To the source

Very sorry for the bad picture, but I just had to show this. I found this from a shop selling jewelry and watches (!). The maker is Pentti Kaartinen, Hyrynsalmi, Finland, a winner of puukko making championships. Blade is rhombic. http://www.tommipuukko.com/

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Very nice. I've long had my eye on Pentti Kaartinen, but he's unreacheable for those who cannot communicate in Finnish. Please share your thoughts on that knife once you've used it.
 
Had a great conversation about puukkos, Polish, Lithuanian and Finnish culture at a gun show with a guy I sold a Habilis to. I did not know that the Finnish culture had a profound impact on the Estonian people. The puukko is one of my favorite fixed blade designs, but I would love to find them with flat grinds and convex edges.

I am subscribing to this thread for the great info.
 
Going home from a trip "to the source" (Northeast Finland this time) I have not yet cut anything with this knife. There are still some things I can tell.

It is not perfect. There are some little flaws in the blade. Near the tip there is a scratch that could be a result of a polishing wheel slipping and steel connecting a fast rolling tool. The polish has some places that are different than the rest of the blade. I am willing to forgive those, because otherwise the blade is great and those flaws I am willing to remedy myself.

The handle ergonomics feel great. Top notch. There is subtle swell in the handle that rests against your thumb muscle when you grip the knife. On the other side the handle narrows just enough for a solid grip. The handle is not too large, not too small. The surface of the handle is silky smooth, but not shiny. This differs from the Mauno Keränen Tommi-puukko that I have (little Tommi) and I like this more.

Blade is rhomboid, a bit more so than Mauno Keränen, allthough the shape is subtle. You can see it if you look closely. I will use this to roughly shape a walking stick that has been drying for more than a year now. That should be a good test, the stick is mountain ash.
 
@HFinn: Looking forward for further feedbacks after the carving.

silenthunterstudios said:
The puukko is one of my favorite fixed blade designs, but I would love to find them with flat grinds and convex edges.
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If you mean full flat grind, the only model I recall being like so is this, from the Fiskars area. It didn't have much success though.
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Kallioniemi also made some, but with an almost 0 edge.
Otherwise getting a puukko with flat grind (not full flat, "normal" puukko height) and convexed edge is not that difficult.
 
xbxb said:
You might find this thread interesting from awhile back when I was trying to find out about my AK Puukko.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...Related-Scandinavian-Knives?highlight=ak+xbxb
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Thank's. Here's a better picture of my recent acquisitions. The blemish on the Kaartinen tommi is mostly a reflection, but as I said there are some irregularities in the polish, which is a shame. Have to do something about it with 1000 grit wet sandpaper and maybe using oil while sanding.

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Just a thought, I am taking a trip to Lapland in a month and I don't have a Leuku... :D
 
Nice to hear, I've been in Ivalo in 2012. There you may drop by Pasi Hurttila's place, he's actually 10 minutes walk from a guesthouse.
 
I finally got around to do some carving. The wood is Sorbus aucuparia, mountain ash or rowan. Quite gnarly and hard. The Aito by Järvenpää did as I expected, well but not stellar. It tended to slip more than the others, allthough they were all sharp. The smaller Tommi by Mauno Keränen did shine when doing delicate work like carving the bark out.

But the Kaartinen tommi outclassed them all. No contest, it displayed at the same time real bite and you could take a very fine chip out of wood if you wanted. Even if this is an expensive knife to me I am going to put this to work. Pure joy to use. Ergonomically this was also the best, allthoug Aito is quite comfortable.

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Witches can be usefull.

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So when I have my stick ready I can use it to whip witches?
 
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