Foreign Fixed Blade Knives

[Miller Bro's]

How about showing your foreign fixed blade knives here.

This is an original wooden box for a Puma hunting knife

[Miller Bro's]

And here is a Puma knife and sheath............

[IMBand]

I can add this Hubertus.

IM

[tjmurphy]

This should qualify as a foreign fixed blade, Helle HE30 from Norway. I am thinking that this knife is from the 60's. They currently market the same knife, different etch, and call it the "Jubileeum", or some such spelling as that. Have to forgive the crappy pictures, just took them inside with artificial light. It really is a beautiful, well made knife.

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[Miller Bro's]

Trevor & Tom, both of those knives are very nice

[Owd Wullie]

Puukko from Finland










And a BIG whackin khukuri

[Miller Bro's]

Nice ones Willie

Here is my Puukko knife.

[Owd Wullie]

NICE one!

I like that PUMA too!

[orvet]

Here is a Fjellkniven I got a couple years ago.
I believe it has the layered steel. It gets wicked sharp!
I think Fjellkniven means mountain knife in Norwegian.

[tjmurphy]

Draggin' out the Scandies now. Nice knives fellows. The Helle is also layered, must be a Norway thing.

[Billswfl]

Great looking Scandis. Next to pocketknives Scandis are my favorite. Two Pekka Tuominens, Veikko Hakkarainen Kullervo, two Iisakki Jarvenpaas, Horsehead puukkos and a J Rannanjarvi.
Bill

[Miller Bro's]

Nice stuff Bill

[orvet]

I had never really liked Scandies until I got one and felt what excellent quality steel they have in them! Mostly they aren’t flashy, I guess you could call them minimalist in design, but they are designed to cut and to do it very well! And ya’ just gotta’ respect that!

[Billswfl]

Thanks MB. Dale your right Scandis especially puukkos are a tool used in everyday life and are functional and not made for show. A dress puukko or the knives made for export like the horseheads seem to be more elaborate in design.
Bill

[Paladin]

Here are some photos of what I call a fixed blade folder. Or we can call it a folding fixed blade, whichever. It is an Eye Brand and is the only one I have seen as an Eye Brand. I believe this was made by Puma.

Ray

[Miller Bro's]

Ray,

Several German knife companies made these over the years. I have seen many with all different marks. Your knife does not look like a Puma made knife. I am basing this upon the stag they used on their handles.

I am going to guess it is most likely Anton Wingen made that knife.

These type of knives are referred to as Jagdnickers

[knife7knut]

Here are some foreign blades and a couple of USA made knives.From top to bottom:
Silver Stag(made in Washington state)11" blade.
F.A.Bower Germany large Marbles-style blade 8 1/4"
Edge Brand Germany 8" Bowie style
Emil Voos Germany 8" Bowie style.
R.J.Richter Germany 8" Bowie style
Parker-Edwards Randall Gilbraith Bowie style.
Fred Lowe Bowie style ca 1970 11" blade.

To the side:
Cogswell & Harrison(high end London gunsmiths)dirk.
Manhattan Cutlery bowie style hunter.
Joseph Rodgers 9" spear point bowie circa 1880.

[Miller Bro's]

Ray,

[Miller Bro's]

Speaking of Puma knives here is the date code chart.

[jerryd6818]

Speaking of Puma's, how did I miss this thread. Ever since I saw the Puma White Hunters in the outdoor magazines in the late '50s, I wanted one. Seven or eight years ago, the SMKW catalog came and they had one in there for cheap. I went straight to the phone and called but they were already gone. A few weeks later I found one at my local purveyor of cutlery. It's not very old. First half of '98 is what the manufacturing control number says.
The WWII Fairbairn Sykes Bead & Ring, I've had since the mid '60s. I don't remember where I got it but I bought it for just a few dollars. It's the reason I'm on AAPK today.
The bottom one is a little Hen & Rooster. I don't think that's the original sheath.

[Miller Bro's]

All nice looking knives Jerry

[jerryd6818]

Thanks.

[Billswfl]

I don't have this puukko in hand yet the pictures are courtesy of the maker Pekka Tuominen. I ordered the knife in March and the wait was worth it.
Bill

[vikingdog]

Bill that is a beautiful knife. It looks like a fine piece of jewelry. Here are two inexpensive Mora knives my friend in Sweden sent me several years ago. The Frosts with the red birch handle is the traditional knife from Mora. From ragweedforge.com:

"The town of Mora in Sweden has been a center of knife making for many centuries. The naturally superior Swedish steel, combined with skilled craftsmanship, resulted in knives that became famous for their ability to hold a superior edge and sharpen easily. The smiths in Mora developed a basic functional style that became a classic, known simply as the “Mora Knife.” Until recently there were two remaining large companies in Mora, KJ Eriksson and Frosts of Mora. They have merged into "Mora of Sweden"."

"Mora knives place function before style. But the simplicity of functionality has a beauty of it's own. The quality and prices are great, and they're one of the best knife bargains around. They have the flat Scandinavian grind that goes cleanly to the edge, and come from the factory very sharp. This style of grind is easy to sharpen without jigs or gadgets."

"Carbon steel blades (1095) are hardened to 58 - 60 on the Rockwell scale, stainless blades to 56 - 58. A specialty of Mora is the laminated carbon blade. This is a three part sandwich, with a core of high carbon steel protected by sides of tough lower carbon steel. The core of the laminated steel blades is 61-62. Normally, I prefer carbon steel over stainless steel, but I have to admit that the Swedish stainless (Sandvik 12C27mod for Eriksson, 12C27 for Frosts) holds an excellent edge. ."

"The classic Nordic knives come without a guard (like most kitchen knives). This enables you to make cuts you could not do otherwise, but you do have to be careful not to cut yourself. Once you are accustomed to it, it isn't a problem."

[garddogg56]

This Edge Mark from Solingen Germany marked 480 is the only foreign fixed blade I own.