New custom Puukko pics...

[Runs With Scissors]

I just yesterday got a new (well...new to me) Custom Puukko from J. Arthur Loose. Damascus blade, Ambonya wood handle. The blade measurement is fiven inches if you include everything forward of the handle, and four inches if you subtract the ricasso. At first I didn't like the thick ricasso, but then I considered the fact that every Puukko I've ever bent or broken has been right at the tang/handle juncture. That won't happen with this one.

Inspite of how attractive I think this one is, it's amazingly stout, took a crazy sharp edge, and has the most comfortable handle I've ever felt. It feels like it was custom made to suit me...I'm happy!

The rest of the knives on the page are just my tinker projects, knives I've made, rehandled,etc.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/karieann69/my_photos

whatcha think?

 

[trout #2]

It sounds very nice, but there don't seem to be any links or pics in your post.

 

[Runs With Scissors]

Link added.....

Got busy gettin' the kid off to school and accidentally posted it before completion...

Maybe I should go finish that first cup of coffee now....

 

[CUTS LIKE A KRIS]

Looks very good. Have to ask- does the handle feel slippery at all- it looks that way to me.

 

[Runs With Scissors]

Thanks for mentioning that....

It's actually the nicest handle I've ever wrapped my hands around. It's comfortable, versatile in most any position, and very secure.

I checked out the security last night while I was oiling the handle. I took the knife and thrust it as hard as I could into an old oak board while the handle was still wet, slick, and dripping with furniture oil, my hand didn't budge.

In a standard forward grip, my trigger finger and birdie finger are wrapped around the large diameter front piece, the other three fingers coil tightly around the narrower part of the grip, thereby making it extremely secure, especially in comparison to most Puukko styled knives.

using a forward grip, edge up it's also very comfortable and secure. The thickest part of my palm fits perfectly into the contours of the handle, once again very comfortable and secure for my hand.

in an edge out reverse grip, it's basically the same story as the standard forward grip as to how it fits, except with the addition of my thumb fitting perfectly along the angled part at the back of the handle.

Using an edge in Pikal style reverse grip is slightly less comfy and secure than the other grips, but still very nice and secure.

Holding it like a Pen for caping with the web of my hand just over the ricasso, I can go as little as 1/2 an inch of the blade tip being used.

Holding it with my trigger finger along the back of the blade I can get even less knife tip showing, and exert even more control.

I know alot of these grips sound kinda odd for an outdoor/hunting style knife, but they are all grips I've used while camping, cleaning game, whittling, or just working in the outdoors. Incidentally, one of the first practical things that's drawn my interest in Scandinavian style knives, is the variety of grip positions for ordinary tasks.

 

[J.Loose]

Hey Thanks, Runs With Scissors.

Glad you like the blade.

I'm particularly glad you like the handle... People look at me funny until they pick the knife up and use it.

 

[puukkoman]

Looks really nice!

People look at me funny until they pick the knife up and use it.

That's what happens with a puukko... Pure, unadulterated ergonomics. Some people have to feel it to believe it. But once they do, it all becomes clear.

Good score!

 

[rebeltf]

Very nice , that wood is fantastic.

I took the knife and thrust it as hard as I could into an old oak board while the handle was still wet, slick, and dripping with furniture oil, my hand didn't budge.

Balls o' steel there bro.