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theoutcastrogue · 6 months

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Eskilstuna daggers

Eskilstuna is a Swedish town with a centuries-old tradition in metal-smithing and especially cutlery. While Mora is famous for its simple and sturdy knives, Eskilstuna went for flair.

These daggers are from ~1850 to ~1950, though they're still made today. They usually come with intricately carved wooden or metal hilts, steel singled-edged blades (designs vary, but a curved tip is common), and even more intricately carved sheaths, often made of tin. Sizes vary from ~12 cm (these are decorative more than anything) to ~30 cm, but most are somewhere in the middle.

For dates and manufacturers, see in ALT and after the cut:

Johan Alfred Hellberg (1891- ), 21 cm

Carl Alfred Norrström (1852-1889), 21 cm

Johan Alfred Hellberg (1891- ), 28 cm

Anders Johan Westersson (1889-1905), 28 cm

Carl Alfred Norrström (1852-1889), 24 cm

Carl Alfred Norrström (1852-1889), 20 cm

Gustaf Johan Berg (1863-1891), 22 cm

Carl Alfred Norrström (1852-1889), 17cm

knife by Pontus Holmberg (1876-1960), sheath by Johan Alfred Hellberg (1891- ), 28 cm

Carl Wahlfrid Dahlgren (1870-1915), 25 cm

Carl Wahlfrid Dahlgren (1870-1915), 16 cm

Carl Wahlfrid Dahlgren (1870-1915), 20 cm

Gustaf Johan Berg (1863-1891), 22cm

#tools of the trade #eskilstuna #sweden #how to stab #trs #dagger

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eliasericson · 6 months

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SERIETECKNARWORKSHOP I ESKILSTUNA 2 NOVEMBER!

Torsdagen den 2 november håller jag en serietecknarworkshop i Eskilstuna på Stadsbiblioteket!

I workshopen berättar vi utifrån oss själva och får tillfälle att uttrycka starka - ibland svåra - känslor. Det är gratis, du behöver inga förkunskaper och biblioteket står för allt material.

Torsdag 2 november kl 13.30-15.30

Stadsbiblioteket i Eskilstuna

Ålder: Från 13 år

Välkomna! <3

#eskilstuna #sweden #sverige #svenska #swedish #event #workshop

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hsundholm · 4 months

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Casual Sunset Walk by Henrik Sundholm Via Flickr: Sunset in my hometown Eskilstuna, Sweden.

#landscape #waterscape #trees #strömsholmen #ripples #reflections #clouds #cloudy #sky #sunset #sun #sunlight #spring #eskilstunaån #lake #urban #city #eskilstuna #sverige #sweden #flickr

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totto70 · 4 months

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Winter city scenery

#gay photographer #sweden #photography #gay #eskilstuna #archirecture #winter photography #winter scenery #snow #industrial heritage #river

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bulkbinbox · 1 year

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eskilstuna, suécia. foto de gustav heurlin, 1923.

#gustav heurlin #suécia #eskilstuna

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6ghassan · 20 days

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Late Winter Lake II by Henrik Sundholm Via Flickr: The first photowalk of 2024! Let's see what the rest of the year has in store. This was taken in my hometown Eskilstuna, Sweden.

#eskilstunaån #lake #river #trees #sunset #clouds #cloudy #sky #reflections #snow #ice #winter #houses #house #nature #vilsta #hdr #landscape #waterscape #eskilstuna #sverige #sweden #flickr

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thateurosite · 2 months

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🇸🇪 Melodifestivalen 2024 Semi-Final Four results revealed

🇸🇪 In #Sweden, two more finalists were revealed in their #Eurovision 2024 selection Melodifestivalen tonight. Did your favourites make it through? #ESC2024 #melfest

Tonight Sweden continues its six-week-long search to select its Eurovision 2024 representative with this year’s fourth set of six acts taking to the Melodifestivalen stage. From this round, four acts will be advancing further in the competition. Tonight’s Semi-Final comes from the Stiga Sports Arena in Eskilstuna. Next two finalists revealed The running order for tonight’s show, as well as the…

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trailforks · 7 months

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Lillsundet S-leden Trail

Lite stökig del i öster pga hygge och högt gräs efter midsommar, i övrigt mycket bra

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#mountain biking #mtb #trails #Eskilstuna

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deljazeze · 1 year

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#sweden #västerås #eskilstuna #MDU

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ivomagus · 10 months

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#cityscape #city #photography #architecture #cityphotography #streetphotography #sweden #eskilstuna #visitsweden #sverige #travel #citylife #photooftheday #birdwatching #summertime sadness #canon #g7x #huji

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demeissen · 1 year

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Eskilstuna railway station. Sweden. December 2022.

#sweden #architecture #eskilstuna #railway station #train station

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theoutcastrogue · 20 days

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8 Fancy Pocket Knives

Etched pocket knife from Eskilstuna, Sweden

Silver / mother of pearl Victorian fruit knife, England

Damascene Toledo knife, Spain

Inlaid Toledo knife, Germany

Silver-plated fruit knife, USA

Damascene Toledo knife, Spain

Etched pocket knife from Eskilstuna, Sweden

Mother of pearl pocket knife from Eskilstuna, Sweden

@victoriansword [details after the cut]

1) Swedish pocket knife by EKA (Eskilstuna Kniffabriks AB), c. 1980-2000. Model 6 GS (1967-2010), with main blade, bottle opener/screwdriver, pen blade, and nail file. Tang stamp "EKA / SWEDEN" (from 1967), etched handle, 7 cm closed.

These were very popular in the 2nd half of the 20th century as gift knives or advertising knives. They were manufactured by many cutlers in Eskilstuna, and widely exported. The decorative pattern appears, with variations, on Swedish knives from at least the 19th century, and is inspired by Norse / Viking art, which often features twisted serpents/dragons. The interlacing perhaps also borrows from Celtic knots.

2) English fruit knife by Martin Bros & Co, 1848. Silver blade with 4 hallmarks (for Queen Victoria, the year, sterling silver, and Sheffield) and maker's mark, mother of pearl scales, 9.5 cm closed.

This is the posh version of what used to be an incredibly useful tool, a knife (and sometimes a multi-tool knife and fork) for eating on the road. The fancier ones were also status symbols, and very popular gifts – millions of silver fruit knives were manufactured in Britain from the 18th to the 20th century, mostly in Sheffield, Birmingham, and Edinburgh.

3) Spanish Toledo knife, as it's sometimes called, a damascened penknife of recent manufacture. Two pen blades, tang stamp "TOLEDO", 6.7 cm closed.

Not to be confused with Damascus blades! The handle is damascened – decorated with gold inlaid into oxidized steel (see here for details). Reminder that gold is a highly ductile metal (you can stretch it real thin before it breaks), so that impressive aesthetic result comes from a tiny amount of gold. It's a cheap knife, is what I'm saying, for tourists basically.

4) German pocket knife, confusingly also called Toledo, by Hartkopf. With main blade, pen blade and nail file. Brass handle inlaid with oxidised steel. Tang stamp "Hartkopf&Co / Solingen", 8cm closed.

It's "damascened" in the broad sense of inlaying, hence the name "Toledo": it supposedly emulates the Spanish style, and perhaps pretends to be Spanish, but both the metals and the geometric patterns are different. Knives of this type were popular in Germany all through the 20th century as gifts and advertising knives.

5) American fruit knife by William Rogers Mfg, made in Hartford, Connecticut c.1865-1898. Main blade, seedpick [also called nut-pick or nut-picker *snickers*], silver-plated nickel silver, decorated with flowers and apples. Tang stamp: an anchor logo and "Wm ROGERS & SON AA", 8.2 cm closed.

Sometimes fruit knives like this were bought by fruit shops/groceries (relatively fancy ones, presumably) in bulk, and sold or given to customers as gifts.

6) Spanish Toledo penknife (another one). With pen blade and damascened handle, different pattern, probably a bit older. Tang stamp again "TOLEDO", 6.8 cm closed.

7) Swedish pocket knife by Emil Olsson, c. 1920-1950. Blade, pen blade and corkscrew. Tang stamp "EMIL OLSSON / [star logo] / ESKILSTUNA", 9.2 cm closed.

Another etched serpent pattern on the handle, though by now you have to squint to see it. This knife has seen some shit. Until ~1940, pocket knives were widely sold and used in Sweden because they came with corkscrews, and all the bottles had corks, and everyone needed to open bottles. After the war, bottle caps replaced corks for everything except wine, and the pocket knife's utility plummeted, and cutleries started closing. There used to be hundreds, and by now only EKA's left. So statistically, if it's from before ~1950 it saw a lot of use, and if it's after ~1950 it did not, it was a gift or something.

8) Swedish pocket knife by EKA, c.1935-1965. Model 38 PB, with blade, pen blade, flat screwdriver, and corkscrew. Handle with mother of pearl scales and nickel silver bolsters, tang stamp "E.K.A. / ESKILSTUNA / SWEDEN", 8.3 cm closed.

The corkscrew is a quirky one, known as Gottlieb Hammesfahr patent: it pivots on the pin and opens perpendicular to the handle, not pulled downwards as in most pocket knives.

#tools of the trade #folding knife #sweden #sheffield #spain #germany #toledo #eskilstuna #solingen #usa #trs #trp #trc #how to stab #<- the knife nerd tag

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danieldagarssonphoto · 2 years

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