ArfinGreebly
Moderator Emeritus
A fellow emailed me recently about one of my posts on the Normark hunting folder. One of the bits of information he sent was a link to a site (www.mrfly.net in Canada) that sells fishing stuff, and their online catalogue showed a number of older Normark pieces, including the Mora 2000 -- rebadged as the "Moose Master," the EKA Swede 92 -- under the Normark "American Hunter" brand, and so on.
I contacted MrFly.com and inquired. The catalogue is out of date, and they no longer carry the Normark hunting products.
Rats.
So I called Normark.
Normark is a larger umbrella corporation under whose banner Rapala and other brands are made and sold. I spoke to some folks there (customer service and whatnot) and told them what had motivated me to call.
The long and short of it is this: Normark/Rapala no longer market hunting knives. Fishing stuff, yes.
So, for those of you who have been fortunate enough to lay hands on hunting and outdoor knives under the Normark brand -- and these will be Marttiini blades, Mora/Frosts blades, EKA blades, and a few others -- you now have legacy pieces.
A number of those same knives are still made by the OEMs in question, but are sold under their original company's brand: Mora 2000, Marttiini MN(x) series, Frosts hunters, EKA Swede 92 and Swede 1000, and so on.
The Rapala fishing knives are still -- in large part -- made in the Nordic regions, but an increasing number of their patterns are finished and assembled in China. Some are wholly made there.
I don't imagine this information will be of any major importance to the majority of our NFW readers, but I figured I'd mention it for those few who, like me, have a singular fondness for the Scandinavian designs.
This development makes my recent old-new Normark stock find especially poignant. Glad I was able to snag those little treasures.
Anyway.
*Sigh*
I contacted MrFly.com and inquired. The catalogue is out of date, and they no longer carry the Normark hunting products.
Rats.
So I called Normark.
Normark is a larger umbrella corporation under whose banner Rapala and other brands are made and sold. I spoke to some folks there (customer service and whatnot) and told them what had motivated me to call.
The long and short of it is this: Normark/Rapala no longer market hunting knives. Fishing stuff, yes.
So, for those of you who have been fortunate enough to lay hands on hunting and outdoor knives under the Normark brand -- and these will be Marttiini blades, Mora/Frosts blades, EKA blades, and a few others -- you now have legacy pieces.
A number of those same knives are still made by the OEMs in question, but are sold under their original company's brand: Mora 2000, Marttiini MN(x) series, Frosts hunters, EKA Swede 92 and Swede 1000, and so on.
The Rapala fishing knives are still -- in large part -- made in the Nordic regions, but an increasing number of their patterns are finished and assembled in China. Some are wholly made there.
I don't imagine this information will be of any major importance to the majority of our NFW readers, but I figured I'd mention it for those few who, like me, have a singular fondness for the Scandinavian designs.
This development makes my recent old-new Normark stock find especially poignant. Glad I was able to snag those little treasures.
Anyway.
*Sigh*
