Sweden Alert!!

waynorth

waynorth

Dealer / Materials Provider
Joined
Nov 19, 2005
Messages
33,370
Or, "Would you like some Eskils on your Tuna??"

Here is an interesting knife. I traded for it at our post-Oregon debriefing, for my local club!
It almost looks like standard American cutlery. Steel bolsters and liners, wood handles.
I made some American Elm furniture once, and this wood is the spittin' image! And the blade passes for an elongated Zulu Spear!!
But if you read the stampings, they point to Sweden . . .hmmmmm . . . . .
It's a nice, long snappy knife at any rate. It would do at an impromtu picnic, for cuttin' the salami and bread, or spreadin' the Grey Poupon, as long as the wine had a twist-off cap!
:D
EskiltunaJack1_zps141cc5c1.jpg

EskiltunaJack3_zpsad761a71.jpg

EskiltunaJack2_zps35fd3a1a.jpg
 
Last edited:
Very cool!!!! I can see it in the picnic basket now along with a big bottle of Riunite Lambrusco! :D
 
Certainly not Elm my good man. That stuff has very distinctive WW or ZZ grain compared to what you show. Ordinary carbon steel knife from the 1960s era, I would think, as all my meagre budget brands, while growing up, were similar to that at the time but stamped USA, England or Germany.
What you will be able to do though is scary-sharpen that baby up. I never knew this years ago but it was the Swedes that supplied much of Europe, England and USA with their superior quality knife steel.
 
waynorth said:
Or, "Would you like some Eskil on your Tuna??"

Here is an interesting knife. I traded for it at our post-Oregon debriefing, for my local club!
It almost looks like standard American cutlery. Steel bolsters and liners, wood handles.
I made some American Elm furniture once, and this wood is the spittin' image! And the blade passes for an elongated Zulu Spear!!
But if you read the stampings, they point to Sweden . . .hmmmmm . . . . .
It's a nice, long snappy knife at any rate. It would do at an impromtu picnic, for cuttin' the salami and bread, or spreadin' the Grey Poupon, as long as the wine had a twist-off cap!
Click to expand...

The ole knife has a lot of character, nice patina, great lookin wood handles. What more could a feller want? :D
 
300Six said:
Certainly not Elm my good man. That stuff has very distinctive WW or ZZ grain compared to what you show. Ordinary carbon steel knife from the 1960s era, I would think, as all my meagre budget brands, while growing up, were similar to that at the time but stamped USA, England or Germany.
What you will be able to do though is scary-sharpen that baby up. I never knew this years ago but it was the Swedes that supplied much of Europe, England and USA with their superior quality knife steel.
Click to expand...

Well, I used it once. It's a guess, and a small sample, but you seem to imply a knowledge of wood. Do you know what it is, my good man??
 
Nice catch! I've never seen such a knife from Sweden before. Since it's my neighbor country I hope I can find one like the one you have sometime in the future.
 
Charlie, very interesting knife! I noticed the lack of a center pin, is it possible that it was pre-pinned, sort of half-skeleton style?

Eric
 
Charlie that knife is a beauty. I bet it takes a really keen edge, and it looks to be very well cared for. Nice find :thumbup:
 
:eek:
waynorth said:
Or, "Would you like some Eskil on your Tuna??"

Here is an interesting knife. I traded for it at our post-Oregon debriefing, for my local club!
It almost looks like standard American cutlery. Steel bolsters and liners, wood handles.
I made some American Elm furniture once, and this wood is the spittin' image! And the blade passes for an elongated Zulu Spear!!
But if you read the stampings, they point to Sweden . . .hmmmmm . . . . .
It's a nice, long snappy knife at any rate. It would do at an impromtu picnic, for cuttin' the salami and bread, or spreadin' the Grey Poupon, as long as the wine had a twist-off cap!
:D
EskiltunaJack1_zps141cc5c1.jpg
Click to expand...

That sure is a looker, Quick question though, when did they take the wine out of a box and put it in a bottle with a screw cap? :eek:
 
Dont think I have ever seen a Scandinavian knife of such anglo configuration before. Moras have almost no configuration other than the distinctive blade (and this lacks that) and the handles of their folders and even the traditinonal fancier fixed blades are pretty different from the Anglo styles we commonly see.

Fascinating.

Sweden has pretty large iron ore deposits of very high quality. Curiously, their ore contains a lot of what are now considered alloying elements, so that even their early efforts at steel making were sort of accidentally making relatively highly alloyed steel.
 
ea42 said:
Charlie, very interesting knife! I noticed the lack of a center pin, is it possible that it was pre-pinned, sort of half-skeleton style?

Eric
Click to expand...

Could very well be, Eric. I see a slight bump on the inside of the spring. There has to be a pin there anyway. Interesting way to assemble a knife!!:confused:

flatblackcapo said:
Looks like a keeper!Nice score, Charlie.......May I call you charlie?
Click to expand...

Why not?? Everyone else does!!:D

hunter s thompson said:
:eek:

That sure is a looker, Quick question though, when did they take the wine out of a box and put it in a bottle with a screw cap? :eek:
Click to expand...

I don't know, but take my word for it, don't use a corkscrew, whatever you do!!:eek::eek:

;)
 
That is a simple and charming knife Mr C. Very appealing.

I've found these Eskil blades to take a superb edge. I imagine this shall slice very well for you.

I also suspect Beech to be a likely wood for the scales. A very European choice for work manly tools.

A real gem to see, thanks for posting it up.
 
I am not sure what the wood is, but I am pretty sure it is not beech. Beech doesn’t have such pronounced ring porous structure, on the other hand beech has quite pronounced rays.
Could this be some kind of birch wood? It would be very Scandinavian too, and it would have been easy to obtain locally.
 
I would think that this is birch.
It is far more plentiful in Sweden than beech, and often has nice curly grain pattern like this one.

Of course, it could be some imported hardwood...
 
I'm thinking Birch but i have seen cuts of Elm with that grain, either way it's a very neat knife.
I don't think it's Beech which has very little grain at all.
Best regards

Robin
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top