Japanese Knife Blade

Rich · 10th September 2010, 07:37 PM

No, sorry, not a Finnish Puukko. I have lots of them, about 300 vintage and a few modern ones, and they never have one flat side. Hankala's Lastu puukko is diamond cross section. The proper Japanese term for blades flat on one side - katakiri-ha if I recall correctly.

Rich S

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10th September 2010, 07:37 PM	#5
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	No, sorry, not a Finnish Puukko. I have lots of them, about 300 vintage and a few modern ones, and they never have one flat side. Hankala's Lastu puukko is diamond cross section. The proper Japanese term for blades flat on one side - katakiri-ha if I recall correctly. Rich S ------------------------------------------------------- Richard Stein, PhD Old Puukkophile NKCA Life Member Japanese Sword Guide http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm Last edited by Rich; 10th September 2010 at 07:46 PM. Reason: i can't spell