Marttiini Ilves 131

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This review is about finnish puukko, made by Marttiini Finland. Ilves (or Lynx) is traditional full tang puukko. It has 110mm stainless steel blade. Handle is 110mm also, so overall legth is 220mm. I dont`t have information about blade steel but it isn`t very hard (about 53-54 HRC) so it`s easy to sharpen and this knife is suitable for genereal purpose or camping knife. You can use it for hunting knife also but then "softer" steel blade needs sharpening often. I have used this knife mainly for whittling and cleaning fish, also for camping knife. Handle is made from birch and is originally varnished. I don`t like varnished handles because they are slippery in wet conditions. So I decided to remove varnish and waxed the handle. In my opinion, it`s much better now. Leather sheath has good quality also. If you are looking general purpose knife I recommend this blade.

Some pics with waxed handle:

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