Got Pukkos?

Rusty,

I LMAO when I read your comment about the hemp. Nothing like a little rope to turn a politician into an honest man.

I feel so much safer now that all knives have been banned in our schools. Everyone knows that people who carry knives will eventually use them to carve up their fellow human beings. I suggest we go on to the next logical steps. Let's make dolls illegal. having a doll will surely lead to all the little girls growing up with the desire to be un-wed mothers. Collecting matchbooks can only serve the best interest of a future arsonist and the possible long term repercussions of a stamp collection can only be imagined. Time to ban this stuff as well.

Only one kink in my plan, I still can't figure out the Swiss. They have an automatic weapon in every household, but still no signs of an all out slaughter. Shouldn't that have started by now? Maybe nobody told them.


Blackdog

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Blackdog, if my memory serves me correctly, the Swiss who have guns at home are either in their active military or in their reserve. This would cover 90 to 95 % of their population as Switzerland is a small country. Because of this, each of these has received full firearms training along with being thoroughly educated in the responsibilities involved. There may be more, but I would ask Swiss forumite members to comment.

Harry
 
Rusty, I don't think you need to apologize. I'm glad that there are knives meant for the kids. But I've seen people who wouldn't probably buy them even if they were made out of rubber. When I was working (computer support) in the summer at this "community clubhouse", I saw all kinds of people. There was this kid that used to come there with his gradmother and one guy working there asked them if the kid was interested in woodworks and the grandma quickly interfered and said he couldn't, because they don't let him handle knives. "And besides, we haven't bought him a bicycle yet, he's only nine". So the work never ends...

Anyway, back to knives themselves. Craig said something about designing a Nepalese puukko. I can't tell whether or not that has been done yet, but in this Finnish knifebook, there was a picture of a Tibetan knife that looked pretty much like a traditional puukko. The handle could have been bone or ivory, don't really know about that, there were decorations and the blade had a blood groove /
fuller (not so common in traditional puukkos) and it was chisel ground, which is something I have never seen on Finnish puukkos. I wish I had the picture and a scanner.

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Folks,

I just found the most beautiful little Puukko. My problem is I don't know who makes it or how to order one. The website is from a company that (I think) imports Finnish products into the German market. Here's some pics.....

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......and here's the web address.

Help me, I'm in love.......again.

Blackdog


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I'M BACK!!!!

I am sorry to be away for so long, and have been eager to get some of the drudgery out of the way so I can spend some time here, and well, the time has arrived!

Happy New Year to all (and Onalista Uta Vuota for the Finns here).

Okay, I got my hands on 7 puukkos for "testing" by the forumites. By testing, I sort of mean "test marketing." But judging by the response I'm getting here, it may be a great new line for GH.

I'll post the pictures tonight, and then, in order of "requesting" (see the above posts for the pecking order), you can select them in turn. To make your mouths water, I have ONE and only one Wootz Damascus blade. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's sort of a "sub-damascus" of sorts (not as pretty, but with super-tough steel). The folks at Roselli claim to have discovered a way to make this lost-art steel (it's what the fabled crusader swords were made of), and I could only afford one. The others are a patented "UHC" (Ultra High Carbon) steel that Roselli makes themselves. All of the blades are razor sharp, are a pleasure to hold, and have some of the nicest curley birch handles I've seen (a couple don't have that). I also got ONE regular German high-carbon (not UHC) model.

Tonight, I'll post the prices and the characteristics of each model. If "we like" then they'll become a part of our line. Granted, due to the fact that they are manufactured in Finland (where labor is MUCH more expensive than in Nepal or anywhere else), these knives are not cheap. However, if this "UHC" stuff turns out to be worth the extra price, then so be it.

Pictures coming soon . . .

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Sounds good Craig.

Near as I figure, if they're good quality puukkos, they'll sell themselves.

Now how many pints of blood for the wootz puukko?

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Harry
 
Craig,

Welcome back. I can hardly wait to see the pictures of the knives and knifemakers from your trip. You can count me in on the design compitition too.
Is it Febuary yet
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Y'all should see the other thread I started - should have made an announcement about that thread - sorry! There, I've got the photos posted.

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