Old Friends Friday

[screened porch]

I was sent this EKA 88 - with Normark branding - for review, in the early 90's. It used to be one of my regular winter coat pocket carries, but I don't think I carried it last year. I've had a lot of Scandanavian knives over the years, but don't recall another folder

View attachment 3031442

I have that one and a couple of plastic-handled slip-joints, all with the fail-safe stacked springs.




I can't have had this one more than 33 years, it would seem.
It isn't the best choice for cardboard boxes or chives, but it "lives in the hand" (Thank you to Oakeshotte (sp?) for the phrase).
I think the glue on the stitching was from a tube of "sneaker cement". I used to carry the knife around the house and yard stuck in my belt.

 

[Jack Black]

I have that one and a couple of plastic-handled slip-joints, all with the fail-safe stacked springs.


View attachment 3031444
View attachment 3031443
I can't have had this one more than 33 years, it would seem.
It isn't the best choice for cardboard boxes or chives, but it "lives in the hand" (Thank you to Oakeshotte (sp?) for the phrase).
I think the glue on the stitching was from a tube of "sneaker cement". I used to carry the knife around the house and yard stuck in my belt.

Interesting Jer I like that phrase, and the knife - What model is it? - And your hat

 

[screened porch]

Interesting Jer I like that phrase, and the knife - What model is it? - And your hat

Thanks!
It's a Nighthawk. I did a little looking up of it, because I had no idea how old it is. And it's a good thing I remembered, because the knife doesn't say Buck or Nighthawk or anything else on it. They came out in the early 1990s, and were submitted to the Marines and the Navy for trials, at which they did very well. It's just under 1/4" thick. Tops still makes them, but with tactical holes in the flats.

And here is my black Normark EKA with the broken point. I just made a second effort at repointing it, and I'm happy now.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks!
It's a Nighthawk. I did a little looking up of it, because I had no idea how old it is. And it's a good thing I remembered, because the knife doesn't say Buck or Nighthawk or anything else on it. They came out in the early 1990s, and were submitted to the Marines and the Navy for trials, at which they did very well. It's just under 1/4" thick. Tops still makes them, but with tactical holes in the flats.

And here is my black Normark EKA with the broken point. I just made a second effort at repointing it, and I'm happy now.
View attachment 3031696View attachment 3031697

I thought the name sounded familiar Jer, but I might be thinking of the TOPS one. Do you know if it was a Blackie Collins design by any chance?

When I was a boy those EKA/Normark folders, and fixed-blades, which were actually made by Martinni were marketed in the British fishing press, and popular with anglers as a result. That model looks like what Normark called the Big Swede.

 

[screened porch]

I thought the name sounded familiar Jer, but I might be thinking of the TOPS one. Do you know if it was a Blackie Collins design by any chance?

When I was a boy those EKA/Normark folders, and fixed-blades, which were actually made by Martinni were marketed in the British fishing press, and popular with anglers as a result. That model looks like what Normark called the Big Swede.

I think you're right about the Big Swede. I gave a locking version to my little sister long ago.
And now for something pretty similar:

I got that one cheap from a dealer who generally has prices way too high for me. I think he must have just looked at the plastic and thought China.
Nice flat grind on that one.

 

[kyhunt]

I have that one and a couple of plastic-handled slip-joints, all with the fail-safe stacked springs.


View attachment 3031444
View attachment 3031443
I can't have had this one more than 33 years, it would seem.
It isn't the best choice for cardboard boxes or chives, but it "lives in the hand" (Thank you to Oakeshotte (sp?) for the phrase).
I think the glue on the stitching was from a tube of "sneaker cement". I used to carry the knife around the house and yard stuck in my belt.

Awesome knife. I bought my kid brother one for Christmas one year . I should have picked myself one up to. No telling what ever happened to that knife.