New Finland Puukko (Pictures)

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My parents just got back from Manitulin island and as a thankyou for taking care of the house, they bought me another puukko knife.

I bought one from the island last year when i went and it was really great. Especially for 60$. Here that one is...
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Here is the new one i got...
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I took the new one on a camp trip and it was the best hip knife i could imagine, i really enjoy using these knives. Anyone else like them too?

Im also trying to find out what that says on the blade?
"Yisakki Yarvennaa Kauhava Finland"
 
That's a nice blade you got there. I really like the puukko, I picked up a few Moras lately and their wonderful. The sharpest factory knife I have ever bought, hands down.

Thanks for sharing the pics!
 
Awesome puukos. I was born in Ottawa, and I biked in the Gatineau's a lot many years ago. ( I seen your map)


Pete
 
Spent many a summer in Manitoulin "Rainbow Country" they call it, fantastic place to visit. Great knives, the sheaths are as interesting as the blades. Finns know how to do it right.:thumbup:
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Iisakki Järvenpää, the company,
Kauhava, the city,
Finland, the country in English for export.

http://www.ragweedforge.com/FinnishKnifeCatalog.html
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Thanks for that Esav , i read through the whole thing and found my exact puukko. They described it as a safety grip pukko which is a more useful length of blade designed to keep your fingers off the blade.

And to tell you guys the truth. Thats why i don't carry that old puukko i own with the white and black blade, because there is no guard to keep my fingers off the blade (whats that called?)
These blades are so sharp that if your finger slid foreward on that blade then surely, all your tendons in your fingers would be severated.
 
Does anyone know what that metal thing on the sheath is for?\
I really dont like it, it sticks out and makes the thing look like a toy.
 
SanitySource said:
And to tell you guys the truth. Thats why i don't carry that old puukko i own with the white and black blade, because there is no guard to keep my fingers off the blade (whats that called?)
These blades are so sharp that if your finger slid foreward on that blade then surely, all your tendons in your fingers would be severated.
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Puukkos are meant to be used primarily for draw cuts. That's why so many have an extension at the butt, to keep the hand from slipping off the end. They aren't for stabbing or push cuts.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Puukkos are meant to be used primarily for draw cuts. That's why so many have an extension at the butt, to keep the hand from slipping off the end. They aren't for stabbing or push cuts.
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yes, but ovbiously they have much more possibilities if they have it. push cuts and stabs are also useful in a work task.
 
One can make push cuts and stabs with a traditional puukko, but one has to use safety-minded knife handling.

The pommels of most traditional puukkos are left flat so that one can use one's off hand on the spine as a blade guide and the dominant hand's palm as a push force into what one desires to "stab" or push cut without risking one's fingers.
 
Boats said:
One can make push cuts and stabs with a traditional puukko, but one has to use safety-minded knife handling.

The pommels of most traditional puukkos are left flat so that one can use one's off hand on the spine as a blade guide and the dominant hand's palm as a push force into what one desires to "stab" or push cut without risking one's fingers.
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hmm, good trick.
 
Traditionalist explanation: if you need a guard on a puukko, yer doin' it wrong.
And they do get in the way if you're doing some fine work with the part of blade closest to the handle. Go to a Finnish forum with a picture of a puukko with guard and they'll throw blades and anvils at you. Well, almost. :)
 
Frankki said:
Traditionalist explanation: if you need a guard on a puukko, yer doin' it wrong.
And they do get in the way if you're doing some fine work with the part of blade closest to the handle. Go to a Finnish forum with a picture of a puukko with guard and they'll throw blades and anvils at you. Well, almost. :)
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well, i dont think it would hurt to have a guard on a puukko so it can have a bit of an offensive / defensive opportunity. What if you need it to fight an animal in the woods or something, i dont think it would hurt. Unless its a carving knife or something, which its not.

meh i like it and thats all that matters to me :)
its personal preferance after all.
 
I read where a Swedish knifemaker wrote in a magazine article that a knife wasn't for killing. A knife is for pinning your enemy to a tree while you get your axe to kill him.

For ordinary work, you can catch the pommel between your little finger and ring finger to keep from slipping forward onto the blade.
For harder thrusts, palm the handle -- put the pommel into the heel of your hand -- to stab without slipping.

Remember too that people living mostly outdoors in a harsh climate are likely to be strong enough to grip the handle hard enough to keep it from slipping. And a handle made of wood, mixed materials, or birch bark, is grippier than many artifical materials used in modern "tactical" knives.
 
The thing that makes me and many others cringe is when factory made puukkos come with a lacquered smooth handle. Now those ones can be bloody dangerous if wet. Sandpaper and proper oiling recommended if you want to use one.

A really traditionalist puukko-person will not even accept the kind of flanged half-pommel as shown in the photos, called riippapää in Finnish. But they have become pretty much the norm since, oh I'm not exactly sure, the 1920s at least. They can aid in drawing the puukko from the sheath but I find them usually made too big and left annoyingly sharp in the corners. Rounding the edges helps and improves the feel IMO.

Here's one example of a traditional puukko handle, in this case a Tommi:
 
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