A new pakka (puuko) knife
 

Hello Jens and everyone.

I thought I might submit some pictures of a knife I made last year, modeled after the traditional Finnish pakka or puuko knife. The blade is Norwegian made ladder pattern Damascus, with Swedish Masur Birch on the handle, along with Black Palm wood and brass furniture. It's 7 1/2" long overall.

Jens, your name sounds Swedish, I would be most interested in your opinion of this piece.

Best regards,
Michael
www.radharcknives.com

Hi Michael,

It’s a nice puuko you show, both the blade form, the interesting pattern on the blade and the very nice handle – although I am no expert on these knives, there are, however, other who are experts – and collectors. Try to make a search for ‘puuko’.
Good photos as well:).

Puuko
 

Thank you Jens. I made a slight mistake in offering it for sale in this forum. It was brought to my attention that this isn't the proper forum for that, and I have corrected it. I shall do a search as you suggest, thanks.

I do all of my own photography as well. Glad you like it. :D

Best regards,
Michael
www.radharcknives.com

Beautifull handle and blade.
Allthough not the most traditional (Finnish style) blade shape its nonetheless a nice piece. Also I recommend searching word puukko (if using the search in internet)instead of puuko, in some dialects in Finland its called puuko, but it really is more an exception than a rule.

The puukko
 

Thank you, Tomik, for the compliments and info. I checked it out, and yes, the spelling you mention does seem to be the standard. It's more widespread across the Scandinavian countries than I'd realized, and I also didn't know about the illegality of carrying one in public. Interesting stuff.

Michael
www.radharcknives.com