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The folding companion of my life is the EKA mod 38. Its a knife that has been in production all my life, (Designed of our art royal prins bernadotte). At least the part of the life I remember knifes from.
I got my first one around 1975 to 77. It was my very first folding knife exept from some old woren out advertising junk. Me and my brother got one each in cristmus present from my uncle Edner.
I used it through my youth and also adult life and I carryed it as the pocketknife when I for some years worked in the forest and with construktion work. Later it spent some years in my toolbox in the car and it wasnt nurced at all during those years. When my knifeinterest wokened to be accumulating, collecting knifes I took it back to my knife drawer as I realised that my first folding knife that have followed me in so many places deserved to be used with care, (The toolbox got a mora 511)
It newer found its way to my pocket very often anymore, as its place as my EDC was taken by a SAK, a puma prospector and a gerber LST. I carryed it once in a while moosehunting as the knife is teriffic opening hide as its grown an extension of my hand, being used so much.
During the years I have cept my old knife close and I also inherited my brothers from the same cristmus. I have also given a wood one to my grandfather when he was around 80 years old and still now being 97 he uses it. Not in the pocket anymore but at his bed table.
My old one was yellow and my brothers orange, I have found a reed one I keep mint for one of my sons and I hunt for another nice one in a good coulour for the other son. I have also bought a mint white one I have used a little but newer liked the looks of as white knifes dont do it for me.
This authumn I was in a pawn shop in Stockholm and at last found a wood one again in mint condition but with advertising on the side. It was also stainless and that was my first stainless one. Hasnt felt quite right as Im used to them being black/ gray bladed.
But there has been a longing inside me to use a 38 again as a true EDC in my small rotation. So this cristmus, My workshop is at last built, and my tools is in place again, so I worked a little changing blades between the White and the wood 38s. I also worked on the wood handle and made an easy opening slot in it and took the advertising away, gave it some deep oil treatment, and I now has A knife I realy feel I will use the rest of my days for the times I need a sturdy EDC. I feel so good about having one of the knifes that rests on the traditions of my heritage again. (Wood and carbon steel)
The slipjoint action on theese EKA 38s is firm so a easy opener slot in the handle to pinch them open is very nice for me that is a lefty as the index finger nail has trouble geting a grip good enough in the nailnick.
I also got a white, stainless one now that doest touch my hart at all, But out of two ones with small backdraws I got a new favorit and a new mediocre one for the toolbox. I feel very good about this.
I have thougth about the EKA 38 quite a bit lately and Its kind of the Swedish sibling to the sodbuster jr, a no noncence, strong workingknife having most things going for it, mabye exept the looks as its a plain, no spectacular standard knife but as I said designed from a royal highness as a curiosa detail making the looks a little intriging.
Bosse
I got my first one around 1975 to 77. It was my very first folding knife exept from some old woren out advertising junk. Me and my brother got one each in cristmus present from my uncle Edner.
I used it through my youth and also adult life and I carryed it as the pocketknife when I for some years worked in the forest and with construktion work. Later it spent some years in my toolbox in the car and it wasnt nurced at all during those years. When my knifeinterest wokened to be accumulating, collecting knifes I took it back to my knife drawer as I realised that my first folding knife that have followed me in so many places deserved to be used with care, (The toolbox got a mora 511)
It newer found its way to my pocket very often anymore, as its place as my EDC was taken by a SAK, a puma prospector and a gerber LST. I carryed it once in a while moosehunting as the knife is teriffic opening hide as its grown an extension of my hand, being used so much.
During the years I have cept my old knife close and I also inherited my brothers from the same cristmus. I have also given a wood one to my grandfather when he was around 80 years old and still now being 97 he uses it. Not in the pocket anymore but at his bed table.
My old one was yellow and my brothers orange, I have found a reed one I keep mint for one of my sons and I hunt for another nice one in a good coulour for the other son. I have also bought a mint white one I have used a little but newer liked the looks of as white knifes dont do it for me.
This authumn I was in a pawn shop in Stockholm and at last found a wood one again in mint condition but with advertising on the side. It was also stainless and that was my first stainless one. Hasnt felt quite right as Im used to them being black/ gray bladed.
But there has been a longing inside me to use a 38 again as a true EDC in my small rotation. So this cristmus, My workshop is at last built, and my tools is in place again, so I worked a little changing blades between the White and the wood 38s. I also worked on the wood handle and made an easy opening slot in it and took the advertising away, gave it some deep oil treatment, and I now has A knife I realy feel I will use the rest of my days for the times I need a sturdy EDC. I feel so good about having one of the knifes that rests on the traditions of my heritage again. (Wood and carbon steel)
The slipjoint action on theese EKA 38s is firm so a easy opener slot in the handle to pinch them open is very nice for me that is a lefty as the index finger nail has trouble geting a grip good enough in the nailnick.
I also got a white, stainless one now that doest touch my hart at all, But out of two ones with small backdraws I got a new favorit and a new mediocre one for the toolbox. I feel very good about this.
I have thougth about the EKA 38 quite a bit lately and Its kind of the Swedish sibling to the sodbuster jr, a no noncence, strong workingknife having most things going for it, mabye exept the looks as its a plain, no spectacular standard knife but as I said designed from a royal highness as a curiosa detail making the looks a little intriging.
Bosse
