I have one like Mikes, 1178 from 1991.
Peter Hjortberger had a company that imported high quality knifes from different brands before he Developed Fallkniven. Actually the company was called Fallkniven even then, but the company name become the brand name after he developed his own line of knifes.
No one I know about here in sweden has before or after had a selection of different knifes as he did.
And in the press we had Anders L Dahlman, a realy talented writer about knifes making nummerous artikles about different knifes, sometimes a brand and sometimes just a special knife. This made wonders for the market as it made hunters and others curious on high quality knifes.
I saw the 1178 in a book Dahlman wrote and Peter had one I could bye. This was not a small thing before the age of internet and I was realy happy when it arrived together with a reed handle Gerber LST. For me it has always felt a little to heavy and bastant for EDC and Im not realy quite pleased with its ability to hold the edge but its a dear item anyway.
The gerber I bought was just because it was 1/2 the price and I didnt expect it to be more than something to gift someone but it stayed my only EDC for years in the 90-ties.
I still have all the catalogs from fallkniven and a book and a lot of artikles Dahlman wrote.
Theese twoo men is the ones I thank for my interest and somewhat knowledge in knifes.
For a teenager they provided the food that kept my interest alive. Sadly money at that time was not a pile to pick from. My parents was small farmers, so the money I made planting forest in the summer was the only income I could spend on myself. But once in a while I bought a new knife when the urge was too big, (and this is actually the way I still get my knifes).
Bosse
