Norwegian Knife

Rich · 15th October 2009, 01:32 PM

By admission I'm a compulsive collector :-)

IMHO this knife is a mid to late 20th C piece. That style of file work on the back is a recent thing for Scandinavian knives. I'm not sure how to place it locality wise; could be Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish (unlikely). It is definitely a hand made item, not a production piece. Since it was found in Norway, I guess that's as good an attribution as any. It's a nice find as there isn't much interest in Scandinavian knives in the US (one reason my collection grew rather quickly - no one else wanted them :-) which I think is a shame as there are some really neat, well made Scandinavian knives out there and their history can go back a long, long way. BTW, not all Finnish knives were signed, even the production items. I've several that have no markings at all. Also Rapala filet knives (and I suspect several of the Marttiini/Normark knives are now made in China :-(

Rich

15th October 2009, 01:32 PM	#7
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	By admission I'm a compulsive collector :-) IMHO this knife is a mid to late 20th C piece. That style of file work on the back is a recent thing for Scandinavian knives. I'm not sure how to place it locality wise; could be Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish (unlikely). It is definitely a hand made item, not a production piece. Since it was found in Norway, I guess that's as good an attribution as any. It's a nice find as there isn't much interest in Scandinavian knives in the US (one reason my collection grew rather quickly - no one else wanted them :-) which I think is a shame as there are some really neat, well made Scandinavian knives out there and their history can go back a long, long way. BTW, not all Finnish knives were signed, even the production items. I've several that have no markings at all. Also Rapala filet knives (and I suspect several of the Marttiini/Normark knives are now made in China :-( Rich