2 Swedish Air Force survival knives

[kwakster]

Recently acquired these two fixed blades made by Swedish manufacturer Pontus Holmberg.
According to this website the model was once used as a survival knife for the Swedish Air Force: The first survival knife of the Swedish Air Force



I'm in the process of giving each one a bit of TLC, and will post some pics later on.

 

[herbert]

very interesting knives. I saw that the first picture was labeled "Wade and Butcher 1", and Wade and Butcher is a company that is - was - famous for straight razors also. Did Holmberg import the blades?
the knives look very nice, especially the receding choil which makes such knives more versatile and easy to sharpen, and I am looking forward to seeing them again after some "medical attention" from your side.

 

[kwakster]

I labeled the pictures as such because of the resemblance these 2 knives have with my Wade & Butcher Boone knife: Wade & Butcher Boone fixed blade
Pontus Holmberg seems to have had more models in it's line-up that were "inspired" by knives from other makers, like for instance Marble's.

 

[lvk]

Auf Seite 71 des Visier Spezial (12) "Militärmesser" finden sich unter dem Titel "Schweden-Happen" Bilder ganz ähnlicher "Messer im Stil des USN Mk I". Sie sollen angeblich zur Ausrüstung der (schwedischen) UN-Piloten, die bei einer Hungersnot im Kongo eingesetzt waren, gehören.