A puukko by Joonas Kallioniemi

[kamagong]

I wanted to share some pictures of a new puukko I just bought. The puukkoseppa (bladesmith) is Joonas Kallioniemi. These are his images.











Silversteel blade, curly birch handle, nickel silver furniture. Like a lot of puukkoseppa he builds everything from scratch, including making the wood and leather sheath.

I hope to receive it within the next few days.

[vikingdog]

That is a beautiful puukko! Congratulations.

[tjmurphy]

YIKES!! That is nice

[FRJ]

A beautiful knife in every way!

[kamagong]

Thanks guys. Joonas' knives have some of the cleanest lines I've seen when it comes to puukkos, and I was an immediate fan from the first pictures I saw of them.

[Billswfl]

kamagong that is a beautiful puukko. I have liked Joonas' puukkos ever since I saw his work. I'll have to think about having him make one for me.

Bill

[kamagong]

I married a comedienne. Today I received a couple of packages, one from New York and the other came all the way from Finland. Inside the box from Finland was a puukko. My wife long ago stopped paying attention to my knives; she thinks they're all pretty much the same. Surprisingly enough she was interested in the box I received from Ragnar. No knives, but rather a bunch of sharpening stones. I got a Viking whetstone from Sweden, a Wastila stone from Finland, and a translucent Arkansas stone. My wife was shocked that there was nothing sharp included.

Being that she has never sharpened a knife in her life, she couldn't figure out what she was looking at. I told her they were sharpening stones.

"Sharpening stones?"

"Yeah, I use them to keep your kitchen knives nice and sharp. There are a few different types here. One's from Sweden, another from Finland, and the white one is from Arkansas."

"That's it? Stones? As in rocks? You've been bugging the mailman because of a bunch of rocks?"

She then let out a pretty good laugh and left me alone with my new purchases. I didn't see what was so humorous. She's not as funny as she thinks she is.

:p

On to the knife. It is a puukko from puukkoseppa (bladesmith) Joonas Kallioniemi. Joonas is a young maker who has quite a following across the pond. He has only recently began "officially" making puukkos.



The quality of this knife leaves me speechless. Even in pictures you can see the outstanding fit and finish of his work. The incredible part is that Joonas is still relatively new to the knifemaking scene; he is only 22 and started just a scant three years ago. He made this puukko before he started making knives full-time. If this is what he is capable of now, I look forward to seeing his progress as he spends more time and gains more experience in his craft.

I promised Joonas that I would use this knife. It's going to sting when I get that first scratch, but a promise is a promise and I have a feeling that it'll be well worth it.

[popedandy]

Wow. That's a beautiful knife.

[Iron Hoarder]

He does do some excellent work. You should check out the Nylund brothers too. They are both excellent makers and very young as well.

[vikingdog]

I was just reading about them on Theo Eichorn's blog, http://puukkomies.posterous.com/ They forge their own blades and do some pretty fancy work. Joonas has clean elegant traditional puukkos.

http://www.nylundknives.com/

[268bull]

kamagong, that is one impressive puukko! I just recently got my first one, which was in an old leather tool bag, mixed in with some very collectible old tools. My knife doesn't have a maker's name on it, but it's a quality knife. But yours, that one is off the chart's. Dale H.

[kamagong]

Thanks Dale. It really is an outstanding knife. This particular puukko won a gold award at the annual Fiskars knifemaking competition last year.