Screwed together slipjoints from the 70-ties.

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NirreBosse

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Im rather proud over theese old swedish slipjoints. They are strong solid construktions filled with knowhow how a good user slipjoint should be constructed. Its a for the 70ties modern thought to have the knifes screwed together and it gives them produktion advantages as well as opportunity to ajust the stiffness etc. Enjoy the pictures and tell us if you have own experiences of theese icinic knifes. Show what you have.







Bosse
 
Beautiful knives sir :thumbup: I have an 88 from about 1991, which I like a great deal :)




I do however think Ed made an excellent point in the ageing slipjoints thread yesterday! ;)

(Hope you don't mind me quoting you here Ed.)

Modoc ED said:
Just because a knife comes with screw construction doesn't mean they're meant to be taken apart for routine cleaning, cover changes, etc.. How many times have we seen threads from someone asking about avaiability of screws, screw posts, omega springs, etc. after they've taken a knife apart and stripped a screw or lost a part. Good grief - if a guy thinks his knife needs cleaning just stick it under a faucet running hot water and then oil it when done.

But then guys being guys and we should include some gals too, human nature being what it is, if it comes with a screw, well heck we've got to take it apart to see what makes it work.
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Admittedly, these knives have a much more simple construction than most :)
 
I have had A few EKA 38 taken apart and its very diffikult to put them together again. The ones with 2 thinner backspring layers is even worse. I can now prevent all impulses to take them apart and is carefull about letting the screws come lose.

Bosse
 
NirreBosse said:
I have had A few EKA 38 taken apart and its very diffikult to put them together again. The ones with 2 thinner backspring layers is even worse. I can now prevent all impulses to take them apart and is carefull about letting the screws come lose.
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The awkward part with the 88 is re-seating the bushes :)
 


EKA is great. The top knives steel (made by Normark for EKA) seems decent and the ugly little knife on the bottom is a good 12C27. Anyone want it?
 
No, I put that extra pin in so the blade would hit it when closing instead of the tip hitting inside the handle. I placed it a bit off and had to grind too big a cutout near the kick to adjust. The blade was already too small for the handle so it didn't make it a lot uglier. I did the Normark just about perfect.

I like the knife but I'm actually trying to get rid of some I don't use a lot anymore to justify getting "one more USA Schrade" (my precious).

 
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friend sent me green plastic one,initially i thought it was EKA but it turned out it is Solwa, Danish Army knife,not screwed but glued :eek:

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wait,i have one,pretty thin for size,i rolled edge carving some hardwood,pushed little to hard,but it came back easily

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davek14 said:


EKA is great. The top knives steel (made by Normark for EKA) seems decent and the ugly little knife on the bottom is a good 12C27. Anyone want it?
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So who wants the top one. It was origonally serrated and I was bored one day and had a beat up stone and sharpened them out by hand watching TV. It is a bit thick behind the edge. I've worked on reprofiling over time and it ain't real bad. Ideally someone with the wherewithal to reprofile or someone who want a heavy work knife would want it.
 
I think Normark used to market that model as the 'Big Swede' Dave. It sold heavily here, mainly to anglers and hunters, in the early 1970's. A solid reliable knife by all accounts. I'll pass on your very kind offer thanks, I'm the wrong side of the Atlantic, and got too many knives as it is :) Sure you'll soon get a taker though. Very generous of you :thumbup:
 
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