Puukkos & Related Scandinavian Knives

dalee100 said:
The sad part is, I find my simple Mora's to really be all I need for all my fixed blade needs.
Dale
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Well, if it's just simple need, heck, we can pretty much shut the forums down and carry near about any old thing...:eek:

...but fortunately (or unfortunately as your checkbook may attest to), there's need and then there's need. ;)

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Symfoni is very nice puukko but I am affraid not quite not my cup. I like my Bessegen more than my Symfoni, now I need to decide wether sell Symfoni, trade it or give it one more change.
 
Hi,

I know, I know, Elliott. Perhaps it's the frugal Norwegian half of me that thinks it needs some tiny justification. I will try to make it go away.:D:D

Jani, what makes you not like the Symfoni some much anymore?

Dale
 
Dale: Its sheath sucks. I had new one made but somehow I just don't trust hidden tang puukko's that much. I prefer full rat tail tang ones.
 
Hi,

Ah yes, I seem to remember you talking about getting a new sheath for it. I do understand about the hidden tang. I just got a new #2 Mora and they have lost their full rat-tail also. It's 3/4's now I guess. I don't think I'll ever be hard enough on it to worry about breakage. But like you, it doesn't seem inspire the same confidence as my Mora S1.

Dale
 
Simplicity at its best:cool::thumbup:.

(full stick tang model #2)
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PS- Amazing knives in this thread everyone! I have some knife hunting to do now;).
 
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thejamppa said:
ippon, you are not first one to notice that. Considering fact that spoken japanese and finnish contain 200+ same words and several hundred similar words + have similar word structure has made many theories... especially when first time Japan and Finland had first connections were early 20th century...
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It sure is interesting what you run into on these forums! My mom (from Tampere) told me the same thing as you mention and I didn't know how many words were common between the two. After listening to an Estonian preacher one time on TV I was also suprised how similar the languages were (I think Finns originally went through that area IIRC). It's fascinating to think of how people moved and split from ancient times.

Anyways - again with the Finnish-Japan friendship theme, I was watching reviews of knives in the field on youtube, and this gentlemen (a Japanese man) was using a Kellam puukko to dress a deer and he really liked it so I will do some more searching here to find more info to see if the Kellam are good knives or not.

As an aside, years ago my Mummu brought me a Hevosenpääpuukko that I think was a Iisakki Järvenpää - and very sadly, it fell out of it's sheath when I was running through the woods and I would like to replace it. It doesn't seem suited for hunting use, but for some lighter duty use, but wanted to know what you puukko fans thought of the Järvenpää selection?
 
Ozarc. Järvenpää is great (perhaps best puukko manufacturer in Finland, though individual smiths' work usually surpass greatly the production ones). Hevosenpää or Horsehead puukko is basicly Osthrobonian traditional knife with brass horsehead. That style was commong in 19th century Osthrobonian region as dress knive used with brass and leather belt. It was more of general utility knife and dress knife rather than heavy duty duty one.
 
Rich S said:
Blues -

I enjoyed seeing your Scandi collection. Some nice knives there. I have some of them, but I collec mainly vintage Finnish puukko. Here's a link to my collection as of two years ago. Have added a lot to it since then.

http://home.earthlink.net/~rsblade/nordic.htm

Rich S
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Rich, calling my little group of Scandinavian knives a "collection" compared to yours does the term a great disservice. :foot: ;)

Very, very nice. I greatly admire those knives, their heritage and tradition. :thumbup:
 
Blues said:
Well, if it's just simple need, heck, we can pretty much shut the forums down and carry near about any old thing...:eek:

...but fortunately (or unfortunately as your checkbook may attest to), there's need and then there's need. ;)

:p
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Back to the old wants and needs dicotomy.

Needs is a strong motavating factor in my looking for knives.
A 3 1/4" stockman does not meet my needs when camping and a 4 1/4" stockman does not meet my needs in the office.
A simple wooden handled Mora does not meet my needs as the handle is too thin for my hand.

Wants, well that is what brings us here to this forum!
 
I'm lobbying for a separate forum for Nordic/Scandinavian knives; puukko, etc. anything from Finland, Norway, Sweden (Moras), etc. I'm one of the guys who collect Nordic knives. I've checked by searching for puukko and Ahti and Mora, etc and the posts are scattered all over various other forums. Would appreciate any help in getting a Scandi forum on this message board, so I can find related posts easily without having to scrounge around the entire message board. Thanks in advance for any support.

Rich S
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I had to run upstairs to check.I have an OK Tommi Moose Puukko with finger gaurd,that I purchased through Kellam 9 or 10 years back.It was and is the sharpest knife that I have ever seen,or owned.yes,it cost a considerable sum of $$$.The only other Puukko I have is the Kellam Wolverine.Sorry about the no pic thing,because the OK Tommi is beautiful.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
That's got to be one of the most non-traditional-looking puukkos around. :)
I've had one for for years, a great knife. Maybe with a wood handle ..
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Great user though. I have thought about customizing my M07. Looks a lot better without the coating removed ;).

I've had several puukkos, including a Diving Sparrow model. Currently, the only ones I could call traditional are my Hackman Tapio Wirkkala models, the regular and the small editions. Both are great users. The belt strap on the small model fell apart (knives and sheaths have been well used). It is now a great pocket fixed blade.

I have a love hate relationship with Scandi grinds, but I really admire the basic puukko design. Not a true pukko, but another puukko design in my collection is the Scott Gossman Polaris model, designed by Kevin Estela. It is a great worker as well.

A general question for Jani, and others. Are there any Nordic knife history books I should pick up? A recent article in Knife World mentioned a long out of print book written about the cutlery center of Eskilstuna, but I have developed a deep appreciation of the areas famous knives.

I've had many Kellams, Helles and Moras. Could anyone elaborate on whether these models were considered puukkos or not? My idea of what a puukko is is apparently skewed.
 
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Plenty of puukko books available, but you will need to brush up on your Finnish first.

Arma Fennica volume 3 by Timo Hyytinen is nice with lots of pics, but low availability at the moment. Lester C. Ristinen has a couple of books on Finnish knives that are in English.
 
Frankki said:
Plenty of puukko books available, but you will need to brush up on your Finnish first.

Arma Fennica volume 3 by Timo Hyytinen is nice with lots of pics, but low availability at the moment. Lester C. Ristinen has a couple of books on Finnish knives that are in English.
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Thanks for the suggestions!
 
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