This is a from TYPEMYKNIFE Messermanufaktur from the series ,
with a blade length of 23 cm and a handle of .
Bear dance two silver bears dance on a Sami knife
The bear dance is a heavy knife. The Saami in Lapland usually carry 2 knives, a smaller and a very powerful one.
Both knives are tools for everyday use as well as aids in chopping up massive joints and bones.
In some cases, the knife must be long enough to reach through the bear’s chest to its heart.
To use a Killing bears with a knife and being able to split logs at the same time requires a large and extremely stable blade.
Among the Sami, the knife is of far greater importance than any other tool. It accompanies the young man into adult life and is ultimately inherited.
Such a knife must also take spiritual and aesthetic aspects into account.
The Sami life is determined by the rhythm of nature, the migration of the herds and their own mystical natural religion. In her everything is animated.
The blade is made from solid rose damascus by the North Swedish blacksmith Gunnar Bergström.
The parry made of solid 925 sterling silver adapted to the heavy blade. A massive conical hilt sits in a thick-walled ferrule decorated with patterns.
The walnut wood is longitudinally fluted all around. As the crowning glory, a silver rotunda sits atop the massive handle, framed by a silver gallery band.
The retracted cylinder made of Sterling Silver with a hammered structure forms the base and the bottom of two dancing bears.
The massive silver bears seem to have reared up to dance or even fight with each other at the same time. This remains open in the moving scene of the animals.
The secret compartment hidden under the dancing colossuses remains undiscovered. The knife shaft can be opened with a small twist and releases a round jar for use depending on your taste.
There could be a little fetish hiding in there, a spiritually charged bundle. A promise of strength, health and hunting luck.
Crafted from bone, lichen, berries and silver by a shaman.
This is a from TYPEMYKNIFE Messermanufaktur from the series ,
with a blade length of 23 cm and a handle of .
