All About Pocket Knives

Lars0729 wrote: ↑Tue May 27, 2025 3:04 am Lol! Great responses guys - too funny.
Also - she is the younger sister - sorry!

..... ....Dohh!!! .... Looks like I'll never get a chance to have a "Green-Card" to live in Denmark .... .... I'll have to comfort myself with my collection of knives and other items from Scandinavia.....

And what a great collection it is too! Very nice....

I am never far from a Mora.

Horsehead Puuko, 7-3/4" overall, 3-3/4" blade etched "Made In Finland" and more I can't decipher. J.O'.

Lars0729 wrote: ↑Wed May 28, 2025 1:41 am And what a great collection it is too! Very nice....

Thanks Lars!

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Wed May 28, 2025 7:14 pm Horsehead Puuko, 7-3/4" overall, 3-3/4" blade etched "Made In Finland" and more I can't decipher. J.O'.

I like the (brass?) horse head pommel, very nice!

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Wed May 28, 2025 12:32 pm I am never far from a Mora.

Very colorful collection Q.S.

Thanks T-dog.

O'.

Picked this one up in a group and did not know it was from Sweden until I got out the steel wool and cleaned up the tang.....

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 12:45 am Picked this one up in a group and did not know it was from Sweden until I got out the steel wool and cleaned up the tang.....

Cool find.

doglegg wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 1:19 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 12:45 am Picked this one up in a group and did not know it was from Sweden until I got out the steel wool and cleaned up the tang.....

Cool find.

Thanks D.L.

I can't even recall if I have ever seen a Nordic pocket knife, so it is most interesting to me.

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Thu Jun 05, 2025 11:07 am I can't even recall if I have ever seen a Nordic pocket knife, so it is most interesting to me.

I believe quite a few variations of pocketknives were produced in Eskilstuna*, Sweden. Especially in the 60's, 70's and 80's.


*The city grew enormously during the Industrial Revolution and became one of the most important industrial cities of Sweden, earning the nickname "Stålstaden" ("The City of Steel"). Aside from firearms, the city also produced superior carpentry and wood carving chisels, cutlery, scissors, keys, machine tools and precision instruments. As a tribute to the steel industry, the figure of a steel worker is included in the city's coat of arms. Eskilstuna is sometimes called The Sheffield of Sweden. Both cities at their peak were home to numerous steel production companies.

T-dog. I appreciate your enlightening info.

I found this one at a flea market for $4.00 .... I couldn't resist the temptation ....

I found the VHS tape in a box of old junk while cleaning out the garage.... I thought it sort-ah tied into to the theme of the thread....

Well i don't really collect them but I sure like using them

Hello, mora, and morakniv

Umcknifeguy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 03, 2025 3:28 am Well i don't really collect them but I sure like using them

Hello, mora, and morakniv

Awesome! Beautiful wood on the Helle and .... I love the stag!!!

.... I tried adding a patina to my mora knife..... I'm happy with the results......

I'll be taking this Mora knife with me out camping soon....

An old butcher knife made in Sweden, with a heavy vinegar patina.

A puukko knife .....

J. A. Hellberg( Sweden); Bergans Slirling( Norway); unreadable ( Finland); Erling Vangedal ( Denmark).

A puukko knife from Finland...

Here's an unsigned Puuko with a rosewood sheath and some very intricate engraving. Interested? PM me. Thanks J.O'.