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Re: Exciting dagger find from Finnish Lappland
Hi Jan,
Looking at your new photos i am convinced that the knife was made in it entirety from the bolt and cocking handle of the rifle . Being made from the one single piece of metal this would give it the strength and integrity that would not come with a welded joint. Given a sufficiently high heat source and a reasonable level of knowledge it would have been a fairly simple procedure to alternatly heat the bolt and then hammer it to shape to make the knife blade. Anyone with basic black smithing skills would be able to do so.( such as a unit farrier ). I have to say that they made a nice job out of it.
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03-01-2013 10:25 AM
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Re: Exciting dagger find from Finnish Lappland
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robin morley
Hi Jan,
Looking at your new photos i am convinced that the knife was made in it entirety from the bolt and cocking handle of the rifle . Being made from the one single piece of metal this would give it the strength and integrity that would not come with a welded joint. Given a sufficiently high heat source and a reasonable level of knowledge it would have been a fairly simple procedure to alternatly heat the bolt and then hammer it to shape to make the knife blade. Anyone with basic black smithing skills would be able to do so.( such as a unit farrier ). I have to say that they made a nice job out of it.
Thanks for your input Robin. Seems like you are right here
Cheers JAN
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robin morley
Hi Jan,
Looking at your new photos i am convinced that the knife was made in it entirety from the bolt and cocking handle of the rifle . Being made from the one single piece of metal this would give it the strength and integrity that would not come with a welded joint. Given a sufficiently high heat source and a reasonable level of knowledge it would have been a fairly simple procedure to alternatly heat the bolt and then hammer it to shape to make the knife blade. Anyone with basic black smithing skills would be able to do so.( such as a unit farrier ). I have to say that they made a nice job out of it.
Thanks for your input Robin. Seems like you are right here
Cheers JAN
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Re: Exciting dagger find from Finnish Lappland
Started using the knife as a "letter opener" today , worked well
Jan
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Re: Exciting dagger find from Finnish Lappland
Lol - this is a really nice, well made dagger indeed.
Great find.........!
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Re: Exciting dagger find from Finnish Lappland
Thanks for the comment Steve. I´m convinced that the dagger was made for this purpose and not for killing
Jan
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