Helle - The Knife's Journey 

With what? The grinding of the blade? Many other knife companies punch their blades out and and do their own handles. Thats handmade tradition? Lol

That’s exactly what I was thinking. There wasn’t a single young person in that factory (as far as I could see) that would be my dream come true to work in that factory. Any spare time I would craft my own blade using the skills I learn.

@@terryshrives8322 What he means smartas* is that, the following generations will only know how to swipe left and right on phones and devices.

@@32ShadowWolf well shit, at least make it worth it...

@@alexandercarder2281 Same my friend

200! You have a small fortune!

I want one of those knives.

Good man ☺️

I'm very proud of my Sigmund too :)

Amen!

Same 😉

I have the Utvaer, Eggen and Futura; the Utvaer is my favourite, strong and feels good on hand, if I would take one for using (I only collect) it would be Eggen, very nice and balanced, pure functional. Love Helle knifes, I feel like I need at least two more, the GT and the Mandra :)

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Orion TheDevil I don't see how this is handmade.

This isn't handmade but it is made in more of a 1940s-1950s sort of way.

Hi IsobarikFX...I am buying one of the two knives you mentioned above this week. If you only had one which one of the helle's do you prefer. I am leaning towards the Utvaer because it can be used with a fero rod...but the Temagami looks really good as well. I have medium sized hands if that makes a difference. And for use I will do a bit of everything with the knife. I already own a Helle Viking that I really like. Thanks in advance

I'm partial to the Temagami because of Helle"s "tripple lamination" process (just like the Viking) and because it was designed by my fellow Canadian Les Stroud. I use a ferro rod with a striker, so the knife doesn't come into play for that purpose. The Ultvaer is slightly more robust and a beautifully balanced full tang knife. It doesn't hold and edge quite like the Temagami but that sharpened pommel is really handy for scraping birch bark for tinder. Which ever knife you choose Peter you will be satisfied with it I'm sure. I'm also looking to purchase the "GT" later this year. I've heard excellent things about it. Take care and enjoy!

Thanks...maybe I will go with the Temagami and just have a striker for the fero rod like you do....also a Canuk. Missed seeing Les Stroud twice at Arrowhead Prov Park when he was there playing music with his band. Helle makes such beautiful knives it is sometimes a coin toss on which one to get.

+Peter Lariviere Awesome man, where did you get it?

Just checked their website, awesome store. If you get a chance, check out Canadian Outdoor Equipment Company's website in Mississauga, that's where I bought my Helle knives. Hope you enjoy the knife Peter!!

Look up the Helle website and get you one. For about a hundred dollars you can have one of the finest quality and as pretty as any knife made.

Compared to Bark River Knives & L.T. Wright Knives, a Helle is a bargain. And it's handmade in a little factory in Norway. Save your coins & get one!

Wouldn't you agree that for the size and purpose of these knives, individual forging would not be feasible, even wasteful? They would cost so much more and Helle would not be able to produce very many of them. Perhaps they wouldn't have survived as long as they have if they went that way? There is no shortage of custom knifemakers today. I commend them for continuing the quality and tradition they started with.

That is a question that will never be found out to me true or not .. a good quality hand forged blade will bring top dollar . Appossed to a stamped out blade .

LuckyB: have you a Helle knife?

And how many people have the extra money to buy a good quality had forged blade, much less the time to wait for it to be make after ordering.

It may be stamped steel but it's high quality steel, I have three custom forged blades that I paid over $300 a piece for, none of them hold an edge as well as my Helle Arv or my Helle GT.

Hi, there are tons and tons of different traditional Scandinavian knives. What you call sami knives is not specific to Finland. The Sami people exist throughout Scandinavia and parts of Russia. There are so many different Sami ethnicities, and they don't all manifacture their knives in one common way. There are as many knife types and builds as there are tastes and natural materials. I used to photo document traditional artifacts at the Ajjte museum in Jokkmokk, Swedish lapland. Knives being amongst them. Those Helle knives in this video are not handmade as you can see. They are spitted out by machines by the thousands. Those workers there today mostly serve to take the blade from one machine to the next. With that said, I don't mean that it is bad quality. But these knives are definitely not handmade in the traditional way. Also, there are countless of non-sami traditional knives in Scandinavia as well. Most likely more so than Sami knives.

+Michael Colet ofc they do...

+brainache555 I am asking that because it is not shown in the video. Ju bushcraft alpin had an issue with his knife. Clearly a problem with the heat treatment I think.

The scale from the billet has to be cleaned off. After they cut out the knife blank shapes, the roller cleans off scale and slack on the outside. Gonna guess they heat treated them after that stage and just didn't show it

van hill why would anyone need full tang for slicing ? Its just better

BlueBerry14 curiosity..here full tang is more popular there rat tail..I use both..and both work fine..just curious

van hill i think just because it feels right, they have axes for big shit, so farmers want it light for farm tasks, even chinese meat cleavers have rat tang

Scandinavian style is to use their knives as a utility knife, and use a small forest axe for chopping. The rat tail tang of quality Scandinavian knives is just fine since they use a decent steel which is a good balance between resisting bending, while also not being so brittle it'll shatter. If you use your knife every day but don't mistreat it, you'll have no problem. Just to be safe though, I bought the Helle Utvær, full tang but beautiful birch scales on the sides.

Harry Akira Eaton thank you very much