The blade on this knife was forged by the Danish blade smith Bjarne Boddum who lives in the town Haderslev. It is a pattern welded blade and it’s relatively sturdy with a central core of carbon steel. Bjarne Boddum is the leader of the historic smithy at Haderslev Museum, and therefore a lot of his blades are inspired from prehistoric findings. The blade has been formed and hardened in a forge, and as such, the exact hardness isn’t known. In Scandinavia it is considered a relatively long blade of 90 mm, well suited for all-round use.

The handle is a laminate of different sorts of wood: the middle part is a piece of white thorn, and on each side of this is placed a piece of Brazilian rosewood veneer and a piece of briar (both pieces cut from the same block of wood). All parts are held together by 2-component epoxy glue, in this case blue Araldite. The front plate is made from a piece of whale tooth.

The sheath for this knife is made from semi tanned leather (un-tanned centrepart). This kind of leather is easily formed when it is wet, and when it dries up it becomes very hard and stable. The un-tanned centrepart makes it possible to make the kind of decoration that in Scandinavia is known as pauting. After drying the sheath is dyed with special leather-dyes, and then treated on the inside with a coating, which will avoid the colour from coming off. The strap is made from fully-tanned leather, that will remain flexible. Finally the sheath is treated with grease, in order to make it as water repellent as possible.

Knife maker: Jens Rahbek, the knife was completed in may 1996.