Lets see your puukkos!

The Ahti Pukkofly or Pukisong is cool too

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ZombaiO said:
How do you like the Hankalas ?
Are yours made of Silver steel ?
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Yeah, they're silver steel or 'hopeateräs' as it is called in Finnish. High carbon stuff (about 1 ~ 1.2 % ), takes a very good edge and holds it more than well enough for me.

As for the Hankala puukkos... well, Jukka Hankala is certainly one of the most skilled bladesmiths in the whole world and a true master when it comes to puukkos, so yeah, I like them a lot. :) Almost too pretty to use - but just almost. For those so inclined, he works with some modern 'supersteels', too.

iBlade said:
Those knives look interesting, but i would be afraid of my hand slipping on to the blade, i assume this does not happen or they would not be so popular.
I assume the tip does not snap either?

Actually i remember a ship that came into our harbour (we are a port city) and there were a bunch of guys all working on the ropes on the boat and everyone of them had this kind of knife either in their hands or on their belts...
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The hand really doesn't slip when one is careful, as one should always be around sharp objects. It's also a matter of using the right grips for the right jobs - for strong stabbing and thrusting type of moves with a puukko, one should support the butt end of the knife with the thumb or the palm of the hand, so the hand doesn't slip on the edge. Perhaps it is telling that for the decades that I have used a puukko with no finger guard, I have never had my hand slip on the edge.

The tips on puukkos are pretty tough, but they do snap if you really start prying with them. The tip is for carving and puncturing, but not leveraging. Usually though, broken tips on puukkos are a result of folks getting bored and setting up a knife throwing competition, which rather too often results in broken tips for obvious reasons. :D

Maybe that was a Finnish crew on that boat you saw. Puukkos and similarly styled Scandinavian knives like Moras are everywhere here. Puukkos make great tools, and they do work as weapons too if one is so inclined, but that is not their purpose, so finger guards and such are left out.
 
Nice, I have a mora 2000 as well, got it from a secret santa trade in the canadian connection, I was pretty thrilled with that one.
Besides a few other moras my only other scandi is a MM bushcrafter, pretty awesome knife.
Sorry, no pics. :(
 
All right, great thread!!!! I LOVE Scandi knives.

Although, I don't have much to contribute, here is a Mora I re-handled in Oak:

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stingray, it is the same blade as in my woodjewel. it was given to me last weekend by a kind forum member. i believe the handle and both sheaths (the kydex shown and a nice traditional leather sheath) were made by Oupa, on the forums here. the handle is partly red from the dye on the leather sheath, but i don't mind...its a user for me!
 
Oh, I guess it is from sheath dye, I thought it was two pieces of wood at first glance. It's a great looking knife either way!
 
This was given to me with a box of knives and books I don't know any more about it.
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I started making this because I just couldn't find exactly what I was looking for
4.8mm thick 110mm long blade, 01 steel, handle is papaer micarta Then of course I found pics of the Sookam bush tool.
The concept is I run a Survival/bushcraft course for a Army cadet unit and I wanted something very capable for carving (trap components, feather sticks, digging sticks etc) that the cadets couldn't break.
Not finished grinding the final edge or blade clean up.
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Carl
 
:oHmmm.... Looks like I need to post pics of my new to me Scandi I got from a forum member recently!! Awesome brusletto my wifey has now laid claim to.....A pic of my charlieridge scandi too.:thumbup:
 
OK- you asked for it

Newest- have not gotten an edge on it yet:
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Now for the rest:
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And last but certainly not least the puuko that I got in the mail today!:
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(its the one in red- an STR BUSSTR- yep a folding puuko!)

I hate puukos- can't you tell!;)
 
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Model 1244 (stacked Birch Bark ring handle) Knife from Iisakki Järvenpää oy, of Kauhava, Finland. Also known as the Aito Puukko.
 
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