Thanks for the links! I'll have to check them out and educate myself a little more on them. Yes, they do seem hard to find. I looked around on ebay a little after I found this one, and there doesn't seem to be many out there for sale. Plus, this cost a little more than what I wanted to pay, but you only live once I guess.
Very nice, I've been on the lookout for one for ages. Nobody seems to want to sell them which is understandable.
Some interesting reading here ..
http://reviews.ebay.com/SWEDISH-BARREL-KNIVES_W0QQugidZ10000000002557777
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=23257
Lovely bit of timber on that handle
Thanks, I might have a check over there and see who has them there and what info that they may have.
It may also be worth asking this question over on "British blades" as there is a whole wealth of historical knife info there
I've done the same thing with several knives that I was given by my father and grandfather when I was young, and really regret being so careless now. I think I'll probably hold on to this one, and it will likely reside in a drawer with some of my other knives. I was considering sharpening it, and polishing up the metal parts, but I think I'll just oil it up a little and leave it as it is.
Thanks for that- interesting reading. I was given one by my uncle when I was a child, and promply lost the knife insert somewhere in my grandfather's garden. About 50 years later I found one in a Saffron Walden antique/junk shop and bought it for a song out of sentiment. I had no idea at the time that they were of interest to collectors: neither had the shop keeper!
You're right, I wouldn't part with mine although it sits in a drawer all the time whils my SAK and Mora do all the work.