Holmberg

Nice bit of craftsmanship. Once saw Ray Mears on tv having a blade forged and then he took it somewhere (where, I've forgotten but was cold!) where he made the handle by gluing together pieces of wood, reindeer antler and some other things which he then whittled down and shaped. Looked beautiful.

Indeed, it is very tactile, as well as its family connection.
This one is 65mm barrel length.

@ Tabtab, yeah I've watched a couple of Ray Mears programs and found to be facinating too.
Treeve you have a lovely collectors item.

@ sparky - I think Ray Mears is fantastic. I've watched just about all of his programmes a number of times - they leave me with a kind of 'feel good' factor and he certainly seems a genuinely nice bloke - with a wealth of knowledge as well. One of my favourites is where he built a birch bark canoe from scratch. I've also got a couple of his books too - excellent stuff!

Who is this Ray Mears? I had better look him up on the Net....

@ treeve - I guess you'd describe him as an outdoorsman and survivalist (but not in the American sense of living in a compound in the woods, armed to the teeth and waiting for society to breakdown!). He's done various programmes covering things like early explorers in the US and Australia and how they survived - or didn't as the case maybe. There was also a good series about Britain about how our ancestors lived using natural products around them. A bit where he showed a particular mushroom that can be peeled and used as a plaster for cuts has always stuck in my mind. Lots about bits of information that have been lost or we've just forgotten about.

Yes, I have searched and found, and I see parallels ... nothing like losing what you have to really discover the important aspects of life and to be able to pare away the dross.