When my father started school in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was about 6 years old but did not speak anything but Swedish. (about 1925) He found it difficult at first as most immigrants do. He carried a small Finnish knife in his pocket. I remember that it was in a silver sheath and it had a curved tip on it. There was also a short chain with a hook on the sheath so it could be attached to one's pocket or belt. The sheath had a design on it, which I don't remember. When my father had problems with some other students in the school playground who were calling him names/teasing him, he pulled out this knife to scare them. The knife was taken away from him by a teacher or the principal. Somehow it was returned to him later as it remains in our family today.
Can anyone tell me about this knife? Did all boys in Finland carry these? What might they have been used for?
Can anyone tell me about this knife? Did all boys in Finland carry these? What might they have been used for?
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