This is a fashionable, Joh Engström Small Barrel Knife Eskilstuna Sweden 1874-1895 that is comfortable and easy to wear. This Joh Engström Small Barrel Knife Eskilstuna Sweden 1874-1895 has a game-ready feel, with an athletic fit and a clean, bold look. The Joh Engström Small Barrel Knife Eskilstuna Sweden 1874-1895 is made with Dri-FIT fabric, which wicks away moisture, keeping you dry and comfortable.
Small 2 3/4″ barrel knife made by the John Engstrom company between 1874 and 1895 in excellent condition.
These Swedish folding knives are an ingenious design; a brass cartridge holds a pivoting blade with a tab to stop the rotation and the end has a spring and tab attached to the buttplate; the cartridge is held into the handle with the spring either open as a sloyd knife or closed.
This knife has never been sharpened, it has been used but never ground, a hard thing to come by these are typically always ground on. Mechanics are great and there is no damage.
I opted to not clean it or sharpen and would encourage not sharpening at all, it will devalue it and remove the original geometry and form.
2.75″ closed, 5.75″ open.