Replica Viking Knife

[treefrog]

Years ago my father was in Denmark visiting relatives and they took him to a Viking museum or exhibit
of some sort. He brought home a replica of a thousand+ year-old viking knife which seemed somewhat
roughly made but extremely robust. The blade seemed almost too thick to be useful for anything like
fine slicing or carving work. Does anyone else have or use such a knife?
It looks similar to this, but not so well finished:


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[CanadianMike]

That'd be a traditional style puukko from over there. Wait til Jeep gets ahold of this, he's quite teh expert on these things.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puukko

[Howling Dingo]

Cool knife..

[JEEP]

Do you remember any markings on the blades? There are a lot of knife makers and/or reenactors producing replicas of viking knives here in Denmark. When exactly was your father in Denmark? I have some contacts at the Viking Museum in Roskilde, among these the manager of the store, he may remember who made these knives.

The knife you show is a Helle Viking, I have one of these - it is a copy of a knife from around 1050 AD. A great knife - and the archetypical puukko; Scandinavian knives has looked like this from the iron age to present day.

[treefrog]

Do you remember any markings on the blades? There are a lot of knife makers and/or reenactors producing replicas of viking knives here in Denmark. When exactly was your father in Denmark? I have some contacts at the Viking Museum in Roskilde, among these the manager of the store, he may remember who made these knives.

The knife you show is a Helle Viking, I have one of these - it is a copy of a knife from around 1050 AD. A great knife - and the archetypical puukko; Scandinavian knives has looked like this from the iron age to present day.
Yeah, I must say I love the look of the knife..
Next time I see him I'll get him to show me the knife again and see if there are any markings. He's not been back to Denmark for
several years, don't remember when the last trip was. Thanks for the info, Jeep. I mean...Tak!

Jack

[CanadianMike]

Check this out.

http://www.workwearcanada.com/products/detail.cfm?product=790

[treefrog]

Check this out.

http://www.workwearcanada.com/products/detail.cfm?product=790

Thanks, Mike. That company sure has a lot of selection; a person could drop a small fortune getting outfitted for the bush, buying
all the best stuff like that.

[CanadianMike]

Tell me about it, I've looked around there often, have yet to buy anything though. Lol

[JEEP]

Check this out.

http://www.workwearcanada.com/products/detail.cfm?product=790

That is actually not a bad price for that knife really.

[CanadianMike]

I think he was referring to the quality of the stuff they sell, only place in Canada I know of to get real Brit bashas.....

[treefrog]

Yeah, I have to admit I'm really out of touch with the new gear. I bought all my bushcraft equipment 25 years before I ever heard the word bushcraft.
Most of my stuff came from trapper's supply stores or the farmer's co-op, so when I see an axe that costs $150 I'm kinda shocked.
Other stuff too, like a bily can to me is an old coffee tin with a wire handle, but now I see custom made ones for what...30? 40 dollars?
Not knocking any of it...good for the economy and all that...just me being a cheap old hillbilly!

And I have no idea what a basha is....

[CanadianMike]

Basically a basha is a mil-spec nylon tarp that can be made into a small shelter, tent, etc. Is kinda a Brit military slang taken from some Indonesian or such country's word for "shelter".

I guess I've been hanging around here too long with these foreign people, basha to them is the same as tarp is to you and I over here. Lol