Puukko's

Hi, I haven't ever held or used a KP Tommi, but I've looked at them online and they've always struck me as pretty doggone expensive.

If you go to Ragweed Forge, you'll find Ahti pukkos that are really well made (hand forged) and cost a lot less. Super solid knives.

Recently I picked up a Woodsknife pukko (Harri Merrima makes them, also hand forged) from Cloudberry Market and it's now my favorite puukko -- and under $80 to boot.

I'm a huge fan of puukkos and the Tommis might be great. But you can get a lot of handmade puukkos for less.

My 2 cents.

 

Tommi's are very good but also a little expensive. There are some good on Ragweed Forge.

-RB

 

I have a "silver steel" knife... its not yet entirely complete, but functional anyway. Its one sharp knife! I still have some finishing to do, and I have to make a sheath for it.

I bought the blade from Markku Vilppola, it's the second one from the top: http://www.saunalahti.fi/knivesc/terat1.htm .

The Tommis are propably the most legendary knives in Finland. I've always wanted one, but cant afford it And anyway, if I didi buy one, I wouldnt dare using it... Id be too afraid of loosing or breaking it.

Here's my neck knife... Its an Ahti Korpi. Nice, lightweight, pretty sturdy.


Here's a Pentti Kivimäki puukko, from Kauhava. A classic puukko; 4" straight blade, curly birch handle, nice deep leather sheath. Propably my most used knife.

 

i have one of the Kellam Tommi knives. when i got it i don't remember paying as much as they go for now. i got the tommi major with 6 3/4" blade. at the time i felt a 6" blade was a good compromise for the woods. nowadays after reading about all of your guys magical 4" blades i would go that route if i had it to do over again

the knife is very solid with a 1/4" diamond cross section. it still bites deep into wood though. here is the only pic i have of it at this time.

 

crossada - good looking knife,bro!I love it !

 

Whiskyjack, silver steel is a great puukko steel. Since most puukkos are forged, silver steel is often the choice when looking for a high hardness blade. There's english and german silver steel, the finnish blades are most often german silver steel. It has high carbon content, some chrome and vanadium for deeper hardening and increased wear resistance. It's close to 52100 ball bearing steel plus the vanadium for tad more wear resistance.

The steel really has nothing to do with silver but I've read that the name comes from the raw silver steel being sold with machined surfaces ie. as shiny round bars. It polishes real nice and makes a great wear resistant puukko blade for hunters. But it's not as tough as carbon steel blades though, you'll have to be more careful with the tip and be careful with all prying and poking. Hope this helped.

Crossada, that's a gorgeous Major Tommi. And that Justin's Hawk ain't too shabby either!

 

thanks! the hawk is an ATC roger's rangers spike hawk. i do have a modified version of Justins too though

 

Whoops, sorry about that (Justin fan here )

Oh wait, that hawk might be Justin's after all. He made hawks for ATC until 2003 when ATC screwed him over royally.

 

The prog.tempered Lauri blades are my favourite economy high performance blades. They're no prybars though.

 

I like the various Puukko's very much. I have found the best knives and prices at ragweedforge.com--While R carries some pretty knives, along with those are knives that mostly are meant to be knives that work and work hard and are proven over many hundreds of years. Goods prices and good knives.

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yep, you are probably right:thumbup: i got this when around the time when they first came out. Justin made me one of his renegade models with a hammer poll that really rocks imo.

whiskeyjack, my Tommi is flawless in the fit and finish dept. i can't say if they are worth the money as that is a personal thing but you will have a nice knife that is truly handmade and very few people have. if you shoot me an e-mail to my BF profile e-mail i'll send you the vhs tape that came with the knife. it shows the smith making the knife and sheath and some wilderness scenes. maybe 15-20 minutes long but you'll see the work they put into it.