The Puukko

[sunknife]

Second batch of my Nordic series.
With the stained birch and brass viroles, I am going for an early XXth century style


(I hope my english makes sens)

Blades, brass and birch are all stellar ! Beautiful work.

 

[veitsi_poika]

 

[The Zieg]

This is a terrific thread!

 

[jfk1110]

Second batch of my Nordic series.
With the stained birch and brass viroles, I am going for an early XXth century style


(I hope my english makes sens)

Another fine display of your talents... English is fine too.

This is a terrific thread!

Sure is......

 

[Valken]

Glad you like it guys !

And it's the best thread

 

[A.L.]

Took the two faithful for Christmas with me.

Vuolupuukko whittled a wedge to the old christmas tree stand that had one bolt broken.

Leuku stripped some branches off the christmas tree.

Rauhallista joulua!

 

[The Zieg]

A quick strop of the vaarinpuukko before heading out to feed horses.



I like showing off how Roselli used to peen the tang. I bought this in about '94 when the deluxe knife with reindeer fur sheath was only about $75! For farm work I usually wear it in a sheath I picked up online.

Rauhallista joulua to all!

 

[A.L.]

A quick strop of the vaarinpuukko before heading out to feed horses.

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I like showing off how Roselli used to peen the tang. I bought this in about '94 when the deluxe knife with reindeer fur sheath was only about $75! For farm work I usually wear it in a sheath I picked up online.

Rauhallista joulua to all!

Roselli prices have skyrocketed out of hands for some of the higher end models. They probably can ask that if they have foreign customers mostly. Still pretty awesome company because they do pretty much everything in house from forging to assembly.. and that costs a lot here.

 

[ecallahan]

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What is that handle made of? Beautiful knife!

 

[veitsi_poika]

The red handle knife is a Iisakki Jarvenpaa... Not sure exactly what he used back then, but likely a casein or bakelite plastic

 

[veitsi_poika]

The many varieties of puukko's are what make them so intriguing

 

[Arathol]

The red handle knife is a Iisakki Jarvenpaa... Not sure exactly what he used back then, but likely a casein or bakelite plastic

Its most likely galalith. Jarvenpaa used it a lot, and by all accounts they still have a stock of old galalith on hand for special offerings.

 

[veitsi_poika]

Its most likely galalith. Jarvenpaa used it a lot, and by all accounts they still have a stock of old galalith on hand for special offerings.

Agree... Galalith is a "name brand" made from casein plastic

Hauskaa Joulua

 

[Valken]

Ok so this is not a puukko

 

[The Zieg]

Ok so this is not a puukko

We LOVE the  leuku here, too!

(Your post makes me think of the Magritte, "Ceci n'est pas une pipe." )

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

Ok so this is not a puukko

Non stabilized handles? My favorite.

Doing a good job with the dye, I wonder what your process is. Maybe a soak in a boiled linseed oil and leather dye combo?

Love the finish.

 

[jfk1110]

Wicked sharp this is........Cool lil blade and pants.....
Even looks like a lamination line there.......Its from a specific heat treat as I understand......Maybe...

 

[Valken]

Non stabilized handles? My favorite.

Doing a good job with the dye, I wonder what your process is. Maybe a soak in a boiled linseed oil and leather dye combo?

Love the finish.

Non stabilized yes
It's a dye of my making, long soak, like a day or two. Then boiled linseed oil.

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

Non stabilized yes
It's a dye of my making, long soak, like a day or two. Then boiled linseed oil.

Yeah, something about those longer soaks really does amazing things to the grain. Pasi used to do 24 hour boiled linseed oil soaks, and some of the prettier handles I've seen were Wanta Forge handles (24 hour soak in a dye/blo mixture).

Beautiful work!

 

[Valken]

I also use thinner in linseed oil, so it really ets in there.