Simo Passi birch bark puukko

thejamppa

thejamppa

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Hello everyone!

I have to accuse my national pride for getting this one. My three last puukko's have been Helle Symfoni, Mora 2000 and Helle Besseggen. As a Finn my national pride woke up and told me: Man, puukko is Finnish word and you buy Norwegian and Swedish ones? So I bought puukko smith Simo Passi's puukko. Passi is younger generation puukko maker. He has been quite successfull in Puukko making World Championships, though he has never wan in my knowledge have his puukko's got honor mentions and such. He focuses more these days beautiful art puukko's which is fully handmade and cost more than large sebenza here. Large Sebenza is 424€'s when Passi's unique art puukko is 460€'s. To see his work: http://www.uniikkipuukot.com/page008.html check here.

Its very similar to Iisakki Jarvenpaa's Aito puukko. Same weight, bit longer blade etc. Handle is made from birch bark and finish is very good. Better than Aito I'd say, this I have to say based on pictures. This puukko cost 79€'s with shipping when Iisakki Jarvenpaa's Aito would have been 75€'s with shipping. I personally will support private crafts men if I have choice.

I put this also against whittling test against my recently aquired convexed Busse Cultellus. Cultellus did wnderful job in splinttering test but as I expected good scandi grind is nearly impossible to beat in woodwork. Simo Passi puukko cut deeper than Busse and excelled, though Busse did excellent job, better than most cheaper puukko's I have and better than my oldest beater puukko in terms of deep cutting.

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Yeah, small one neeman not the smallest I've seen but also not nearly largest one either. I mage is not best but this IMHO is best way to show secondary grins, via light reflection:
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and the stuff is just some dirt stuck oil, I oiled up entire handle and blade and let it sit bit. Goold old carbon steel is hard to beat.
 
Lovely knife. I have the Jarvenpaa version. True classic!
 
Hi,

For as simple a design as the puukko is, Mr. Passi has brought forth the elegance of the form. And to me, that is what takes the real skill. I can see why he's an up and comer.

Thanks for sharing your good fortune!

dalee
 
Jani's pictures have inspired me to order my first puukko. I have wanted to get one for a while now, but I hadn't found the right one until today. My new puukko should get here in a couple of weeks, and I'll post pics when I receive it.
 
Congrats Christian again. I hope you enjoy it. Few more pictures now that sun is in better angle:
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Feel free to use any of these pictures freely of this thread. Credit would be nice but not necessary.
 
Beautiful puukko there thejamppa, I'd have to say you've right about tipped me over the edge. Do you know whether or not Simo Passi speaks english, and can ship overseas?
 
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Beautiful puukko there thejamppa, I'd have to say you've right about tipped me over the edge. Do you know whether or not Simo Passi speaks english, and can ship overseas?
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That I am not sure but I know a retailer who does so. I bought my Passi puukko from them. I'll e-mail you the address.
 
Hello everyone again!

I've received alot good e-mail recarding this puukko. It seems Mr. Passi has changed his birch bark into different shape handled and this barrel handled knife is no longer in production.

I also sold this puukko this puukko already to person who was exactly looking this barrel handle version. I can live without barrel handle and use new shaped handle. Its no big deal to me.
 
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the 1st pukkos i ever saw were introduced by twin brothers from Estonia [baltic republic]. this was in 1951 & they empasized these type knives were the finest hunting knives available in their part of the world.although they had been in early soviet concentration camps. once settled in w. tex. some relative got the blades to them. at that young age i considered the knives a real oddity since all knives unlike Tarsan of the apes were inadequate. today it's hard to imagine any swede , finn or norweigian going to the hunt with any blade of a different type. the elk [moose] season lasts only 2 weeks in that part of the world but i understand about 16000 of these animals are taken yearly. i'm sure most are processed with the pukko.dennis
 
Yeah, Though puukko's used vary from 2€ Mora to hundred's of €'s chand made Tommi's, most use puukko. I have not seen skinner knives or gut hooks used. Alwas puukko.
 
That's too bad about the different handle configuration. The classic barrel shape is part of the appeal for me.
 
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