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Anybody have any idea what sort of knife Lars likes to use? Does he have his own or do we reckon he's a Mora man?
I cant really find any info on this!
Dan
wasteoid
12-03-2009, 21:49
I have seen Lars' knife, it looks very like an F1, but it is not Falkniven I checked with him, I just can't remember who made it. I seem to remember he said it was a design he helped with for the Swedish army (but can't be sure)
Chris
JonathanD
12-03-2009, 23:20
I have seen Lars' knife, it looks very like an F1, but it is not Falkniven I checked with him, I just can't remember who made it. I seem to remember he said it was a design he helped with for the Swedish army (but can't be sure)
Chris
Didn't he actually help in the design of the F1? I was once on a Woodlore course in Northern Sweden and Lars was using a micarta WS Woodlore in a neck sheath all the time. This is about three/four years back.
forestwalker
13-03-2009, 03:34
Didn't he actually help in the design of the F1? I was once on a Woodlore course in Northern Sweden and Lars was using a micarta WS Woodlore in a neck sheath all the time. This is about three/four years back.
If the Swedish military was doing it, it dealt with survival, and was during a 40 year period ending in the 1990s Lars Fält was involved.
IIRC there is a "survival instructors knife" for the Swedish military. Never handled one, but I think it is close to the F1. I also think he has one of the antler woodlore ones (looked like it among his kit at a course mid-90's).
Neck sheaths are IMNSHO the way to go in winter. You usually have umpteen layers of clothes, and crawling around in the snow every now and then. A neck sheath can easilly be protected under the anorak, but reached fairly conveniently. At your belt it may be covered by wool shirts, sweaters, anoraks and parkas.
Lars knife is made by Kaj Embretsen and was a prototype for the Army Survival Instructors. His sheath has recently been modified by Julius Petterson, so it´s now more of a dangler sheath.
John Fenna
13-09-2009, 17:53
At your belt it may be covered by wool shirts, sweaters, anoraks and parkas.
Unless you have a dedicated knife/possibles pouch/tool belt and use braces to hold up your trousers - the way to go in cold climes when you want a warm air cocoon around you without a constricting trouser belt cinching in your waist....
Me - I prefer a trouser belt under most circs:), but also use a knife belt over my jacket/smock for my pouch and tools as well as a neck knife for food prep sharps....
Ogri the trog
13-09-2009, 18:35
Unless you have a dedicated knife/possibles pouch/tool belt and use braces to hold up your trousers - the way to go in cold climes when you want a warm air cocoon around you without a constricting trouser belt cinching in your waist....
Me - I prefer a trouser belt under most circs:), but also use a knife belt over my jacket/smock for my pouch and tools as well as a neck knife for food prep sharps....
Thats the idea John,
I'm a dedicated braces man for more reasons than that - Any constriction in the form of trouser belt around my midriff begets me massive indigestion :(
So my knife belt will go around anything from Tee shirt & shorts to multiple layers of woolen Swanndri and smocks.
ATB
Ogri the trog
i was sent this pic by Stuart on here some time back.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/diabolik/P1010198.jpg
it is personalised for lars as you can just about make out, hope the image works!:confused:
Dan
i was sent this pic by Stuart on here some time back.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/diabolik/P1010198.jpg
it is personalised for lars as you can just about make out, hope the image works!:confused:
Dan
It looks just the Swedish Army Instructors knife, the knives were made by Kaj Embretsen first and then later by Åberg.
What I have heard Lars has a lot of modified gear just for him.
i'm sure you're correct viking, just quite like the pic and you can see FALT 001 on the blade. are the instructors knives available anywhere?
Stefan Åberg http://www.abergknives.com/ used to make and sell these knives. But cant see them any longer on his website, but they were not cheap. You can try an contact him.