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Flint-Lars Andersson - 1884 - 1954

Flint-Lars Andersson was born in May 1884. Like so many others, Flint-Lars Andersson learned the knife-making craft at Frosts Knivfabrik until 1930.  Photo 1926 - Image cropped from a group photo of Frost workers In the 1930s, he started making knives on his own, in a barn at Kansgerd in Öna.  Some of Flint Lars' employees were: Sixten, Kalbyl Karl, Ejnar Smids, Viktor Skoglund, Gunnar Klarström, Flint Bror (Flint-Bror Mattsson was his nephew and had learned the knifemaking craft at  FM Mattsson ) and among others.   He had trouble working with others, Ejnar for example, quit his job after only a couple of weeks.  The workshop did not last very long, production was shut down after just a few years. Knifes examples Source: Tradera.se Stamps  "L.Andersson" Flint Lars Andersson, 1884 - 1954 Flint Lars Andersson  was born in 1884 Flint  had one brother:  Flint Mats Andersson . Flint  married  Clas Anna Vilhelmina Andersson (born Andersd...