Scandinavian style knives.

Here´s a pic of a couple of knives that I´m working on. If anyone is interrested in seeing som more I can add some more pics later when I start working on the sheaths.
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I like the small one with the dark wood/burgundy micarta handle. Put up some more pictures...they look really nice.

Jeff Jenness
 
agree, show some up close and personal!
The handles look comfy!

I was just over in Sweden, Sundsvall for about a week, not sure where you are in comparison?
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Thanks for your comments ! I´ll post some better pics as the work progresses.I´m 35 years old and got interrested in knifemaking about five years ago when I passed a store one day with a sign that said"Knifemaking classes".Been hooked since then.The first one didn´t look that good and it fitted the sheath very badly. But it was the most fun to make.As many Scandinavian knifemakers I don´t make my own blades (yet)but I bye them from well known bladesmiths.Some day in the future I´ll forge/grind my own blades because at the present I don´t have the proper place.

I mainly do this for the fun of it and I try to work with the knives when I can find some sparetime. Wish I had some more !

Here´s a little more info:
The small one has a handle made of tigerwood ,ebony,nickelsilver and fiberspacers.The blade is a damascusblade made by Lars Pettersson.This one I will keep myself and I think that a black sheath will look good.I use halftanned leather.
The one in the vise has a handle of stabilized birchwood and pewter/fiberspacers.Carbonsteel blade.
The third has a handle made from a nice piece of amboyna.Antique micarta,pewter/fiberspacers.Blade made out of Sandvik 12C27 by Åke Newton.
 
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wow, you are not very close to Sundsvall, so I doubt that I'd get a chance to meet you if I go back over there again!

So you buy the blades, still a lot of work to complete them and sheath them as well, good training! And Sandvik is good steel, very strong and works well.

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Really is some beautiful work.
Got any other pictures we can see.
Gus
 
Here are some better pics.
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Follow this link to see pics of the work with the sheath: http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=921302&a=10619976Sorry about the English..It´s been a pain trying to explain in English how the sheath is made but the pics will hopefully tell.If anyone have questions feel free to mail me

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Those knives are gorgeous!! I love the angled spacers on the top one, that must have been very difficult to make. Are these capers or do they have a special use??

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Thanks L6STEEL ! Actually it is not that difficult to make at all. I´ll post pics showing how it´s done if you like.
And L6,mail me.Having some trouble with English translation, you gotta explain caper to me.
 
Adler, I would love to see some pictures and explanations of you knifemaking methods.
A caper is a small bladed knife used to skin an animal so that you have the entire skin, even the face and nose. Mostly used when the skin will be mounted.

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Take care!! Michael

Always think of your fellow knife makers as partners in the search for the perfect blade, not as people trying to compete with you and your work!
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Adler, I really like your knives, nice work. I first became aware of this style of knife from James Mattis. I bought a mini-puukko from Maihkel Eklund (from Sweden) at the New York Custom Knife Show this past Nov. I wear it around my neck every day in memory of James. A full sized version is on my wish list.
I almost made it to Malmo in '68, I was in Copenhagen and met some guys from Malmo who invited me to visit them there. I was in the Navy at the time and they promised me all the blondes I could handle.
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I put in for leave and told the XO that I would fly home and meet my ship in Boston. For some strange reason he turned me down, suggesting I might desert and would never be seen again. Ahhhhh what might have been, so instead I just had to satisfy myself with Danish pastery.
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Really nice work! I personally prefer a longer blade for both the use and the look, but these are wonderful.
 
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