Todor Hristov - Puukkos

And two short - bladed neckers for carving.

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Steel – Elmax 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 195 mm (~7.7").
Blade - 85Х19.5Х3.8mm (~3.3x8x0.15") rhombic grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Birch bark and brass.
Leather sheath with wooden inlay.
Weight with/without sheath - 84/116 grams.

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Steel – Elmax 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 183 mm (~7.2").
Blade - 73Х18.5Х3.8mm (~3x0.7x0.15") rhombic grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Birch bark, g10 and brass.
Leather sheath with wooden inlay.
Weight with/without sheath: 77/109 grams.










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If I didn't already have a Wirkkala Puukko I would seek one from Hristov. The lines on these knives are a natural progression of the same design discipline. Very well done.
 
One with a saber grind and plunge line.

Steel – Elmax 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 238mm (~9.3").
Blade 113x23x3.8mm (~4.5"x0.9''x0.15'') flat grind with micro secondary bevel.
Blade finish - P800.
Handle – birch bark and bronze.
Leather sheath with wooden inlay .
Weight with/without sheath – 127/177 gr.

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Another tommi , this time on the large side.

Steel – N690 58-60 HRC.
OAL - 244 mm (~9.6").
Blade - 121Х23.5Х5mm (~4.8x9x0.2") rhombic grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Birch bark and brass.
Leather sheath with wooden inlay.
Weight with/without sheath - 142/190 grams.

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One more puukko , this time with stabilized burl handle. You can check the difference in the weight between a birch bark handle and stabilized wood handle. This one is with a bit larger than usual handle , but still .

Steel – Elmax 59-61 HRC.
OAL - 224 mm (~8.8").
Blade - 98Х21Х3.8mm (~3.9x0.8x0.15") rhombic grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Stabilized alder burl, g10 and bronze.
Leather sheath with wooden inlay.
Weight with/without sheath: 138/181 grams.

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Here is another birch bark tommi puukko with a slender blade. Zebra pattern on the handle made by alternating the direction of the bark grain. My new batch of bark has a realy nice contrast of the different layers.

Steel – Elmax 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 230 mm (~9").
Blade - 107Х22Х3.8mm (~4.2x0.9x0.15") rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Birch bark and bronze .
Leather sheath with wooden inlay.
Weight with/without sheath - 112/159 grams.

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Hey there guys , this time two puukkos with palisander wood handles and different combos of dark wood and g10 spacers. The big one is for a friend of mine . I hope that he will like it.


Steel – N690 59-60 HRC.
OAL - 235mm (~9.2").
Blade 108x20x3.8mm (~4.2"x0.8''x0.15'') rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - P800.
Handle – palisander wood, walnut root, g10 and brass.
Leather sheath with wooden inlay .
Weight with/without sheath – 109/155 gr.

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Steel – Elmax 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 206mm (~8.1").
Blade 90x20x3.8mm (~3.5"x0.8''x0.15'') rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - P800.
Handle – palisander wood, african blackwood, g10 and brass.
Leather sheath with wooden inlay .
Weight with/without sheath – 95/130 gr.











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Two birch bark brothers. They are almost the same size. One is stainless and the other is carbon steel. For the sheath of the elmax one I used two colors and blended them together to break the flat look and add some character.


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Steel – Elmax 59-61 HRC.
OAL - 235 mm (~9.2").
Blade - 110Х22Х3.8mm (~4.3x0.9x0.15") rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Birch bark and brass .
Leather sheath with wooden inlay.
Weight with/without sheath - 116/160 grams.

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Steel – 1.2519(similar to hitachi blue 2) 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 236 mm (~9.2").
Blade - 112Х22Х4.9mm (~4.4x0.9x0.2") rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Birch bark and brass.
Leather sheath with wooden inlay.
Weight with/without sheath: 128/175 grams.










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Another two brothers. Pretty close to the last two. For these I used thicker bark. Both are Elmax. They have some minor differences in the size .

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Steel – Elmax 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 236 mm (~9.2").
Blade - 113Х22.5Х3.8mm (~4.5x0.9x0.15") rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Birch bark and brass .
Leather sheath with wooden inlay.
Weight with/without sheath - 112/160 grams.

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Steel – Elmax 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 238 mm (~9.2").
Blade - 114Х22.5Х3.8mm (~4.5x0.9x0.15") rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Birch bark and brass.
Leather sheath with wooden inlay.
Weight with/without sheath: 124/170 grams.











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Another tommi puukko. For this one I needed alot of patience as you can see from the thickness of the bark. Fortunately, nobody distracted me on the phone, so I managed to not mess up the pattern .

Steel – Elmax 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 230 mm (~9").
Blade - 105Х21Х3.8mm (~4.1x0.8x0.15") rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Birch bark and brass .
Leather sheath with wooden inlay.
Weight with/without sheath - 117/162 grams.

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Just finished this little wood carver. Short blade and almost full lenght handle.


Steel – Elmax 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 186mm (~7.3").
Blade 71x20x3.8mm (~2.8"x0.8''x0.15'') rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - P800.
Handle – birch bark and brass.
Leather sheath with wooden inlay .
Weight with/without sheath – 86/119 gr.

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Two full sized ones , finished this weekend. Usualy I grind the peened tang flush with the cap , this time I shaped it as a rivet head.

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Steel – 1.2519 (similar to hitachi blue 2) 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 231 mm (~9.1").
Blade - 111Х23Х5mm (~4.4x0.9x0.2") rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Birch bark and brass .
Leather sheath with wooden inlay.
Weight with/without sheath - 123/172 grams.










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Steel – Elmax 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 239 mm (~9.4").
Blade - 114Х22.5Х3.8mm (~4.5x0.9x0.15") rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Birch bark and brass.
Leather sheath with wooden inlay.
Weight with/without sheath: 123/175 grams.











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This time I'll show you two more birch bark puukkos. One is regular size and the other - with short blade for wood carving. As you can see , the pattern on the handle of the short one is messed up, but sometimes you get distracted and those things happen.

Steel – Elmax 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 235 mm (~9.3").
Blade - 123Х23.5Х3.8mm (~4.8x0.9x0.15") rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Birch bark and brass .
Leather sheath with wooden inlay.
Weight with/without sheath - 123/175 grams.

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Steel – Elmax 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 200 mm (~9.4").
Blade - 83Х19Х3.8mm (~3.2x0.7x0.15") rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Birch bark and bronze.
Leather sheath with wooden inlay.
Weight with/without sheath: 91/130 grams.

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One more puukko with a small "bug" in the pattern of the bark layers. This time I added some g10 spacers between the brass and the bark.

Steel – Elmax 59-60 HRC.
OAL - 236 mm (~9.3").
Blade - 113Х21.5Х3.8mm (~4.5x0.8x0.15") rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Birch bark, G10 and brass .
Leather sheath with wooden inlay.
Weight with/without sheath - 116/167 grams.

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Just finished this short bladed puukko. I thought that for it's size a lanyard for the neck carrying would be suitable.

Steel – Elmax 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 194 mm (~7.6").
Blade - 82Х20Х3.8mm (~3.2x0.8x0.15") rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – birch bark and brass .
Leather sheath with wooden insert.
Weight with/without sheath - 85/122 grams.

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Two more puukkos by me.

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Steel – Elmax 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 206 mm (~8.1").
Blade - 90Х18Х3.8mm (~3.5x0.7x0.15") rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Burlap micarta , G10 and brass .
Leather sheath with wooden insert.
Weight with/without sheath - 104/136 grams.

This puukko is with burlap micarta handle. It's hard to find this type of micarta around here , so I made it myself and also to check if I have forgotten how it's done. Turns out I still got it.

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Steel – Elmax 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 233 mm (~9.2").
Blade - 102Х19.5Х3.5mm (~4x0.8x0.14") rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Birch bark and bronze.
Leather sheath with wooden insert.
Weight with/without sheath: 94/129 grams.

This one is with birch bark handle. The pattern is made by alternating two horisontal grain layers and two vertical.

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Another little tommi by me. A bit more of patience and concentration was needed for this bark thickness than usual .

Steel – Elmax 60-61 HRC.
OAL - 179 mm (~7").
Blade - 76Х18Х3.7mm (~3x0.7x0.15") rhomboid grind.
Blade finish - p 800.
Handle – Birch bark and brass.
Leather sheath with wooden insert.
Weight with/without sheath - 83/119 grams.

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