The Puukko

[Will Power]

I bought this yesterday, at a knife club meeting, because I like how it looked!!View attachment 3186052View attachment 3186053
I since found out it is a Leuku Puukko, with a curley Birch handle!!

Nice find, your knife evidently had an Estonian owner by the name engraved on the blade.

Puukko is often used loosely as a term for fixed knife- in the way in which non knife types refer to Penknife when they mean the vast array of Traditional pocket-knives But as pointed out by Arathol, where connoisseurs or those in the know are concerned it refers to a particular type/style of fixed blade of Finnish origin. Its name has something to do with the word puu meaning wood which may refer to working with wood, carving, construction etc or the handle itself, often wood. For those of a nervous disposition...the word for stab has its origin in puukko too I'd say - puukotus Similar to the English word 'knifed' .

 

[The Zieg]

The beer is reminiscent of a Finnish sahti, a traditional ale that is difficult to get here in the US, but whose taste is approximated in certain rye ales. Likewise, and a much more true likeness, is the puukko by Danijel Haramina, not made in Finland but a real puukko in every sense. Sheath by SwissHeritageCo , of course!

I don't brew beer anymore (I dabbled in it when I was in college), but if I did, I would certainly try my hand at a sahti style!

 

[waynorth]

Nice find, your knife evidently had an Estonian owner by the name engraved on the blade.

Thanks for the brief treatise, and the information on my knife, Will!!! Knowing these things makes it more enjoyable to own!!!!!
This forum, with its population, is such a treasure!!!

 

[Old Engineer]

Thanks for the brief treatise, and the information on my knife, Will!!! Knowing these things makes it more enjoyable to own!!!!!
This forum, with its population, is such a treasure!!!

Now that you have a Leuku Charlie , you need to try one of this style with Birch Bark Handle . Now that Spring is here I will be using this one quite a lot . That Birch Bark handle seems to be a very comfortable handle .

Harry