Forest Hunter

CarlMichael Handmade Knives

Swedish knifemaker Michael Almqvist was born 1963 in Ethiopia, where my parents were missionaries. In 1976 we moved back to Sweden again, to a village called Mellansel ? a small railroad community. This is where I met Karin, my first wife, and we got married in 1988. Between 1984-1988 I studied at Umeå University. I have a degree in social work. After University we moved to Uppsala where we lived for a few years. I crafted my first knife at the age of 15 but during our time in Uppsala I became more serious about this craft. In 1994 we moved back to the north of Sweden, to a very small village called Lövånger. In November 2004 a new phase in my knife crafting started, I set up my own business called: carlMichael Handmade knives and things. In 2008 my wife Karin died after a few years of illness. The summer 2010 I moved to Gävle (180 km north of Stockholm) and 2011 I married a new beautiful woman, Pia. I work in the public school system counseling young students. In 2011 I had to give up my firm and go back to being just a hobby knife maker. Affiliations - 2013 - 1st Prize - Swedish Championship - Miniature knife 2013 - 1st Prize - Swedish Championship - Art knife big 2013 - 1st Prize - Swedish Championship - Traditional Utility knife 2013 - 3th Prize - Swedish Championship - Hunting knife 2013 - 3th Prize - Swedish Championship - Art knife small 2012 -1st Prize - Swedish Championship - Art knife 2012 - 1th Prize - Swedish Championship - development utility knife 2012 - 2nd Prize - Swedish Championship -Teamwork