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This is the Örnen (Eagle)
knife made by the Swedish company of Karesuando based in the far north, above the arctic circle. It has a curly birch
handle and brass ferrule. The flare at the end of the handle gives it an attractive
Saami style and makes it easy to remove from its well fitted sheath. The
blade is carbon steel with a flat Scandinavian grind that makes
sharpening easy. The blade is four inches long, which makes it perhaps
too large for fine detail work, but it is good at wasting wood at the early stages of spooncarving after the axe work |
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I bought
this little Helle Tollekniv for my daughter and I used it to whittle her this
troll from an ash stick. She enjoys carving with it, but needs to be
very closely supervised. It makes a nice neck knife, but I find the slight
bulge in the blade detracts from the aesthetic appeal of the knife
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A
recent purchase, this is called "the carving knife" from a company new
to me called Wood Jewel, based high above the Arctic Circle in Finland.
I sourced this knife from Ragnar's Ragweed Forge. This is a
beautiful knife with a curly birch and antler handle. The three inch
blade is well proportioned for carving, although when supplied it had a
secondary bevel on it. I've honed it on a 240 grit Japanase waterstone
to remove the secondary bevel and followed this up with polishing on
finer grit stones. The flat bevel Scandinavian grind give much better
control for hand carving and whittling. Pages on blade maintenance
coming soon! The sheath is also a work of art in leather, with a
superb little picture of an elk with his footprints along the length of
the sheath. The lump of wood and shavings are pear fruitwood
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