ArfinGreebly
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EKA (Eskilstuna, Sweden) makes a number of folding knives. Have for years. And years.
Their stuff is quality hardware, and I'm still kicking myself for waiting 5 years to check them out.
I recently [thread=328528]posted a thread[/thread] wherein I report having found three new-old stock Normark American Hunter folders at 14-years-ago prices.
I recently found another couple of them on eBay:
This one is an EKA Swede 82.
This one is an EKA Swede 92.
Because the pictures are taken at different angles, it's hard to tell that, in size, weight, and format, these knives are twins. All that's different is the handle; one has rubberized scales, the other has wood.
These are current production. I managed to get them for substantially below retail, so I'm a happy camper.
I'm completely smitten with the wood-handled #82. Looks awkward/alien/strange in pictures, but to hold it is to love it. I don't have any prior experience with Bubinga wood, but it has all the best attributes of walnut, cherry, and rosewood. Really nice stuff.
The #92 is, of course, nearly identical to the Normarks I have. Aside from the brand mark, the angular shoulder of the grind is preserved rather than polished to a rounded transition as on the Normarks. Those trivial details aside, the Swede 92 is the Normark American Hunter.
Sharp. Tight. Solid. Substantial.
A piece of art.
All business.
Their stuff is quality hardware, and I'm still kicking myself for waiting 5 years to check them out.
I recently [thread=328528]posted a thread[/thread] wherein I report having found three new-old stock Normark American Hunter folders at 14-years-ago prices.
I recently found another couple of them on eBay:
This one is an EKA Swede 82.
It looks like this:
This one is an EKA Swede 92.
It looks like this:
Because the pictures are taken at different angles, it's hard to tell that, in size, weight, and format, these knives are twins. All that's different is the handle; one has rubberized scales, the other has wood.
These are current production. I managed to get them for substantially below retail, so I'm a happy camper.
I'm completely smitten with the wood-handled #82. Looks awkward/alien/strange in pictures, but to hold it is to love it. I don't have any prior experience with Bubinga wood, but it has all the best attributes of walnut, cherry, and rosewood. Really nice stuff.
The #92 is, of course, nearly identical to the Normarks I have. Aside from the brand mark, the angular shoulder of the grind is preserved rather than polished to a rounded transition as on the Normarks. Those trivial details aside, the Swede 92 is the Normark American Hunter.
Sharp. Tight. Solid. Substantial.
A piece of art.
All business.
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