Fit for a Viking...

[Hoodoo]

Just got this Brusletto Norron in the mail. What I got was well beyond my expectations. Beauty, style, and function all in one. This would make a great bushcraft knife. My only criticism is that if your hands are very large, you might not like it. Mine are med/large and it's quite comfortable. Perfect for me. The taper with the knob on the end make it easy to hang on to when making heavy cuts into wood.

 

[outdoorcode]

very nice, looks a real work of functional art, especially the sheaf

 

[Bardster]

It is indeed a lovely knife, I got one a few months back. I really Like the Brusletto range and am currently making my own Granbit. I am thinking that I might like to add a Troll and Middelalder to the collection too.

 

[Tack]

Hoodoo,
You've been doing some serious collecting lately. Have you won the lottery?
Excellent knives by the way.
Tack

 

[Ogri the trog]

Very nice Hoodoo,
I particularly like the artistic simplicity of the handle shape.

Ogri the trog

 

[arctic hobo]

It is indeed a lovely knife, I got one a few months back. I really Like the Brusletto range and am currently making my own Granbit. I am thinking that I might like to add a Troll and Middelalder to the collection too.

Their knives are good, but a little pricier than a plainer but just as functional equivalent. I have a Rognald that is excellent but has a terrible terrible sheath. The plastic inserts are very tacky too Personally I think they make good knives but are a little pretentious with all the style - many of the knives have artificial features and often have nothing to do with their name and blurb on the box.
I'd put quality on a par with Helle and above Strømeng, if I may make so bold.
Ahem, enough reviewing! Looks very nice Hoodoo. I've heard good things about the Norron. Out of interest, how long is it?

 

[swamp donkey]

Sorry almost as ugly as my mothering law mind you probaly as sharp as her tongue

 

[Bardster]

Their knives are good, but a little pricier than a plainer but just as functional equivalent. I have a Rognald that is excellent but has a terrible terrible sheath. The plastic inserts are very tacky too Personally I think they make good knives but are a little pretentious with all the style - many of the knives have artificial features and often have nothing to do with their name and blurb on the box.
I'd put quality on a par with Helle and above Strømeng, if I may make so bold.
Ahem, enough reviewing! Looks very nice Hoodoo. I've heard good things about the Norron. Out of interest, how long is it?

I agree about the price, the granbit is about £50 for example, but to buy the bits and make your own handle is only £20 - plus you have the fun of choosing your own wood and making it yourself

the Norron is a tad over 20cm and the blade is 9cm
http://www.brusletto.no/

 

[Lord Farquhar]

Lovley looking thing. I like the composite handle and it has a nice general shape. On the downside i think the sig on the blade is too big and a bit vulgar.

 

[Bardster]

Lovley looking thing. I like the composite handle and it has a nice general shape. On the downside i think the sig on the blade is too big and a bit vulgar.

a bit of a wipe with metal polish and you are just left with the ghost of it

 

[Hoodoo]

Hoodoo,
You've been doing some serious collecting lately. Have you won the lottery?
Excellent knives by the way.
Tack

My plan is to run my credit card up to the max and then win the lottery.

 

[Hoodoo]

Out of interest, how long is it?

Overall length is 21.4 cm. The blade is 9 cm.

 

[greg2935]

I've been using one of those for a few years now, fantastic knife, holds an edge for a long time, and has a really nice feel for carving, skinning, general work: have even started to use it for eating. Only gripe was that the two rivets holding the sheeth to the "belt loop" came off last weekend - bad design there. Am sewing it back on this time.

 

[Hoodoo]

Thanks for the heads up on those rivets. I've never been partial to rivets in sheaths anyway, unless they are the old style where you use a piece of annealed copper or brass and pean the ends over with a hammer.

 

[Dave Barker]

This knife is now discontinued due to an inherent weakness in the composition. the tang of the noron blade is actually short so they decided thet they would reiforce it in another way.
Sad really but it is often the case on multi part knives.

 

[Hoodoo]

This knife is now discontinued due to an inherent weakness in the composition. the tang of the noron blade is actually short so they decided thet they would reiforce it in another way.
Sad really but it is often the case on multi part knives.

Dave, thanks for the heads up on this. I noticed the Norron is still on the Brusletto website so I contacted them to see what the story is. They responded very quickly.

I reckon I will keep this knife close to home.

Hello!
The Norron is still in production. If a knife is discontinued it is because of low sales and not something we can fix. We have in the past had some problems with this knife, since the knife is made of so many peaces, but as with all of our knives, we replace a knife if it is broken.

Med vennlig hilsen / Best regards,
Helge B.Brusletto
Brusletto & Co A/S
3580 Geilo

 

[leon-1]

That's pretty good service (to be expected really), how quick was the reply??

Edit: how quick was very quick, same day or within a short time frame like an hour?

 

[Hoodoo]

leon, I emailed them yesterday, around 9:30am , got the reply at 1am today. So, less than 24 hours.

 

[leon-1]

Thanks, I have a Brusletto that I have never had a fault with, but it is interesting to know what thier customer service would be like (it is a little older now having had it for 13 years and then some).

I can't find it on thier site anymore, it went missing a few years ago, it has seen a lot of use, but is still in better condition than a lot of knives that I have owned. So it seems that Brusletto's certainly stand the test of time well enough.