Rare Swedish Mora knife 1950`s

If you ask someone to describe a Swedish Mora knife, chances are the description will be of a belt-worn, fixed-blade knife with a red handle and a black sheath.  This is a description of the 'classical' Mora knife used by fishermen, hunters, and generations of craftsmen all over the world.  However, in the past century, Mora cutlers have produced a wide variety of utility, sporting, kitchen, and hunting knives besides the 'classical' model.  Some of these vintage knives are quite rare and therefore not very well known.  One reason is that Mora knives were tools or user knives, and as the blade wore out the knives were discarded or used for parts.  Another reason for not being well known is the limited documentation available on various models that were produced during the past century.  With the exception of an excellent article by Larsson (1992), there are surprisingly few articles about Mora knives.  This shortcoming is acknowledged by Scandinavian knife collectors who call for cutlery historians to document the complete history of the Mora cutlers and their knives (Halldén, 2009).  I have a more modest goal with the present article of providing an overview of the Mora knife history and illustrating knives that were popular during the 1920s to 1980s era.  I hope this article will stimulate interest in the most famous Swedish knife of the century: The Mora knife.

Condition as per pics, good condition for age, small nick in blade