Mora Co-branding & Private Label

Throughout the years, the different manufacturers have produced many OEM/Private Label/Co-branding knives for several other brands.

AHKSELL

Ahlsell is still one of our biggest customers/distributors within tools for Scandinavian construction workers. Made by KJ Eriksson 1980s?

APM

????

Art Ullis

Sporting goods and cutlery importer from Tacoma Washington that went out of business in the 70's.

It’s looks like a variant of the deluxe version Norse king made one of makers that made them KJ or CA and E.Jonsson .

Very similar to N.S-9152 made by Frost

Arot

ASEA

Swedish electric company ASEA (today the "A" in ABB, ASEA BROWN BOWERI). There are several big ABB divisions in Sweden (Ludvika, Västerås, Arboga etc) employing thousends and thousends of people.

Probably made by KJE

Made by Erik Frost somewhere around 1940-1960s. Its unknown if the number 1817 has any meanings.

Atlas Copco

Frost S1

KJE N.54 after 1980s

Bauhaus

N. 511

Clipper

Source: https://schritt-fuer-schritt.li/blog/mora-clipper-bauhaus/

Bahco

There are at least 2 different versions of the Bahco 2444 based on the Mora Clipper.

The one bellow as a straight spine while the top one as drop point. the one bellow is the oldest.

Around 2009 Bahco introduced Models 2446, 2449, etc made in China. Bahco thought their own brand could guarantee the quality of the knife.

Above is the 2444 and below model n. 2446

However, the end-users knew that 2444 was made in Sweden and 2446 was made in China probably forcing Bahco to reintroduce 2444 made by Morakniv in their catalog.

As of 2023, Morakniv stopped producing the 2444 for Bahco.

The Laplander kit, composed of n.2444 in green and a Bahco Laplander saw

Bergans

KJ Eriksson made knives for Bergans, a Norwegian classic brand for backpacks and knives from the late 1930s to the early 1960s

Photos: Bjørn Hanssen

Brochure March 1938

Purchase order from 1939

source: http://kniver.blogspot.com/2009/10/11.html

Biltema

Custom private labels made for the Swedish store https://www.biltema.se/ made by KJ Eriksson. Both knives in stainless steel

Based on KJE n. 546

Based on KJE n. 558. Item no 10788 was a fishing/bait/scaler knife made especially for Biltema. Only 16.048 pcs produced between 2005 and 2008.

Based on n. 746

https://www.biltema.fi/en-fi/tools/cutting-tools/knives/crafting-knife-2000036723

BlueFox

Made by KJ Eriksson. Date ???

Bruza

Bolidens mining company

Bogårdhs

Bogårdhs company from Kungsör, produced water plumbing

KJE n.54, probably from the 1980s

Byggmax

Morakniv 511

Clas Ohlson

Clas Ohlson Mora 120 edition was stainless instead of the laminated steel

https://www.clasohlson.com/se/T%C3%A4ljkit-Limited-Edition/p/41-1422

Set made by Morakniv

Frost black 780 Proffs in laminated carbon steel

CoCraft

https://armasblancas.mforos.com/933156/11573253-mora-cocraft-clipper-860/

DeWalt

there are versions with Frost Logo, MoraOfSweden and the new Mora - Made in Sweden

Dyno

Made for the Dyno Nobel Sweden AB that supplies commercial explosives.

https://www.dynonobel.com/

Frost 700 stainless Viking. Probably 1990s

Frost Viking and KJE 545 (stainless version of the 511)

Edge mark
See also GC & Co above
Made by KJE probably early 1980s.

It was Gutmann cutlery in New York that imported these knives under the name Edge Mark. The company was also involved in Puma knives and Solingen. (source Ulf Eriksson)

Thanks to Adam Cawley for the photos

Photos Ulf Eriksson

Fiskejournalen

By Fiskejournalen as an advertising/subscription article. Made by Frost n.109 After 1970s

Friluftsfrämjandet

Frost model 440 probably from 1990s up to 2005

https://www.friluftsframjandet.se/

FMMATTSSON

Made by Frost

GC & Co

GC & Co was a distributor of KJE for the US market. See also EDGE MARK above

Gutmann Cutlery Co. of Mount Vernon, New York. Gutmann was founded in 1947 and lasted until 1997 & was a major importer & distributor of knives & blades for approx. forty years. From the early 1950's through the 1980's most of their knives were made in Solingen, Germany with some from Italy and Japan as well. Its brands are now owned by a small importer in Washington state. Gutmann's premium brand was Puma & in 1957 – Kurt Gutmann of Gutmann Cutlery becames the U.S. distributor and for which it was the exclusive US agent for a long time. (2)

Above: Some leftover knives are still in the factory basement since KJ Eriksson made knives for GC & Co

Probably item numbers below GC&CO have some type of relation with the size?

The 500 model had around 3,5 inches blade

The 502 model had around 4,5 inches blade

GC&G 500

GC&G 501 - around 9cm blade (photo by Denis Catto)

GC&G 502

GC&G 503

Gensco tool division

Grube

https://www.grube.eu/

Gustaf Aspelin

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustaf_Aspelin

Haugrud

Made by KJ Eriksson for the Norwegian company

Arne Haugrud, Norwegian artist created the first Haugrud knives in the 1940s

Hercules

Made by KJ ERIKSSON

A user of the Facebook Morakniv fan group, Joakim Forsman, found this 2 blade blanks in the recycling bin in Sweden

ICOPAL

Icopal is a present customer for that knife still today. They make the roofing felt "tar" protection.

https://bmisverige.se/om-oss/varumarke/icopal

Iggesund

IKE

Made by the Frost company. There exist 2 different versions. My guess, the first version is the S1 with custom stamp and then came the one with custom handle.

Base on the S1. the S1 was made in the late 1970s.

Client specific model. Some interesting detail: straight spine blade, probably the same used in the 600 series. The sheath looks like the one used in the n.931. Custom handle. I probably estimate this model to be from the end of the 1980s or the 1990s

IKEA Svenska Försäljnings

John Deere

Kamasa

Kamasa Tools is a brand owned by Swedish company KGK Knutsson, https://www.kamasatools.com/sv/

Standard 511/546 with red handle for the carbon and blue handle for the stainless as well as in Kamasa green color in a later period. An also 711/746 with Kamasa-green grip and red or blue core.

From 1990s until 2000s

N.746

They then started contracting clones from China.

The clone at a first glance looks like a 511 but the blade shape and grind, the shorted guard have obviously very different from the original

Klintens

Probably made by KJ ERIKSSON

KRAMO

Customer unique knife made for KRAMO, a company the rents out construction site equipment (today changed spelling to CRAMO). See https://www.cramo.se/

The red 511 has "SEK" stamped in on handle = sekund = factory reject.

LKAB - Swedish mining company

Maker: The one on top lools like KJ Eriksson but the one bellow looks like Frost

LUNA

Swedish hardware distributor Luna (one of Morakniv's major customers at that time) had a tool brand called MIKI and Morakniv made this knife model exclusively for Luna to replace the "Classic 511" (not the Basic 511 we have today) they sold. Luna had the exclusive distribution agreement in the early days of the 511 in the late 1970s/early 1980s. Read more here https://oldmora.blogspot.com/2021/08/KJE-510-511.html

The MIKI-knife was only produced for a couple of years, January 2006 - January 2009, and only around 220.000 MIKI-knives were made before Luna discontinued everything under the MIKI-brand and returned to the 511/546.

The red dot in the handle for carbon steel, a blue dot for stainless steel. Same blade as our 711/746, 911/946 quick-snap, and the Companion of today (2,5mm thick size no 2 blade).

Norsk Sprængstofindustri

Norsk Sprængstofindustri A/S (Norwegian Explosives Industry) in the 1970's . KJ ERIKSSON

K-Poing

Produced by KJ Eriksson late 1990s to very early 2000s

Tip patented for kevlar stick through safe aprons

Korsnäs

Mattson Järn

KJ Eriksson owned the local hardware store Mattson Järn together with FM Mattsson for a couple of years. This is a pad printed customer unique version celebrating an anniversary

511 Made by KJ Eriksson

MEKK

Mora Armatur

Common co-brand made for the last giveaway "Mora Armatur", a local company bought them as giveaways for many years. This version delivered from the factory was in 2004. With golden pad printing on the handle

MØRENOT

https://www.morenot.com/

Mörenot bought 521, 556, and 746 with their own stamped logo between 2002 and 2006

NetMW

Swedish electricity brokerage software company. 450pcs customer unique Lazer engravings were made in November 2021, all of them on green Eldris knives.

New Holland

N.860 aade in 2014 by Morakniv. https://www.newholland.com/

NeverLost

Company from Norway that specializes in making high visibility gear for outdoor and hunting.

https://www.neverlostgear.com/

Mora 2000

Mora scout straight and serrated edge.

NilsJohan

Made by Frost

Nijmegen

Made by Frost 700 series Stainless

Nord Forest

https://nordforest.com/

Norsk Sprængstofindustri A/S (Norwegian Explosives Industry)

in the 1970's

Olsen Knife Co.

Made by KJ Eriksson, maybe in the 1960s? A US customer?

The Olsen knife CO had several models made in other places like Soligen,

In blade Forum "Olsen Knife Co. Howard City, Mich. c 1950-1985. Founded and operated by Lee E. Olsen. He made both pocket and hunting knives. After 1970, he contracted his knives from Solingen, Germany. They went out of business about 1980. From 1982-1985, a group in Grand Rapids, Michigan used the Olsen Knife Company trademark on hunting"

knives." https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/what-ever-happened-to-olsen-knives.129532/

Plymouth Rope

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Cordage_Company

PIC Precision International Corp

Produced by KJ Eriksson.

PIC - Precise International Corporation (PIC); a Suffern NY based importer of German and Japanese knives circa 1950s and 60s. importer of brands like Schlieper, Linder, Herder and Voos The office of the company was on the 23rd floor of the Empire State Bldg. Later knives (no Morakniv have been spotted) adopted the 'Pick in the mountain' logo

PIC 542

PIC 539

Premier
Made by KJ Eriksson in the 1970's and probably into the 1980's. I don't know what year we started making Premier knives (might even be late 1960's).
H114 and H13 stands for the model?

Cody Lundin uses a H114

H114 (Looks like a regular n.1)

H115 (N.2 ??)

H116 (looks like a regular n.2A2 ?)

H 117 (its a N.3?)

H13

ProffPartner

511 made by KJ Eriksson in sthe 1990s

Rapala / Normark

The Rapala company had a long history with KJ Eriksson. Several different brands were made for the Rapala company

Rapala

Note: the sheath/ blade protection of the bottom wasn't made by KJE

The Rapala 749 Serrated (749 was the KJE number)

Normark line

""The Normark Hunter's Skinning Axe has been designed specifically for use as a cutting tool where cleaning and skinning big game. Fashioned after the centuries old Eskimo "Ulu" knife this proven cutting too has been used for the heaviest jobs to scraping the fat from a seal skin. .... NOTE: The Normark Hunter's Skinning Axe has a precision angler cutting edge honed specifically for it's appointed task. Cutting or chopping dense materials such as seasoned hardwoods may cause damage."

Interesting Normark skinning axe

Normak "ERIK" knife

KJE N.58 customer unique version

KJE N.56 customer unique version "Hunter"

KJE N 0126S "Butcher". Note that this model never had this handle

The "scaler"

KJE n.342 co-branded Normark

the "Nugget"

KJE n. 325 nicknamed "Wolf"

Falcon line

Strom line

Interesting one, N. 749 made for the Strom tool line of Rapala company. This one is the entry-level molding handle, more economic than the standard 711 type handle. This type of handle was only available for co-brand/private labels knives.

Ray Mears & Woodlore Ltd

The green version of the 510 is a collection piece, the last one i seen in the market was more then 100€.

https://www.raymears.com/

510

510 and companion

2023 Morakniv companion version

R.J.Richter

Made by KJ Eriksson for R.J.Richter. Could be late 1960's but more likely the 1970's.

A rare version of the FMM N.1100 throwing knife. (or maybe from KJE, since in 1960s KJE bought the FMM knife business). If this knife was made by FMM its before1961.

R. MURPHY

R . Murphy Co, probably made by KJE probably 1950/1960s

RUKO

Made by KJ Eriksson, maybe -70 or -80

Sandvik

Sandvik is a Swedish steel mill, that is also one of the main steel suppliers for Morakniv.

N. 1154 Made by Frost. Date unknown

Frost N1154. Pre 1965.

Frost n.97

KJE n.5 pre 1979

KJE N.55, After 1979

KJE 1701. Read more about this specific model https://oldmora.blogspot.com/2020/10/KJE-Jagaren-1701.html

Sauscharf

Morakniv Basic 546 Knife

Scan-Can

Made by KJE for his Canadian distributor at the time "B & G Co". (John Best and Mr Gapen), later on, "John Best Associates"., Scan-Can. with the Viking helmet burnt into the handle. Probably from the 1970s or 1980s.

SCANIA

Made by Frost Lapplander 115

SECO

It's a sheath made as a private brand for SECO TOOLS, see https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seco_Tools

(Seco is latin for "I am cutting")

On the stamp FAGERSTA

S.E. LASZLO

Date and manufacturer unknown. I would guess 1950-1960, made by KJE or CA

SECOROC

SILJAN

Siljan is a local saw mill in Mora. Knife made by KJ Eriksson

Image source: tradera

SNAP-ON

SSAB

The stamp is the Swedish steel company "Svenskt Stål Aktiebolag" (Swedish Steel Cooperation or Limited). They have not been producing any knife steel in modern times. But I think the boron steel for the lightweight ax is made there.

Maker: Unknow (but i suspect KJ Eriksson)

STIGA

Frost made a series of 3 models of knives for Stiga in the 1980s.

They used existing blanks, 311 and 351(gutting hook) and 354 (photos below). Pär Brask from Frost designed the handles.

At least on the case 354 bellow, the blade is thinner then the stock 354. 2,4mm vs 3,1mm.

Stiga had a division for sales towards hunting so they sold weapons and clothes and other stuff. Their main business was gardening

Photos by József Cseh

STORA

Wooden/forest paper company from Sweden

Made by Frost probably from the 1960s.

Frost N.311

Frost N.345

StrikeMaster

KJE ice drill distributor in USA

Sturdy tool & hardware co

Maker unknown. Age: probably 1940-1950s? US Market

Svenka Naturskydforeningen

N.2 with laminated steel, made by Frost for Svenka Naturskydforeningen kniv (The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation) https://www.naturskyddsforeningen.se

Mid or end of the 1980s. a few hundred were made

Statens Järnvägar = SJ (Swedish State railways)