Nordic Puukko knives

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Hi,

I'm a Dutch knifemaker and like to create Nordic/Scandinavian puukko knives, but I'd like to know what you guys think of puukkos. Usefull design? Too basic? Daily edc? Or just another bushcraft tool?

Interested hear your thoughts!

Cheers Mark

Here are some puukko blades I did recently:

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Those are beautiful knives. I have had a few puukos, but don't love scandi grinds as they aren't very versatile (for my uses) so I never carried them.
 
I really like puukko. Have been collecting, using and crafting them for about 40 years. In my opinion they are the most useful and best design for general outdoor use and wood carving if you do that. I like a Scandi grind, but sharpen mine with a slight micro bevel, seem to hold their edge longer. You're making some nice knives. I prefer a slight hook pommel as I think it makes the knife easier to get out of its sheath. I like dangler sheaths. Keep up the good work.
Rich
 
Rich S said:
I really like puukko. Have been collecting, using and crafting them for about 40 years. In my opinion they are the most useful and best design for general outdoor use and wood carving if you do that. I like a Scandi grind, but sharpen mine with a slight micro bevel, seem to hold their edge longer. You're making some nice knives. I prefer a slight hook pommel as I think it makes the knife easier to get out of its sheath. I like dangler sheaths. Keep up the good work.
Rich
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Thanks a lot Rich! I put a small micro bevel on mine as well, sometimes the angle of the scandi is too steep to hold an edge for a very long time. I also love doing the stacked handles, as there's an unlimited amount of combinations and materials to use. Cheers Mark
 
I put small invisible micro edge on my scandi blades too,and edge holding is better and doesnt interfere with cutting,when micro edge gets visible,i just sharpen the whole bevel again.I like high scandi grind knives,and those like helle and mora,mostly regrind on belt sander,making grind higher or flat grinding it.They perform much better that way for my uses.Traditional puukkos are good for almost any task.
 
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I love a good puukko. Those are really nice. I also like knives made from files, which it seems you are doing here. Very nice work!
 
These look very beautiful. I like puukkos a lot, especially the Sami system of having a short, slim puukko with a large handle for fine carving and household tasks and a longer, larger leuku for hard outdoor use (delimbing, chopping, splitting, hunting etc.). Often in matching sheaths and with matching handle styles. Looking at my Finnish leuku circa 1980, it looks like a scandi grind at first sight but is actually a scandivex, with a visibly convex bevel. I suppose that the traditional knives dating from before big power belt grinders with flat plates were likely ground by hand on stones and would have ended up convex. Which made them tougher, so fine for practical use. So I would not mind at all having a knife looking like one of yours with a high grind and a convex secondary bevel. :-)
 
Puukkos have a 1000-year history behind them. Your knives are beautiful. There are other makers on BF who also specialize in them. I say keep at them.

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WOW - how did I miss these ? Those are spectacular - especially like the 1st 2 but could be persuaded by the others too :) Beautiful :thumbsup:

Ray
 
marchone said:
Puukkos have a 1000-year history behind them. Your knives are beautiful. There are other makers on BF who also specialize in them. I say keep at them.

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You have some nice taste in knives there (not to mention you take better photos).
I didn’t know anything about knives when I bought my Tapio from the Brookstone catalog in the early ‘80s, I just knew a beautiful piece of design. More recently, I have no use at all for a titanium framelock flipper, but I could not resist a beautiful piece of design.

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^ How did you guys do that :confused: :D You could be twins, separated at birth, you know.;)

Ray
 
Henry Beige said:
You have some nice taste in knives there (not to mention you take better photos).
I didn’t know anything about knives when I bought my Tapio from the Brookstone catalog in the early ‘80s, I just knew a beautiful piece of design. More recently, I have no use at all for a titanium framelock flipper, but I could not resist a beautiful piece of design.

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Like pornography, you know good design when you see it. :)

It's pretty cool you bought a Hackman Wirkkala back then. And still have it. Do you know one is in the Permanent Collection of The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)?
 
From his web site - looks like many blades are of reclaimed files or saw blades, with some in 80crv2.
Of course, there might be more options - we'll have to wait for his reply.

Pretty nice, unique pieces. I was hoping to see more about # 2 above but no info on any of these posted here, on his website.

Ray
 
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