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Icelandicknives I start making knives when I was learning gunsmiting in the Ecole dArmurire in Liege Belgiuml 1991-1995 www.icelandicknives.com

Johann Vilhjalmsson (born 1955) is an accredited gunsmith and has be custom making knives for many years. He is also a skilled mechanic and an engineer and worked as such before learning gunsmithing at the ICET Leon Mignon – the school for gunsmiths – in Liége in Belgium. After completing three years of study and specializing in stock making and engraving Johann moved back to Iceland in 1996. There he established his workshop and a gun store in downtown Reykjavik. His company was later bought by the Iceland Oil Ltd. and combined with the Ellingsen Outdoors Store. Johann now works as a gunsmith for the Ellingsen company. Knivemaking has been Johann’s special interest and hobby for many years. He has designed “The Icelandic Hunting Knive” a specialized tool for hunters. The shaft is made from Icelandic reindeer antlers. Johann designs and makes his knives from scratch. He first makes the blades and hardens the steel in a special oven. The knive shafts are made from esquisit kinds of wood, animal bones, antlers and metals. Some of the knives are engraved, often with traditional Icelandic patterns some of them from the era of the Vikings. Johann is a member of The Belgian Knivemakers Society (BKS). He has participated in many of their joint exhibitions and won the Silver File Reward in the competition for the Gold File Awards (Lime d’Or) in 1998. Johann received the award for a Sicilian dagger type of knive.

Some selection of engravimg knives
04/08/2026

Some selection of engravimg knives

31/05/2026
31/05/2026
New from my work shop, bæade is made from steel from Damasteel Sweden pattern name "Muninn" stanless steel and other ste...
31/05/2026

New from my work shop, bæade is made from steel from Damasteel Sweden pattern name "Muninn" stanless steel and other steel parts is made from # 304 wood is Guava and rendeer antler,blade length is13cm and total length is 26 cm

Smá lager í næstu hnífa
13/05/2026

Smá lager í næstu hnífa

I was in the Gambeoux knife show last November and take part of it with my knives, lucky to have one of them in this gr...
12/02/2026

I was in the Gambeoux knife show last November and take part of it with my knives, lucky to have one of them in this great knife magazine La Passion Couteaux Thanks for that

With my good friend Pasi Jaakonaho in the Gembloux knife show in Belgium 2 years ago, I will be there week end 8-9 Nove...
22/10/2025

With my good friend Pasi Jaakonaho in the Gembloux knife show in Belgium 2 years ago, I will be there week end 8-9 November this year, í ár eur þar nærri 200 sýnendur frá um 15 löndum sem leiða saman hesta sína, góður vinur minn Henri Laurent byssusmiður verður þarna með mér í ár hlakka mikið til

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