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Fallkniven’s SK2L Embla embodies the minimalist Swedish style the company has long been associated with. An outdoorsman’s fixed blade, the knife has a natural, desert ironwood handle, like something your grandfather may have passed down to you Read More
This is my favorite and most used bushcraft knife...and I own over 600 knives. The sheath is functional, but does not match (and conceals) the beauty of this knife. This is a good price.
In my experience there is no comparison in quality between Bark River and Falkniven. I have had so many quality and customer service issues with Bark River products I really have decided not to buy their knives anymore. I only now buy Fiddleback Forge and Falkniven fixed blade knives. It is too bad because Bark River is the only fixed blade maker that uses all the exotic powdered steels. Their problem is that they cannot get skilled help up there in the Upper Peninsula and they have too many models. They should focus on only a few models and get the quality of those models to the excellent level. Buying their knives is hit or miss and if they miss they don't care and in my case there was no honored warrenty which is a bunch of marketing hype. My last experience was extremely bad and thank God for the dealer finally covering Bark River's bad quality at the dealer's expense.
Spokes30So true. Although Mike at BRK has been somewhat successful in luring knifemakers to relocate to the UP, skilled workers seem to be another story. Heck, even KnivesShipFree relocated to the UP...but then bolted to Tennessee soon after when they realized shipping was slow from the UP.
Your comment is idiotic, "That circular thing that looks like a button or a swivel." Knives do not have swivels on their ends and it obviously is not round in the picture. You can buy much lower cost knives than this which would be better suited for someone who does not know even what a pommel is. This knife is for an advanced bushcrafting person who appreciates and knows how to use the attributes of this knife. Also it is quite expensive and there are many excellent less expensive fixed blade knives out there with and without pommels. This knife in a beginners hands is like handing me an Indy car that can go 180miles/hour, it serves no purpose for me to have it because I never need that speed. As I said in my previous comment this is the problem with DROP putting knife people together with other EDC products, they just do not mix well and are not often the same buyers. In fact, this is not an EDC knife, it is a bushcrafting knife so it does not belong in this category to begin with.
“Fällkniven is a Swedish company, but most if not all of its production is done by subcontractors. Early F1 knives made of ATS34 steel were manufactured in Germany by Linder-Solingen. Production has been moved to Seki Japan since Fällkniven replaced ATS34 steel with VG-10 and 3G (SPGS-powder steel) core laminates, in its products. Hattori manufactures all of their fixed blades, and Moki manufactures their folders.” Quote from Wikipedia.
Yavor, you only explained the price, not the value.
The value of the Fällkniven over the BR is more than the worth (the price tag). I won't pretend to have the answer, I'm waiting for mine :)
At any rate, it's a mix of :
-price
-capacity of paiement. Whether it's several month of saving vs pocket change makes a world of a difference.
-knowledge and appreciation of the difference in quality. Again, whether you don't know g**no about knives or you have a museum of a collection, books, experience and even built some, the price tag is not viewed equally.
-how much the two knives really differ.
-the branding. (disclaimer: fictif example) If ever single 8 billion citizen on the planet knew that the cheapest Fällniven sells at $1000, and if everyone call tell a fake copy from mile, they would sell like mad. Sweden would importing workers straight to Norrboten and City dweller hipsters without a need of a knife would have them by their belt everywhere they can go with.
-etc.
You should not be looking at expensive quality fixed blade knives like this if you do not know what a pommel is. It is as idiotic a question as asking what the pointy thing is at the other end. Most good fixed blades have a pommel to beef up the end of the knife and this one has a bonus with a hole for a lanyard. Asking questions is a good thing but asking why the sky is blue adds nothing to these threads. Maybe this is what we have to put up with now that there is no more BLADE interest section. Do you hear that DROP?
This is a nice looking piece, but did anybody get a look at or manage to pick up the any of the new Dark Timber knives, there and gone in a day ( I usually have a couple days to decide ,maybe pre-order got them ) https://www.bladehq.com/cat--Dark-Timber-Knives--2929