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Well after a very stressful week(Me and Pekka, the maker, thinking the package was lost) My custom Puukko and fire kit(Tulukset) arrived today, with great squeals of delight from my end.
Pekka Tuominen is the maker and he can be reached at puukkopekka.com. He has some other amazing work listed, but i went with a more simple Puukko I wouldn't feel bad about using.
I had to change my pants when I saw this(if you were planning on sending me flowers for valentines day, thats my old address. Which lead to some of the worrying, and was totally my fault)
Pants changed, box opened and I find this
Nope..not wrapped in paper, he individually packs each item you order in its own labeled box. He also includes business cards.
We shall start with the Tulukset.
Here is the group photo. From L-R you have your Birch roll(more on that in a minute), your Resin Sticks for use with the sulfur, The Tinder Fungus, Carved bone bowl for the sulfur and the Flint and steel itself.
Here is a picture of the bag and bone sulfur cup. The bag is a unknown to me type of leather, very durable and well made. The bone sulfur cup is attached to the bag with a twisted leather..leash I would call it. How the sulfur cup works, you get a ember on the tinder and put it on the sulfur. You let the sulfur begin to boil then dip a Resin stick into and WALA! you have a match. I haven't had time to try it out yet.
Here is the birch bark roll. Its tightly rolled and held shut by a small bit of leather tied around it. But hey, why does it look like there is a plug in it....
The birch tube opened to reveal shredded Juniper bark inside. For this one you drop your tinder after it has an ember into the tube blow on the shredded bark to build the ember then put it under your kindling and blow into the tube, then POOF. Fire. I am not going to try this one until I find some birch and can replicate the tube.
Thats it for the fire kit. The steel striker is very well done. Cosmetically there is nothing special about it, but it throws a reaaaal nice shower of sparks. Also included is 2 chunks of flint and a How-to pamphlet in Finnish and English
Noooowww...The Puukko.
Its like a Christmas Present! In the background you can see the information pamphlet included with the knife. It has all the specs regarding steel, wood and care tips.
And there it is. The source of my headache for the last week. And it was worth every second of it.
Here is the back of the sheath, great stitching and holds onto the knife like Kydex.
The Birch insert in the sheath.
Cont. below.
Pekka Tuominen is the maker and he can be reached at puukkopekka.com. He has some other amazing work listed, but i went with a more simple Puukko I wouldn't feel bad about using.
I had to change my pants when I saw this(if you were planning on sending me flowers for valentines day, thats my old address. Which lead to some of the worrying, and was totally my fault)
Pants changed, box opened and I find this
Nope..not wrapped in paper, he individually packs each item you order in its own labeled box. He also includes business cards.
We shall start with the Tulukset.
Here is the group photo. From L-R you have your Birch roll(more on that in a minute), your Resin Sticks for use with the sulfur, The Tinder Fungus, Carved bone bowl for the sulfur and the Flint and steel itself.
Here is a picture of the bag and bone sulfur cup. The bag is a unknown to me type of leather, very durable and well made. The bone sulfur cup is attached to the bag with a twisted leather..leash I would call it. How the sulfur cup works, you get a ember on the tinder and put it on the sulfur. You let the sulfur begin to boil then dip a Resin stick into and WALA! you have a match. I haven't had time to try it out yet.
Here is the birch bark roll. Its tightly rolled and held shut by a small bit of leather tied around it. But hey, why does it look like there is a plug in it....
The birch tube opened to reveal shredded Juniper bark inside. For this one you drop your tinder after it has an ember into the tube blow on the shredded bark to build the ember then put it under your kindling and blow into the tube, then POOF. Fire. I am not going to try this one until I find some birch and can replicate the tube.
Thats it for the fire kit. The steel striker is very well done. Cosmetically there is nothing special about it, but it throws a reaaaal nice shower of sparks. Also included is 2 chunks of flint and a How-to pamphlet in Finnish and English
Noooowww...The Puukko.
Its like a Christmas Present! In the background you can see the information pamphlet included with the knife. It has all the specs regarding steel, wood and care tips.
And there it is. The source of my headache for the last week. And it was worth every second of it.
Here is the back of the sheath, great stitching and holds onto the knife like Kydex.
The Birch insert in the sheath.
Cont. below.
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