ANTIQUE SWEDISH BARREL KNIVES
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Beautiful wood on that one Mike
And very cool that it was your grandpas That's a great treasure to have.
Tim
And very cool that it was your grandpas That's a great treasure to have.
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Thanks Tim, I'm really impressed with the wood too and how well it has held up over the year...Knives were tools of the trade for my Grandpa, and I know he used this one hard. I'm sure it got wet and bloody quite frequently, but the wood still looks great, I'm really honored to be able to add this one to the collection
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Mike, that is a fantastic knife. I love that it was your grandfathers and that it is so well used. Great history, a very special piece.
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That's a great little knife and thanks for the information on "Barrel Knives".CCBill wrote:Well, here's my meager entry for this forum. It's so small I really couldn't get good pictures of it. I'm LOUSY with a camera.
It is stamped, "Joh. Engstrom/ Sweden" on the brass liner. I assume that since it has the country of origin on it that it was made between 1891 and 1918. As you can see by the tape measure, the barrel is 1 inch long. The blade still shows about 99% of the factory shine. I just threw in the other 2 small ones for comparison sake. Any additional info will be greatly appreciated. I'm thinking about putting this one up for sale but I haven't decided, yet.
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Met a friend today who brought a box of knifes his grandfather gave him. one of which is this type of barrel knife that was my friends great grandfathers.
The only difference in this knife and the ones pictured here, the top of the blade is serrated. they think it is for scaling fish..
full blade and overall this knife is very nice.
how rare is a serrated knife like this?
The only difference in this knife and the ones pictured here, the top of the blade is serrated. they think it is for scaling fish..
full blade and overall this knife is very nice.
how rare is a serrated knife like this?
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I brought this one from my local antique shop for £33.00.do you think I've got a good deal.
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I love the barrel knives! Here is what I have, so far... Cheers
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This one looks the same bought in HollandMiller Bro's wrote:I think this one was made in India
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I bought my first barrel knife at a flea market today. I paid $50 for it.
It's four inches from the catch to the pivot and the actual handle is 3 5/16".
It's missing the lanyard ring and has a unreadable stamp in the blade.
It's a solid piece of kit and I'm pretty happy with it.
Nice information about these knives in this thread.
ebay sellers are quite proud of the few they are selling there.
Thanks for looking,
It's four inches from the catch to the pivot and the actual handle is 3 5/16".
It's missing the lanyard ring and has a unreadable stamp in the blade.
It's a solid piece of kit and I'm pretty happy with it.
Nice information about these knives in this thread.
ebay sellers are quite proud of the few they are selling there.
Thanks for looking,
Joe
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I only have one of these, but it's not as nice as this oneFRJ wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 6:49 pm I bought my first barrel knife at a flea market today. I paid $50 for it.
It's four inches from the catch to the pivot and the actual handle is 3 5/16".
It's missing the lanyard ring and has a unreadable stamp in the blade.
It's a solid piece of kit and I'm pretty happy with it.
Nice information about these knives in this thread.
ebay sellers are quite proud of the few they are selling there.
Thanks for looking,
David
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Lots of great info in this thread, I happen to have one.
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Nice find!
I bought one awhile back this year at a flea market as well. I paid a lot more for it BECAUSE of ebay and the guy selling it was sure it was worth a fortune because "I saw it on ebay" But I wanted it, so I got it and I am happy with it. In fact I love it It is such a cool knife
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Not sure if he still has it, but Roland had a very unique one for sale a couple weeks back. All of his knives seem to be a cut above.
My bad it may not be Swedish, but a 4 blade barrel that is quite eye candy
My bad it may not be Swedish, but a 4 blade barrel that is quite eye candy
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I thought I'd share a couple of my barrel knives in this thread.
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The second is really cool!!
David
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I bought my first Swedish Barrel Knife this week! It is a Pontus Holmberg, from Ekilstuna.
I know that this one is not a great example, but it is the first one that I have ever touched. I fished it out of the shallow end of the 'Bay. It is pretty cool!
I will probably clean off the green paint, as I am sure that it isn't original. As much as I like to tinker with things, I will probably do very little else to it other than a light cleaning. I probably will not even sharpen it, though it is as dull as a butter knife. It does have one small chip in the handle, but other than that it is in pretty decent shape for something that is probably a century old!
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Welcome to the club, Reverand! Very cool, I kind of like the antiqued green.
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I was lucky enough to be given mine by my father-in-law many years ago. He'd gotten it in a job lot from a local auction house. Around 3 1/2" closed.
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Hoping for some help identifying this knife.
Maybe C.W. Dahlgren?
Maybe C.W. Dahlgren?
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P. HOLMBERG
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That is one very neat little knife! It looks like wood; am I correct?
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Yes, birch.
David
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