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Re: Puukko

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Mike great job your fingers must be tired. This thread is really taking shape. I can't wait til we add our puukkos from Joonas.

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Thank you Bill. I'm finding a lot of good material on the Finnish sites, unfortunately most of them don't offer English translations. Suomi Puukkoseura publishes a magazine or journal twice a year which would be worth getting just for the pictures.

http://www.puukkoseura.fi/puukkoposti_arkisto.php

I have a feeling Joonas is going to be a very busy young man for quite some time.
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A puukko by Pekka Tuominen

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Here's one that Pekka just finished up for me.

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Another beautiful puukko kama. The birch bark handles have a great feel great choice again.

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Very nice kam. :D
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This beautiful Horse Head puukko arrived in the mail today, a gift from Billswfl. Thank you Bill! ::tu:: I like these knives a lot. :D
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I need some help here. Might this happen to be a diamond in the rough Puukko. It's one of 3 knives I purchased yesterday at an estate sale. This ?? Puukko has no name attached anywhere on the knife. The wood handle is very dense, kind of like a curly maple, set in what appears to be pewter. The handle and blade are of equal length, 4 inches each. The blade has a flat grind, with a swage on the front left side of the blade only. The swage measures 1 1/4 inch in length. Then again, the knife may be an amateur's first attempt's at knife making. What ever it is, it's a very solid knife, and takes quite a good edge. It was in an old leather tool bag ( which contained a number of very good old antique tools ) and I got the whole lot for $15.00. I apologize for not being able to provide a better pic, but am hoping someone may have an idea on whether or not this is a Puukko. Also, the knives shown on these pages are very nice looking. Thank you for your time ::nod::. Dale H.
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I received my Tuominen puukko today, so I thought I'd add some pictures. It is much more robust than my Kallioniemi puukko, which I think is optimized for woodworking. I think this one is more of an all-arounder and should make for a great woodswalking knife.

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Specs are as follows -- 8 1/8" OAL, with a 3 13/16" silversteel blade. The handle is stacked birch bark, with a brass bolster and buttcap. The sheath (tuppi) is the traditional leather with a wooden insert.
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Wow, kam another beautiful puukko. :shock: I'd like to have the chance to check out puukkos by the various the master smiths to see how they feel in hand. Pekka's work is amazing.
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Re: Puukko

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Thanks Mike. I guess you're going to have to order one to keep your Joonas knife company.
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I don't know if I have the patience to wait that long. But on the other hand it would make a great Christmas present. :D Here's another puukkoseppä with some good looking work:

http://seppainkeroinen.net/
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Re: Puukko

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Mike,

You might hate me for this, but I actually have an order with Mikko for one of his Tommis. It'll come with a brown sheath, the red and black is too flashy for my tastes.
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You are The Man! ::nod:: I'm going to be pestering you with PMs for awhile now. What's the waiting time? He's got some really nice traditional puukkos.
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Check this one just posted by the maker on a Scandinavian knife forum. He's from Murmansk Russia and is working in the Sami style here.

"Handle materials: wedge ELG, the Karelian a birch, a horn of a reindeer, the prorate - a skin of a deer, дубленая (tanned), installation through on a nut, the nut is latent by an insert from the same Karelian. The Sheath-horns, a skin, a carving with rubbing in of painting mastic."

Sounds like a Google translation, but man what talent!
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Outstanding workmanship ::tu::
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Last week I had posted about a knife which I suspected was a Puukko and asked for some help in identifying it. A huge thanks to Vikingdog ( aka: Mike ). Last evening was the Oregon Knife Clubs monthly meeting. Bernard Levine is a standing member and after the meeting was over, I picked Bernard's expertise as to what perhaps I was the new owner of. He quickly dismissed the possibility of it being a Puukko. He thought that the knife was perhaps a " Sloyd ". So when I got home last night, I got on the computer and goggled up a Sloyd knife. After a few pages I uncovered that it is in fact a " Norwegian Tollekniv ", a whittling knife. And that is sort of what a Sloyd knife is, a wood working knife. The Sloyd is overall a bit smaller than the Tollekniv, and the use of pewter, which the knife I now own, is incorporated in the handle of the knife. Curly birch is typically the type of wood used for the handle. It's been an interesting search, and I became introduced to the Puukko and other interesting Nordic knives along the way. ::tu:: Dale H.
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Here's a group shot of my puukkos.

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I am a newcomer to puukodom. This is the only one I own, and ironically, it was made in Boulder, Colorado by Western States Cutlery (who would change their name to Western on letterheads in 1942). I have only seen it in the 1941 catalog pages re-created in the book Knifemakers Who Went West, by Platts.

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Here is one of my favorites - German made, nice design - enjoy!

And holy cow some of the previous posts are absolutely gorgeous!
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Nice puukkos! I'll bet that Western is a rare one.
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My newest knife, a Tommi by Mikko Inkeroinen

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Nice! ::tu::
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Re: Puukko

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That is a beauty, Kamagong. Could we see how the belt strap thingie attaches?
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kamagong great looking Tommi and the sheath is a perfect match.

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Re: Puukko

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tongueriver wrote:That is a beauty, Kamagong. Could we see how the belt strap thingie attaches?
Sure thing. I also included a couple of other tuppi for comparison. Interesting to see the different ways to make a belt loop.

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