Benchmade Puukko

[Cypress]

 

[Babyboomer]

LOL I was wondering if they'd review it. I like puukkos, so I probably end up with one of these.

 

[trackstar55]

Curious what it looks like under the handle. If someone swaps out the plastic grip for a custom wood grip, please post pics of thr tang.

 

[The Zieg]

I love puukot as well, but this isn't a puukko. I'd like to have seen the following features: Flat and straight spine with no drop point, smoother handle, no sharpening choil, no ricasso, and a proper Finnish grind. But then it would actually BE a puukko, not just CALLED one. Oh, well.

Zieg

 

[Frederick89]

The Dutch boys shouldn't actually be surprised by the feathersticks results, since they reprofiled the knife to convex. I expect a convex user to know that it makers tighter and curlier feathers than a 19° flat, almost zero, edge, like the Malanika. Plus the Malanika was kept basically horizontal, while the Benchmade was angled, giving it an advantage in how the edge would engage the fibers. That particular test looks like it was made up so to have the Benchmade win for sure...

Other than that and the fact that is absolutely not a puukko, the knife looks like a lot of stuff at an extremely competitive price.

 

[Jhansenak47]

That particular test looks like it was made up so to have the Benchmade win for sure...

Making a featherstick is a standard test for their reviews. They also tend to sharpen knives to put a new profile on the edge, so their reviews are often not factory edges.

Other than that and the fact that is absolutely not a puukko, the knife looks like a lot of stuff at an extremely competitive price.

The knife looks more Russian than Finnish. Russia has a lot of the same handle designs, but they tend not to use scandi grinds. So when I see a Scandinavian style handle and flat or saber ground blade I think Russian knife.
Oh by the way Puukko is kind of a loose term even in Finland. Look at the diversity of Finnish puukko designs. I personally think it looks Russian, but puukko is not an impossible stretch.

 

[Frederick89]

I know the featherstick is a standard test for them, but it doesn't look really fair to adopt two different types of handling to do the same cuts. If you really want to compare, the variables in play at the moment should be reduced to the minimum possible. The Malanika wasn't reprofiled before its own tests months ago.

I personally feel like it would have been a generally more honest review if they first kept the factory edge, then discuss the differences in performances once reprofiled.

Anyway, not a big deal really.

 

[popedandy]

I put the knife through a few quick checks. I really like the handle, especially for carving, and it is a great general purpose knife.

Details:
Green wood carving: excellent. Handle was very comfortable
Dry hardwood carving: excellent. Definitely liked the handle shape and feel
Feather sticks: did a great job
Batoning: does this really need to be tested? Any reasonable fixed blade can be batoned.
Preparing a split wood fire, i.e., making little pieces out of slightly larger pieces. It did fine.
Kitchen work: does well at peeling, slicing, and dicing vegetables. Good at slicing bread and spreading butter, cream cheese, etc. I didn't have any raw meat to slice, but since it did well on everything else, it should do fine on that.

It was far from an exhaustive test, but I have used a lot of knives and it doesn't take very long to figure out if I like one. This one made an excellent first impression.

 

[scout1sg]

It's full tang underneath the handle. There are a few holes to lighten it up a bit.

I've heard of this on other similar BM models (with handle materials as such) but the size of the cutouts were pretty well sized and basically skelotonized, any chance you could post a pic of the blade blank or an xrayed image. I actually like the full solid or as close to full solid tangs and certainly don't mind handle heavy knives especially smaller sized blades as such. Thx

 

[GatorMedic]

Received mine today. Would have preferred it not have a First Production mark on it but oh well. It’s a cool knife. Think it will suit me well but time will tell after I get a chance to put it to work.

 

[Larryz71]

I wonder if the handle will allow moisture in and it will rust like the steep country? if not, I will be picking one up!

 

[Jhansenak47]

Would have preferred it not have a First Production mark on it but oh well.

The burdens that come with living in the first world.

 

[popedandy]

The burdens that come with living in the first world.

It's nothing that can't be cured with duct tape