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Permalink Reply by Clay Strong on October 17, 2013 at 0:49

This link discusses some time periods for certain horse head castings. 

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This is an knife for sale on English ebay. It's hard to tell what it may go for with the high freight cost. 

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Just Google the company name and go through the links to research.

Permalink Reply by Clint Thompson on October 17, 2013 at 5:49

John....

What ever the age and worth...it is a cool looking knife.  I am going to guess and say the early 70's to late 80's.  Keep us posted on what you find.

KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by John Leek on October 18, 2013 at 12:29

Hi, your knife is a Finish Knife. Maybe worth $90.00 to $125.00. I don't have the book here but the name is Collectable Knives of Finland by Lester C Ristinen. You can get it from Amazon about $35.00. It is a great referance book. I will try to get back with more info.

John

FeaturedPermalink Reply by dead_left_knife_guy on April 12, 2015 at 8:07

Hey, I've spoken to Les Ristenen many times, he's a member of our knife club (North Star Blade Collectors)!  Funny & very knowledgeable -- definitely a good source for information on Nordic knives.  Unfortunately I do not have contact information for him directly, & a brief internet search has not yielded that information either, but I can vouch for him as someone who knows a large amount about Scandinavian knives.  Do a thorough search for him, maybe in online Scandi forums -- or maybe someone on one of those forums could help!

Permalink Reply by Michael Squier on April 12, 2015 at 9:10

I cant help on the daye, but I see old horseheads at the antique gun shows often, usually very overpriced. I looked at one recently that I could not convince the seller that it was from Finland. He was sure it was from Turkey because of the rinosoris on tbe handle, funny and true. 

Permalink Reply by Michael Squier on April 15, 2015 at 7:24

John, try going to Kellam knives website. They selll vintage puukko and have for sale and sold a bunch of horse heads. They dont date them but you can see the changes in horse detail, it gets simpler as time goes by. The handle material is also a clue. Maybe if you send them a picture they could help. 

Permalink Reply by tim payne on May 3, 2015 at 17:48

hello DLKG.  would love to hear more about your NSBC knife club sometime.  please drop me an email, or post a piece and share with us.  thanks tdp.
 
dead_left_knife_guy said:

Hey, I've spoken to Les Ristenen many times, he's a member of our knife club (North Star Blade Collectors)!  Funny & very knowledgeable -- definitely a good source for information on Nordic knives.  Unfortunately I do not have contact information for him directly, & a brief internet search has not yielded that information either, but I can vouch for him as someone who knows a large amount about Scandinavian knives.  Do a thorough search for him, maybe in online Scandi forums -- or maybe someone on one of those forums could help!