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Old 12th July 2005, 04:05 AM   #1
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Hi Guys

I don't remember if we ever had a thread on puukkos so I decided to bring up the subject. For years I have loved these functional and beautiful knives. They come in many shapes and sizes depending on what part of scandinavia
they come from. These knives cut great and stay sharp! They are some of the most comfortable knives I have ever held and used. So hear are some from my humble collection. The first one just arrived today it was made by Jukka Hankala of Finnland. The blade is 4" long and is razor sharp. The next three are standard puukkos the top one is from the 1930s and the wider bladed one is from the 1960s an Andersen made knife. The other one is a modern AK puukko. The last two are a leukku from Lappland which the locals use for butchering reindeer the small one is from Norway a classic hunting knife model. Hope you find them interesting.

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Old 12th July 2005, 04:12 AM   #2
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Beautiful knives. Love the "as forged" flats on the new one. They are all so practical and so lovely in they're simplicity.

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Old 12th July 2005, 05:53 AM   #3
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Another puukko collector on the planet!!!! I've been
collecting them for a while. Have about 30 (no duplicates).
Got my first when I was about 10 years old (a very
long time ago :-) Three of my favorites.

Stag handle, appears factory or at least original
to knife.

Post WW II with varnished cardboard sheath.

Lahdensou Lapua puukko with carved wood sheath
by Ville Pikkesaari.

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinpic/puukko15.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinpic/puukko20.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinpic/puukko28.jpg

I finally got a copy of Ristinen's first book. Good
info and a good compliment to his current book. Both
must haves for the puukko enthusiast IMHO.

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Old 12th July 2005, 06:09 AM   #4
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Hi guys, here is one old thread:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=puukko

And my two cents:


I am down to 6, but they are very cool knives. Rich, I have the book in the pic. What is the other one??

Thanks,

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Old 12th July 2005, 12:58 PM   #5
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Les Ristinen published "Collectable Knives of Finland"
about 2-3 months ago. Larger format, tons of pics and
old catalog reprints, 176 pages, some in color.

IBSN # 0-9626839-1-4

I ordered my copy directly from him. Don't know if it's
available elsewhere or not.

Do folks think there's enough interest in puukko to
start a Yahoo Groups message board on the topic? Could
be an email group or online message board (options for
each individual); has picture posting capability; but
must be a Yahoo member to post, etc. Let me know what
you all think. I can set one up if desired. Not trying
to take away from this GREAT board, just don't want to
load it down with specialty discussions that may not be
of interest to others.

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Old 12th July 2005, 04:25 PM   #6
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Hi Derek,
Your knife looks very much like this one, mine is at least 80 years old.
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Old 12th July 2005, 04:26 PM   #7
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Rich, first the kukhri guys now the puukkos!?

I'm joking, of course. However, please don't be concerned that specialty discussions are unwelcome here. After all, you guys put up with our incessant tedious ramblings about dha.

Personally, I'd love to see more puukko discussions. I think there's room here for nearly all weapons, particularly as my personal concept of "ethnographic" expands.

We've avoided creating multiple sub-fora for discussion of specific weapons and cultures. Other boards have done this (with varying degrees of success, in my opinion). But, one of the things I like about this forum is the easy exposure to things (e.g. puukko) I would not normally read about if I had to go to another board, or even a sub-forum.

Please stick around guys.
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