It wasn’t until I wore the Fallkniven Jarl on my belt for a while that I realized that the majority of the art we will
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Old World Craftsmanship for the Future Old World
The Fallkniven Jarl draws upon the craftsmanship and technology of Fallkniven we come to love and turned up the
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High Tech for Light and Dark Times
From the oil-treated curly birch handle, to the nickle-silver fittings to the unbelievably sharp blade. As much as I’m
Unfortunately the Walking Dead and its kin have taught the public that true survival will be with a blunt instrument. Regardless of the Gerber product placement and its run of zombie tools (not to be confused with the truly deadly Zombie Tools made right here in my neck of the woods).
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What we have now is a failure to communicate the finer points of cutlery when it comes to the survival genre. Those in the mature hunting stage of life have plenty of fine cutting accoutrements to grace their belts and kits, but the younger set is still infatuated with mean looking knives regardless of their contribution to the collective finer points of life. And the onslaught of Chinese blades, whether knockoffs or one-offs, has left us with a confusing array of steel edges that do more then cut; they represent what we think of ourselves.
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The Fallkniven Jarl is a medium sized 3.8” clip point blade of 3G steel. The name Jarl is Swedish for Duke or Earl, or in other words, the right hand man to the King… going back a thousand years that is. The Jarl is the middle child of three brothers, one smaller, one larger. An inch shorter in blade length is the Fallkniven Juni, and the older, bigger bro is the Fallkniven Krut . Not quite a fancy mythical name, but it does have a 6.2 inch blade. From what I can tell, krut means gunpowder. Interesting moniker for a knife.
The 3G steel of the Fallkniven Jarl convex ground blade is hardened to a Rockwell of 62. In some circles, this number would
Another consideration is how you will use the knife. Imaging you slip the Jarl from its warm sheath in order provide to an exit for the guts of your deer. If the blade only contacts organic material, then great. However, if your critter happened to give up the ghost in the mud or sand, your knife may encounter small but formidable obstacles that will do more than dull the edge. It might actually chip it. 3G steel has a great reputation for durability in such environments, but getting the dings out of 3G will make anyone want an electric belt sander like the Work Sharp .
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One in the Hand
If you were to grab a cylinder of clay and squeeze it like you would a knife handle, you would end up with a knife
The curly birch wood handle is about as far from textured as naturally possible. While some knives advertise their grips as grippy or their scales as scaley, the Fallkniven Jarl is just the opposite, at least when dry. While it could be argued that a silky smooth handle is not the most desirable of knife traits, especially with a fairly directional clip point blade, the feel and hand rotations of the Fallkniven Jarl's grip is nothing short of magical. But when a little sweat, blood or water enters the mix, the grip gets a little grippier.
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One of the qualities of wooden knife handles is that wood has low temperature conduction. Unlike dense handle materials, the wood warms quickly to the comforting embrace of palm and fingers. And like other hand tools, there is just some primal attraction about wood compared to modern synthetics. But primal does mean care which is why many modern designs have evolved beyond natural fibers.
The clip point blade has an otherworldly sheen that proves that Fallkniven has been busy making this knife more
The spine of the blade has a sharp 90 degree edge that combined with the steel hardness easily scratches the hell out of any ferrocerium rod it contacts. The unsharpened swedge that occupies about half of the upper side of the blade leaves a smaller length of spine compared to traditional bushcraft-specific rides.
Like all other Fallkniven knives, the Jarl arrived more than shaving sharp. The build quality is exceptional and sheath was free of even minor imperfections. That didn’t last long however as the few days of hard forest wear challenged the leather’s self-healing properties.
Holstering
The minimalist sheath for the Jarlis a piece of fine leather artwork complete with dangler. The highly consuming
For those uninitiated to carrying danglers, they are reminiscent of Deputy
Final Cut
Normally survival situations have little room for creature comforts. But that is only if the features providing the comfort come at a cost. In the case of the Fallkniven Jarl, the only cost is upfront. So when you have to rely on your gear as much as your pulse, don’t forget the finer points of life. Those points that remind us all why we will hang on and fight towards the future. There is no turning back when the downhill slide begins, so how you prep your kits now is what you will have then. Me? I have some useful and deadly things that remind me of just how good we once had it. And the Fallkniven Jarl is one of them.
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