Finnish Puukko Knife

A Senefelder · 25th March 2011, 12:58 PM

Thanks very much for the help guys. Norwegian knives of this sort do seem to have the finiel on the end of the sheath and pommel nuts as a fairly common feature. I found several pics on the second site Rich posted that show some similarly shaped grips to mine. Any other thoughts/info more than welcome.

Blacksmith · 25th March 2011, 11:20 PM

It´s a Norwegian knife from the end of the 1800/beginning of the 1900. have seen them quite many here in finland. Nice example!

A Senefelder · 26th March 2011, 02:11 AM

Hi folks, after perusing the sites Rich linked to I am completely in agreement on the Norwegian country of origin. Thanks very much guys and Blacksmith for the approximate date as well. This was fun, being a European medieval and renaissance arms and armour guy i'm new to ethnographics. Its a much larger field of study and the possibilites for " a find " much higher even if you're not sure what it is, which as i'm learning is at least half the fun.

25th March 2011, 12:58 PM	#1
A Senefelder Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 214	Thanks very much for the help guys. Norwegian knives of this sort do seem to have the finiel on the end of the sheath and pommel nuts as a fairly common feature. I found several pics on the second site Rich posted that show some similarly shaped grips to mine. Any other thoughts/info more than welcome.

25th March 2011, 11:20 PM	#2
Blacksmith Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Finland Posts: 98	It´s a Norwegian knife from the end of the 1800/beginning of the 1900. have seen them quite many here in finland. Nice example!

26th March 2011, 02:11 AM	#3
A Senefelder Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 214	Hi folks, after perusing the sites Rich linked to I am completely in agreement on the Norwegian country of origin. Thanks very much guys and Blacksmith for the approximate date as well. This was fun, being a European medieval and renaissance arms and armour guy i'm new to ethnographics. Its a much larger field of study and the possibilites for " a find " much higher even if you're not sure what it is, which as i'm learning is at least half the fun.