Knives of the Norsemen

Rich · 13th July 2005, 09:13 PM

IMHO, the Norwegian staskniv is in the puukko group as
are most Scandanavian knives.
The Swedish barrel knife would be if it were a fixed blade.
Don't know about folding puukko :-)

BTW - my wife collects Swedish Barrel knives. Has
about 50 of them; all sizes fromm 10inch (closed length)
to about 1 inch; most with wood handles; but a couple
rarities in ivory; another in tortise shell. They were
also copied and made in India (these usually have the
typical carving set type carved handles).

I just got a absolute mint L & K Kauhava "Scout Knife"
off ebay. (These have a guard and basically look like
any western style hunting knife). Red galalite handle
with aluminum hook pommel and brass guard.Amazing it is mint
considering the company went out of business in 1945
according to Ristinen's book.

Rich S

13th July 2005, 09:13 PM	#24
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	IMHO, the Norwegian staskniv is in the puukko group as are most Scandanavian knives. The Swedish barrel knife would be if it were a fixed blade. Don't know about folding puukko :-) BTW - my wife collects Swedish Barrel knives. Has about 50 of them; all sizes fromm 10inch (closed length) to about 1 inch; most with wood handles; but a couple rarities in ivory; another in tortise shell. They were also copied and made in India (these usually have the typical carving set type carved handles). I just got a absolute mint L & K Kauhava "Scout Knife" off ebay. (These have a guard and basically look like any western style hunting knife). Red galalite handle with aluminum hook pommel and brass guard.Amazing it is mint considering the company went out of business in 1945 according to Ristinen's book. Rich S