?

munk

munk · May 17, 2004

Appears to be knife item number 86, 18 dollars

munk

Ripper · May 17, 2004

munk said:
What was that knife called on the site?

Munk,
It's just called "Small knife"
Regards,
Greg

munk · May 17, 2004

Ripper, what was the original knife you ordered, I'd like to look at that.

munk

45-70 · May 17, 2004

One of Ragnars smaller blades would work well too.

Ripper · May 17, 2004

Hi Munk,
I ordered this one.
Regards,
Greg

Jotto · May 17, 2004

Is it me or are those prices extremely reasonable?

Otto

Ferrous Wheel · May 17, 2004

Wow.

Yvsa · May 17, 2004

Ferrous Wheel said:
Wow.

Amazing at what a Real Survival knife looks like and made by, I think, the last nomads on the planet.
Being the Americanized brainwashed ndn that I am... I wasn't, wouldn't have been satisfied with this knife alone so I had to buy the Leuko & puukko combination, but they're both made by the saammis in one area or another of that part of the world by nomadic people anyway so I don't feel too bad.

Proof that we don't need sharpened prybars to survive and survive very nicely.

But damnit I still like all kinds of knives and have all my life so like the rest of you I have a good excuse and am in good company.

Sutcliffe · May 18, 2004

was a great companion to the Khukhuri. With them paired together it would make them unbeatable. I haven't met a Karda that I thought was worth a darn.