Favorite Puukko

Mine is a Kellam Heidi #053 I picked up at Blade '99. Great little carbon steel user and super sharp! These are like the Tommis, but forged from flat carbon steel instead of round "silversteel". Youni said they could not tell a performance difference yet, just corrosion resistance. All for about half the price.

-Bart
 
Anybody here know anything about the performance of Tommi style puukkos by Eetu Heikkinen? Prices are lower than the Kainuun Puukko Tommis, fit and finish on the knives are good, but the leather sheaths are not quite in the same class, and there are some details in the KP Tommi knives that are not in the EH knives. Here's a link to a picture. I have heard "diverse comments" about them, from sources who are not independent.

www.chaicutlery.com/kp/EetuHeikkinen-wallpaper.jpg
(rather large image)

So . . . has anybody here used these?


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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
AKTI Member # SA00001
 
James,

I don't know anything about those Eetu H. knives, but they sure are beautiful. About how much do they cost?

Another question for one and all: "why do the scandinavians not use guards on their traditional knives". I assume the caribou bleed when you skin them. The handles consequently get slippery. Some slight guard is one of my requirements for a hunting knife. I carved finger notches into the handle of my old Norse King, just to protect my hand.

Jeff C.

[This message has been edited by Jeff Clark (edited 25 November 1999).]
 
The E.H. Tommi knives in those sizes go for between $150-$225. Add $100 or so for the KP Tommi Knives. I can't testify first-hand on the performance of knives I've bought wholesale and kept virgin, mostly, for resale. I can see differences in the fit and finish between the E.H. and the more expensive knives, mostly in the direction one would expect in an orderly universe. I can see a shadow of a temper line on the K.P. Tommi knives, but I don't see it on the E.H. However, I've seen K.P. Tommi knives that had gaps in the bolster-blade fitting that I don't see in the couple of E.H. knives I've handled. Bolster-blade fitting apparently is something that rates higher with the US customer than it does in subarctic Europe.

Here, for your viewing pleasure is a KP Tommi by Marko Tehula -
www.chaicutlery.com/kp/KPTommi-t20-MarkoTihula.jpg
(Rather large image. And what looks like a little glitch is actually my attempt to repair a bit of flair from a too-bright brass finish in my image editor)

Here's a small KP Tommi by the same smith -
www.chaicutlery.com/kp/kp-littletommi.jpg
I've improved my scanning techique since I did these pictures, but you can see in the next two that the grind lines were uneven, which is why the customer was able to drive a hard bargain when I sold it.
www.chaicutlery.com/kp/kp-littletommi-left.jpg
www.chaicutlery.com/kp/kp-littletommi-right.jpg

And now, for something completely different, that doesn't pretend to symetry (fearful or otherwise), the Roselli Grandfather Special is done up in curly birch and reindeer hide. The Roselli philosphy is that polish and crisp grind lines don't make it cut any better.
www.chaicutlery.com/roselli/ro-grandfather.jpg




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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
AKTI Member # SA00001
 
James, those are some beauties!

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Hoodoo

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
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