Mora Knife Legacy

Above: Anders Ström date unknown It is impossible to tell the story of the Mora knife without mentioning Anders Ström.   Anders Ström was born in 1857 in a watchmaking family. Ström’s father Rombo Erik Andersson(1835-1912), used to sit at home and work on watches. Rumbo Anders Ersson aka Anders Ström or Djos-Marget-Anders was originally a saddle maker and shoemaker of birch bark shoes. Around this time he also made knife sheaths of brass but they were not very good with some flaws. (Ref: Ströms Knivslidfabrik. En dokumentation av Annica Kjellson 1995 ) He moved together with his wife Fins Maj and children into a small cabin (2x3m) in Dåjmör (Kansbol). In the words of Benght Strom (son of Ander Strom), the move took place during the time of the Spanish plague, and was an attempt to escape it.   He had 7 children: Anna, Majt, Carl, Lea, Anders, Hilma and Johan.   Above: Date unknown. There is a small house on site called Knajvstjerslutjär (the knife lid). The cottage was so...

  Erik Frost – Data unknown, my guess 1900-1920  Frost-Erik Ersson (or Frost Erik Eriksson)  was born in 1865-07-29 in the village of Östnor in a family of farmers. https://www.morahembygd.se/wp-content/stigsson/pee9624ac.html  In his childhood, he suffered child paralysis, his entire upper body and arms were attacked.  In 1887-06-07, Frost emigrated to the USA, like many others from his generation, to work as a lumberjack where we became known as Erik Frost.  In 1890,  Frost returned home and later in the year married Smids Anna Andersdotter (seven months before the first child Kristina was born) https://www.morahembygd.se/wp-content/stigsson/p786244cf.html . In total, they will have 8 children.  1891 also mark the year when he opened the sled and carriages factory called Erik Frost. See here a video of examples of similar style carriages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvfw-QxuP50   Mentioned in the 120 Morakniv book “. According to Karl E...