I found this at a yard sale in France, what is it (traditional knives?) and is it worth anything?

by YTSP88

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  1. It looks a lot like Iisakki Järvenpää knife factory [poromiehen leuku](https://www.iisakkijarvenpaa.fi/puukot/retkeilypuukot/poromiehen-leuku/1431/)

    Yours looks bit older version but leather holder is exactly the same.

    Edit.
    There is also English site there and it says following about the knife “Poromiehen Leuku Knife

    This robust leuku is the largest knife in our Lapland collection

    The Poromiehen Leuku (“reindeer herder’s knife”) is a tool for hard work. It’s big and heavy, therefore more suitable for clearing brush and splitting firewood rather than for whittling.”

  2. Its a puukko knife. You can recognise it from the scandi bevel grind.

    Those are usually worh like 30-90€ in finland. I really depends

  3. The ”Rover” on the sheath might refer to Danish Vangedal Knivfabrik, founded in 1984. The model doesn’t look like their recent Rover knives, though

  4. People used to carry these on their belt all the time. Some still do. Most will when they go hiking etc.

    It is used for everything. Common use cases include making kindling for the camp fire or sauna.

  5. You found yourself a trusty pair of knives. Resale value isn’t probably much but they’re good to have.

  6. The second one seems to be norwegian Rover Geilo Knivfabrikk knife

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