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Finnish puukko knives.
No unnecessary frills, no superfluous size, weight, or elaborate handles--- just a simple design that has withstood the test of time.
Interestingly, most authentic ones have blades of silver steel (English or German source).
I didn't buy one, content as I am with my 5" bladed knife made of an ancient railway spike. The carbon content of old ore significantly was better, I'm told.
Any knife collectors/fans here?
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...which came about since I collect old fishing tackle.
A fly fishing knife by George Butler of Sheffield, England.
Here is an ad for a knife from a catalog printed in 1890, with a picture of the knife below.
This one from Hardy of England is a bit unusual. All of the blades (tools) fit inside the handle...
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
How come I've never seen your web site before?
You've got some fantastic stuff. And a great eye!
Cheers,
John K
Edits: 04/16/14
My site is pretty well known in the tackle collecting community (NFLCC, ORCA, AMFF, CFFCM, Joes Old Lure Board, Clark's Bamboo Fly Rod Forum, etc.), but does not get much exposure otherwise. I think most visitors are probably driven to it by Google when looking for information. I get 50 to 75 hits on a slow day and 300+ on days when I post a link on a fishing forum.Thanks for the nice words. Its a passion I've been pursuing for 35 years. To the casual observer, its as nutty, or nuttier, than audio.
Dean.
Edit:
ORCA = Old Reel Collectors Association
NFLCC = National Fishing Lures Collectors Club
AMFF = American Museum of Fly Fishing
CFFCM = Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
Edits: 04/16/14
I'm a fly fisherman and love that old stuff, but can't justify owning anything I can't use on a regular basis.
I have a beautiful Scott Heliply 11wt from 2000 or so, which actually probably rates as an antique these days :~)
The favourite little things I have which might catch your eye are some old automatic cigarette lighters I've found over the years. Beautiful spring loaded mechanisms - when you press the little button they fly open and light up.
See this lovely Thorens one -
Cheers,
John K
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reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
I'm not really a collector I would have to admit but I do have quite a few knives around. Here is the only picture I could find of one of them.
Great knife.
roN
I had a Damascus folder but traded it for a 36" Rigid pipe wrench.
I have been to the show several times. Won a door prize knife due to one of those visits. I was amazed at the array of craftsmen made knives.
I started to collect about 25 years ago but after the 2nd one I decided to shift my purchases to "field knives". My most used is a Cold Steel Master Tanto made in Japan. The one in the pic is SS & the blade is a full inch longer.
The link is my next purchase.
Your pics & knives look great! Mine are just for inventory and I should update.
however.
He was asking $250, but hinted he'd go a bit lower.
It was nice, but a little longer than I needed. The weight in the hand was very good, the edge was "arm-hair" positively tested.
I would too. I paid under $100 for the big one & less for my "everyday" Tanto. I do know current Cold Steel knives do not have the same quality steel as the older pieces but had no idea they had gone up that much.
An old rusty, blood stained, WWII M-3 fighting knife.
-Rod
Or did he get it because his personal / personal protective weapon did not have a bayonet?
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
No, my dad was a communication guy and typically worked at HQ for the Colonel or a General. I can't say where he got the knife. They were standard issue in WWII and he joined up near the tail end of the war. It was carried quite a bit, so whether he got it from an old salt or carried it along with his 45 during Korea and Vietnam, I can't say.I suspect that he needed it to open K-rations.
-Rod
Edits: 04/15/14
Fighting knives tend to break when used for other tasks.
So, when did he cut himself with it ;-)!
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
my dad had one like that. Wonder where it ended up. I haven't seen it for decades. Thx for the dad memory.
My dad gave me that one 25 years ago. My wife always hated it because it was too scary. I hadn't seen it in maybe 15 years and had thought that she'd tossed it.
Low and behold, we were doing some spring cleaning and getting into some boxes that hadn't been opened from the previous move and there she be!
-Rod
Hi TE,
I had a similar experience some years back when I discovered the local knifemakers' guild and their wares at one their annual shows.
After drooling all over the knives on show, I decided to start a small and defined collection, so for the next 12 months I set aside a fixed amount per month and, when the next show came along, I performed a hysterectomy on the piggy-bank and took the accumulated funds along to the show and found a knife that fitted my combined requirements of budget and design.
This process was repeated for ~6 years until I had collected what I had set out to collect, at which stage I stopped going to the shows (and buying knives).
The pics below represent the bulk of the collection of custom knives (apart from the Al Mar Fairbairn-Sykes dagger). The others include a bayonet of indeterminate age/origin, a kukri of similar provenance and some gifts from well-meaning family members.
Knives that have been well-crafted are magnificent - which is why I put a limit on this collection... :-)
Dave
DevillEars
...this old knife. The knifemaker's name as stamped on the blade is A Flodsven. It was made in Norway, and came over with my grandfather. It's probably in excess of 100 years old.
Some nice knives there Dave.
I like the third last knife and I really like the last knife in your pictures. It looks a well balanced knife with a lovely bolster and incorporated guard.
LaGrange? Do I see on the blade LaGrange, Capetown? I thought LaGrange was a Yankee Doodle Dandy? Did he up sticks or am I dreaming again?
I trust you are fit & healthy and enjoying the consulting. No doubt Mrs Mouth loves you working? :o)
Lastly, I hope the Devill Chix are both happy & healthy also.
Oh, post lastly, did you settle into your new abode?
Cheers mate.
Smile
Sox
dfs
... They are an old style... or should I say, 'traditional', Finnish knife.
They are a small 'utility' knife. A jack of all trades but master of none.
"Silver steel" is a fairly good general purpose tool steel. It is not stainless but is a relatively high carbon content steel and has a tight (dense) molecular structure which allows it to be successfully polished which aids in corrosion protection.
It is relatively easy to harden through quenching before being tempered.
I have a good array of knifes but I don't think I have any made with any type of silver steel. For knives there is a huge range of far better steels to be used.
I have one Finnish knife, a 12 inch Marttiini with a 7 inch blade. It is nothing special but I have had it a long time and it does a good job skinning reef fish. Curiously, the blade steel comes from Germany for most Marttiini knives. It has a high chromium content (15/16%) and is hardened to around 57 on the Rockwell.
I could prattle off a whole lot of different knives but it is bed time here in Oz.
Oh, the "old ore" nonsense is pure fantasy.
Cheers.
Smile
Sox
the one I saw claimed English provenance.
I don't know about the "master of none." Finnish hunters/fishermen swear by them, preferring them for their agility and toughness.
I'm sure you know 57 isn't very hard, comparatively. More than a few Puukku knife makers have moved away from silver steel to steels that produce Rockwell numbers in the sixties.
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Most fillet knives are 56/57/58 on the Rockwell.
Silver steel can be hardened them tempered to 62 HRC and possible harder. (good knife steel is usually rated in Rockwell "C" scale. Steel & metals are measured in Rockwell scales from "A" through to "H" plus "K", "N" & "T")
However it isn't a matter of simply making a blade harder. The skill is to make the steel harder but not brittle. Ease of sharpening can also be a consideration.
Silver steel's biggest drawback is it isn't stainless. But nonetheless it has been used in tools successfully all over the world.
Smile
Sox
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