Puukkos

[Frederick89]

A swedish brukskniv from Karl-Erik Lindblad with blade made by the Nylund brothers


and my two favourites puukkos



Speaking of the Spyderco the steel choice was made after Tuominen tests on his own EDC, with S30V steel. Anyway you can actually get a custom paying way less than 200 $.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

I've got the same Tapio Wirkkala puukko from Brookstone, from their catalog. Later, they opened up actual stores. The folding puukko was re-released recently, may have been for sale in Europe all along, by the original manufacturer. The blade is slightly thinner (nice!) with a washer to fit it to the original sized handle. I got a black and a red.

 

[Boggs]

Fredrick......Beautiful pieces you have

and with Christian showing his pieces from Joonas Kallioniemi I've been watching a British knife site and just missed one last night/this morning..darn time.....anyway here's one with a Lars Pettersson blade and I'm not sure who did the handle and leather work.....

 

[silenthunterstudios]

Is that a hole in the blade?

Their trademark, after looking at it, it doesn't quite ruin the blade, it is very out of place though. I still like it, but as others have said, you could get a nice custom for around what you're paying for the Spyderco. Well, I don't have to worry about getting one for a while anyway!

Really beautiful knives, thanks for sharing. Please keep em coming.

 

[kamagong]

Get on Joonas' list Jim. His English is excellent and getting a knife from Finland is an easy thing these days with PayPal and the Internet. The wait is only a few months at the moment.

- Christian

 

[jon_slider]

The barrel knife is marked Segerstrom Eskilstuna Sweden. Segerstrom made Barrel knives from 1864-1925. Ive owned mine since 1965. The sheath Puukko is a recent production called a Wolverine, available from Kellam, made in Finland.

 

[resinguy]

No, I don't think that's the name Jack and I are trying to think of. There was a seller of high end woodworking hardware. They sold by catalog. They did not make the knives. I bought both those from that catalog.

Leichtung. They shipped out of place here in Cleveland; I bought my Puuko over the counter there. My wife bought the folder from some other outlet locally.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

The barrel knife is marked Segerstrom Eskilstuna Sweden. Segerstrom made Barrel knives from 1864-1925. Ive owned mine since 1965. The sheath Puukko is a recent production called a Wolverine, available from Kellam, made in Finland.

I really like the barrel knives!

 

[kamagong]

I really like the barrel knives!

I agree, those barrel knives are pretty cool.

- Christian

 

[yablanowitz]

Hard to go wrong with that. Pekka Tuominen is one of the top puukko makers in Finland. Spyderco chose well.

Is it hard keeping such a wear resistant steel properly sharpened?

- Christian

I don't know about "properly", but I frankly find all scandi grinds a pain in the butt to sharpen. I don't think it is any worse than my O-1 BushcraftUKs.

Very nice knife! Does Spyderco still make these? If they do I need to get one.

Yes, they've only been out a few months. They aren't cheap, but they are good quality.

Is that a hole in the blade?

Yep. Spyderco registered trademark, like the blue oval on a Ford or the bowtie on a Chevy.

I had such hopes for the Spyderco Puukko, just wish they had used a different steel. S30V is known for being chippy & I can't see it being a good choice with a Scandinavian edge. I had hoped they'd use 01 steel like the Bushcrafter. The other thing that killed it for me is the $200 price. Around that range, or a little more, and I can get a custom. All that aside, it looks & feels great in-hand, and being a Spyderco fan, it tempts me.

I haven't had any chipping, but I did ripple the edge carving some ash grown here in our near-desert climate. I've done the same thing to the O-1 BushcraftUK, but it wasn't as bad.

 

[screened porch]

I don't go for those expensive knives. Here's a modern iisaki jarvenpaa (no apologies for spelling)and an older one from an antique store. They insisted it was American Indian, from the sheath. It's marked Kauhava, an old knife-making town, and Kirrinemo or something, the name of the brothers who made it (in the 40s or 50s, as I recall).

http://db.tt/JVb0e8zo

 

[avoidspam]

I don't know about "properly", but I frankly find all scandi grinds a pain in the butt to sharpen. I don't think it is any worse than my O-1 BushcraftUKs.

You might want to try wet and dry with a mousemat or on top of a leather belt/strop. The give in the material forgives any edge imperfections unlike a flat stone. You will end up with a slight convex edge bevel over time but this will have a negligible influence on anything and a lot of makers put a small bevel on their Puukko's to offer a little protection anyway

Sam

 

[Halfneck]

jon_slider - I've never seen or heard of a Barrel Knife before, care to tell me more about them.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

jon_slider - I've never seen or heard of a Barrel Knife before, care to tell me more about them.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/904808-Barrel-knives?highlight=barrel+knives

 

[jon_slider]

> I've never seen or heard of a Barrel Knife before, care to tell me more about them

as a boy I lived in Spain. One day when I was about 12, a man who had been to Scandianavia visited an left me a pair of knives. The puukko with the bone handle and reindeer etching is gone, the barrel knife remains. Every time I touch it, I feel transported to a damp dusky dock on the Baltic, and sense a womans hand wielding the blade cutting some large fishes gills out.

I only recently came upon it again, and have never used it. The handle is very comfortable and the blade very sharp, but the clasp at the butt is not secure, the slightest push of the blade tip defeats the latch. From what Ive read, its a poor condition example, but its been with me for just shy of 50 years.

I was suprised to find that silenthunterstudios had a recent thread about them, after posting here. Ive since noticed several on e$ay for prices anywhere from 25 to 225, for no apparent difference in condition..

and here are some particularly beautiful pictures, thanks to silenthunterstudios link
http://thebladeblog-ulf.blogspot.com/2011/09/johan-engstrom-eskilstuna-barrel-knives.html

I have not found any info on what Barrel Knives were typically used to cut, found a reference to sailors knife. I think the blade lends itself well to meat and bone, being very stiff, with a puukko pattern, but at about 50% scale, just guessing..

Maybe they were popular with the shipbuilding industry when there was hemp rope being cut. Theres mention of some very rough sharpening being done with files, mine seems that way, but cleaned up easily with 1500 grip paper.. then can be patinaed in a potato overnight, or whatever method you prefer..

I was very suprised to learn they are close to 100 years old.

 

[screened porch]

d e l e t e

 

[kamagong]

My friend has these two on the way to him.

A simple design, but the execution is off the charts!

dovetailed bolster

countersunk tang

For more eye candy you can check out his blog on Scandinavian knives. http://nordiskaknivar.wordpress.com/

- Christian

 

[Humppa]

Christian, that black handled one looks like one of these piano-black-polished-things that are shown sometimes in movies. I like both of these puukkos.

Kind regards
Andi

 

[Boggs]

Christian ....


There you go again.....okay I'm contacting Joonas....and here I would of thought there was a longer wait

 

[kamagong]

Christian, that black handled one looks like one of these piano-black-polished-things that are shown sometimes in movies. I like both of these puukkos.

Kind regards
Andi

I agree Andi, that knife has a rich, luxurious appearance. Hard to believe that the handle is made from hard rubber.

Christian ....


There you go again.....okay I'm contacting Joonas....and here I would of thought there was a longer wait

My pleasure Jim. Do you need Joonas' contact info?

- Christian