Pukka steak knives?

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Hi Guys,
A friend that I have made a few knives for in the past e-mailed me tonight and asked me if I am interested in making a set of pukka steak knives for him.

I went on the www and cannot find anything concise. Only pukka knife I saw was made of damascus steel.

Pardon my ignorance but can anyone tell me what exactly this is?:o

Thanks,

Mike
 
Hi Miden,are you sure your buddy didn't say "Puuko" ? If so a "Puuko" is a Scandinavian style Blade,living amongst a large comunity of "Finlanders" (and I might add married to one) the virtues of this style Blade I have heard a plenty !! :D Here is a link to a popular maker of "Puuko's" http://www.kellamknives.com/ I hope this helps you out Miden.
 
Thanks David, it just may be that this is what he was referring to.
I will look into it.
thanks a lot.

Mike
 
Pukka means good quality or top rate in Hindi (it actually refers to good cooking)
Puuko means a Nordic blade style.
If you want some fun google "pukka" and you won't believe the first site you get!!!
 
David Wesner said:
Hi Miden,are you sure your buddy didn't say "Puuko" ? If so a "Puuko" is a Scandinavian style Blade,living amongst a large comunity of "Finlanders" (and I might add married to one) the virtues of this style Blade I have heard a plenty !! :D Here is a link to a popular maker of "Puuko's" http://www.kellamknives.com/ I hope this helps you out Miden.
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I never met a native Fin that could say Land, Lant as in Finlanters, but not land, Where abouts are you in Michigan David? Western U.P.? My mothers family is from Calumet, Houghton/ Hancock area. (lots of fins there)
 
Thanks Stacy:D
Some nice pukkas there.;) Beats the heck out of some old boring knife.

Mike
 
Hey Toolsteel, Houghton/Hancock is about 40 min. drive due north from me.I live in a small town called "Covington" , which , if you have ever been up here you went right thru to get to Houghton/Hancock.One of those "don't blink" kind of towns.Maybe 35-40 people live "in town":o .Yes,its that big ! I live out in the woods though,well on the edge anyway-BIG WOODS !! If you still have kin here and ever come back ,stop by-By all means.:thumbup: If you put a pin on that "frapper "website the other day,you can see that I'm very lonely as far as other Knifemakers go. Closest guy I know of is " Tim Zowada " Just on the other side of the "Bridge" about 4 or more hrs from me. Now that is a guy I'm going to spend some time with this summer .

Edit: Back to Topic. Miden , did you ever find out for sure what your buddy wanted ??
 
Yes David, this is what he was referring to.
Thanks again for the link.

Did you do the google that Stacy spoke about?:D

Hooohaaaa

Mike
 
David Wesner said:
Hey Toolsteel, Houghton/Hancock is about 40 min. drive due north from me.I live in a small town called "Covington" , which , if you have ever been up here you went right thru to get to Houghton/Hancock.One of those "don't blink" kind of towns.Maybe 35-40 people live "in town":o .Yes,its that big ! I live out in the woods though,well on the edge anyway-BIG WOODS !! If you still have kin here and ever come back ,stop by-By all means.:thumbup: If you put a pin on that "frapper "website the other day,you can see that I'm very lonely as far as other Knifemakers go. Closest guy I know of is " Tim Zowada " Just on the other side of the "Bridge" about 4 or more hrs from me. Now that is a guy I'm going to spend some time with this summer .
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I know Covington, Baraga County right? Just south of L'anse? My mother always refered to those little towns in the UP in the middle of nowhere as "Behind God's back" I love Baraga. Lot's of good hiking, lots of waterfalls. I am planing on going up to Keeewnaw to spread my mothers ashes in july, So perhaps I might stop by. I plan on looking at some land on that small bay east of L'anse, I think the area is called Skanee. I did a lot of hiking in that area last time I was up there.
 
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