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14th October 2009, 07:54 PM
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Norwegian Knife
Hello,
Here's a little knife I bought in an antique shop at norway. The scabbard is leather, decorated by cutting, not pressing. The back of the blade has some nicks for better thumb control, I presume. The handle is birch, I think. It's about 20cm long (handle + blade) There's a maker's logo. can anyone recognize it? Is there a way to determine how old is it? (my guess is 20th century, but i'd like to know more precisely). And just because i'm curious, What's the market value for such a piece? Thanks, Yaniv |
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14th October 2009, 09:39 PM
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Yaniv
Your knife is a puukko probably the last quarter of the 20th century. We are not allowed to quote price values on the public forum. Lew |
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14th October 2009, 11:22 PM
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I also collect Scandinavian knives; it could be Norwegian or Finnish. It is a hand made piece, not a commercial production item. Sorry, but I don't recognize the maker's mark. Handle is made of curly birch.
Here's a few pics of my collection as of about 2007. It has about doubled since then. http://home.earthlink.net/~rsblade/nordic.htm Rich S ------------------------------------------------------------ Richard Stein, PhD The Japanese Sword Index http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm ------------------------------------------------------------ Last edited by Rich; 14th October 2009 at 11:36 PM. |
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14th October 2009, 11:58 PM
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15th October 2009, 02:09 AM
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Wow is not enough!
Rich,
I am blown away! But have you looked into 12 step programs Peter |
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15th October 2009, 02:16 AM
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Nice collection Rich !!
You don't fool around do you ?   IMO the really outstanding part of Yaniv's knife is that lovely carved leather scabbard . Usually these are maker engraved (at least the Finnish ones, ie Rapala) ; I have not seen many Puuko type blades with a stamped mark . |
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15th October 2009, 02:32 PM
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By admission I'm a compulsive collector :-)
IMHO this knife is a mid to late 20th C piece. That style of file work on the back is a recent thing for Scandinavian knives. I'm not sure how to place it locality wise; could be Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish (unlikely). It is definitely a hand made item, not a production piece. Since it was found in Norway, I guess that's as good an attribution as any. It's a nice find as there isn't much interest in Scandinavian knives in the US (one reason my collection grew rather quickly - no one else wanted them :-) which I think is a shame as there are some really neat, well made Scandinavian knives out there and their history can go back a long, long way. BTW, not all Finnish knives were signed, even the production items. I've several that have no markings at all. Also Rapala filet knives (and I suspect several of the Marttiini/Normark knives are now made in China :-( Rich |
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