Knives of the Norsemen

Lew · 13th July 2005, 09:58 PM

Rich

You are a lucky man to have a wife that likes to collect knives. Most of my knife collecting buddies have wives who think we are out of our minds the wives just see them as rusty old junk

Lew

Rich · 13th July 2005, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LOUIEBLADES

Rich

You are a lucky man to have a wife that likes to collect knives. Most of my knife collecting buddies have wives who think we are out of our minds the wives just see them as rusty old junk

Lew

Just because my wife collects knives doesn't necessarily
mean she doesn't think I'm out of my mind :-)

Rich S

Battara · 13th July 2005, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LOUIEBLADES

Rich

You are a lucky man to have a wife that likes to collect knives. Most of my knife collecting buddies have wives who think we are out of our minds the wives just see them as rusty old junk

Lew

In my case, my wife does not think my stuff rusty old junk (though she swears I'm out of my mind regardless

).

I like that pukko, Spiral. I'm with Lou - beautiful carving!

spiral · 13th July 2005, 11:44 PM

Thank you Louis, Battara, thats very complimentry of you!

It is nice, I must admit! The fact the scabbard is carved out of one solid piece of wood always astounds me.

Rich have you any photos of other Staskniv in your collection or elsewhere? It would be nice to see some others.

Perhaps I should have collected these pukkos & barrel knives like your good self & your wife rather than kukri!
Storage & display must be so easy!

But alas kukri are my favorites!

But perhaps I will be lucky & come across another Louen for $10 one day,

Its funny but if Louen was a top American knifemaker & famous Victorian church carver 100-160 years ago, rather than Norwegian , I think it would probably be worth thousands rather than hundreds of dollars.

Or am I mistaken? What do you guys think?

Tis a strange world after all.

Spiral

Rich · 14th July 2005, 12:31 AM

The only Norwegian knife I have is one I got from
Ragweed Forge, a Haugrud Baglerkniven. I also like
the leather sheathed ones with scroll work on the sheath
and knife fittings. There an interesting one on ebay
now (but I can't mention that :-) Too expensive for me,
but a nice looking knife IMHO. Most of my puukko
are Finnish with a couple Swedish thrown in for good
measure. I guess what I find most amazing with Scandinavian
knives is the steel quality (will take and hold a shaving
edge - literally) and the clean functional lines.

Rich S

spiral · 14th July 2005, 12:56 AM

Cheers Rich, I often bid on nice Pukko on ebay but never win them

{do ok on the kukri though

}

but this one was $10 including postage described as a "dragonhead dagger" & I was the only bidder!

Definatly in my top 5 ebay lucky finds!

Spiral

Rich · 16th July 2005, 07:35 AM

General question on Scandinavian knives: lots of
Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian knives, but I've not
seen anything on Danish knives. DId the Danes have
a "national knife" as the other countries? If so could
someone direct me to a picture or two?

Thanks
Rich S

Rick · 16th July 2005, 03:47 PM

Rich , when I was young I purchased a large sailor's sheath knife in Denmark , it was styled almost exactly as some of the large hunters shown in links previously in this thread with the exception that it had an extra pocket on the sheath that held a decent sized fid .
The knife was Danish and of excellent quality with the same edge holding characteristics of other Scandinavian knives .

13th July 2005, 09:58 PM	#1
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Rich You are a lucky man to have a wife that likes to collect knives. Most of my knife collecting buddies have wives who think we are out of our minds the wives just see them as rusty old junk Lew

13th July 2005, 11:44 PM	#4
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Thank you Louis, Battara, thats very complimentry of you! It is nice, I must admit! The fact the scabbard is carved out of one solid piece of wood always astounds me. Rich have you any photos of other Staskniv in your collection or elsewhere? It would be nice to see some others. Perhaps I should have collected these pukkos & barrel knives like your good self & your wife rather than kukri! Storage & display must be so easy! But alas kukri are my favorites! But perhaps I will be lucky & come across another Louen for $10 one day, Its funny but if Louen was a top American knifemaker & famous Victorian church carver 100-160 years ago, rather than Norwegian , I think it would probably be worth thousands rather than hundreds of dollars. Or am I mistaken? What do you guys think? Tis a strange world after all. Spiral

14th July 2005, 12:31 AM	#5
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	The only Norwegian knife I have is one I got from Ragweed Forge, a Haugrud Baglerkniven. I also like the leather sheathed ones with scroll work on the sheath and knife fittings. There an interesting one on ebay now (but I can't mention that :-) Too expensive for me, but a nice looking knife IMHO. Most of my puukko are Finnish with a couple Swedish thrown in for good measure. I guess what I find most amazing with Scandinavian knives is the steel quality (will take and hold a shaving edge - literally) and the clean functional lines. Rich S

14th July 2005, 12:56 AM	#6
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Cheers Rich, I often bid on nice Pukko on ebay but never win them {do ok on the kukri though } but this one was $10 including postage described as a "dragonhead dagger" & I was the only bidder! Definatly in my top 5 ebay lucky finds! Spiral

16th July 2005, 07:35 AM	#7
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	General question on Scandinavian knives: lots of Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian knives, but I've not seen anything on Danish knives. DId the Danes have a "national knife" as the other countries? If so could someone direct me to a picture or two? Thanks Rich S

16th July 2005, 03:47 PM	#8
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,339	Rich , when I was young I purchased a large sailor's sheath knife in Denmark , it was styled almost exactly as some of the large hunters shown in links previously in this thread with the exception that it had an extra pocket on the sheath that held a decent sized fid . The knife was Danish and of excellent quality with the same edge holding characteristics of other Scandinavian knives .