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hanson336

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I have never heard of Linder. Made in Solingen, Germany. Are these considered good knives?
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hanson336 said:
Too bad they are out of business! Hard to compete in a global World with high energy prices.
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Hi, I might be late for a reply but for me I can say generally yes!
If it's made in Solingen, Germany then it's generally good quality (I own like 8 knives from them, another one to be delivered soon :)). Sometimes they buy stuff from far east and branded them as Linder. Those are of course poor quality.
 
audunguy said:
Hi, I might be late for a reply but for me I can say generally yes!
If it's made in Solingen, Germany then it's generally good quality (I own like 8 knives from them, another one to be delivered soon :)). Sometimes they buy stuff from far east and branded them as Linder. Those are of course poor quality.
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You mean "China" not "Far East".
Knives made in Japan and Taiwan are of high quality.
 
KenHash said:
You mean "China" not "Far East".
Knives made in Japan and Taiwan are of high quality.
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You are right. In Germany we sometimes use the term "Far East" as a synonym to avoid mentioning "China". You know like saying "He who must not be named" instead of "Lord Voldemort". I know it's a bad habit since Taiwan and Japan make fantastic knives. My Bad. :)
 
audunguy said:
You are right. In Germany we sometimes use the term "Far East" as a synonym to avoid mentioning "China". You know like saying "He who must not be named" instead of "Lord Voldemort". I know it's a bad habit since Taiwan and Japan make fantastic knives. My Bad. :)
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No problem. But no need to be unnecessarily polite. All the leaders of the free world are calling China out by name these days.;)
 
Linder produced a wide variety of knives and were largely synonymous with Solingen made, but I consider the bulk of their production to be popular lines of standard sportsman knives during the post war period. During the 50s-70s, their knives and knife components were everywhere under a number of different brands. There were some upscale knives, but most of the Solingen made knives were variations of the same components; which often sold below the price point for Buck and other US made Knives. These had relatively soft blades, screw on pommels that constantly had to be tighten, and most often came with low quality leather sheaths. During the 80s they quickly lost ground and shelf space to smaller upstart production companies like Pacific Cutlery, SOG, Gerber, AL Mar, Blackjack, Aitor, Muela and Cold Steel.

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They used to make the Fällkniven F1 (perhaps other models as well?)...when they brought out their own version, the Super Edge 1 in ATS-34, Fällkniven went to Japan. At least that's the story I read. Perhaps it was the other way around.

In any case, if you can find one, the Super Edge 1 and 2 are well worth picking up. There's still some stock out there.
 
TC said:
They used to make the Fällkniven F1 (perhaps other models as well?)...when they brought out their own version, the Super Edge 1 in ATS-34, Fällkniven went to Japan. At least that's the story I read. Perhaps it was the other way around.

In any case, if you can find one, the Super Edge 1 and 2 are well worth picking up. There's still some stock out there.
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This is the only source i can find of talking about the connection between Linder and Fällkniven. The main customer at the time seems to be the Swedish military. They moved production to Japan in '97. I don't know when Linder introduced the Super Edge, i think it's after they produced for Fällkniven in early to mid 2000's.
 
audunguy said:

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This is the only source i can find of talking about the connection between Linder and Fällkniven. The main customer at the time seems to be the Swedish military. They moved production to Japan in '97. I don't know when Linder introduced the Super Edge, i think it's after they produced for Fällkniven in early to mid 2000's.
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The F1 prototypes were originally made by Hattori Seki in 1987/88. Production was carried out by Linder Solingen until 1997. After which
Hattori Seki made them and continues today.
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