War era puukko

[Blacksmith]

Hi, the sheats, on that time, were usually made of birch park or cardboard `cause there wasn`t leather much for use because of the wartime.
Even shoes and bags were made out of cardboard. And it`s also typical that the sheats were much larger than the puukko itself.

Regards, Timo

[mak]

Hi all. Look at my little collection of Finnish army war knives:

[Rick]

Just to throw in a factoid here :

Finns own more guns per capita than any other nation .
Most crimes of passion, (murders etc.) are comitted with knives in Finland .

Thank you MSN for the stats .

[Rich]

MAK -

Nice collection. Here's some of mine (pics taken about a year ago, has
grown since then). Not all Finnish, some military, some not. All Scandi.
Only one aluminum war sheath, but several war era varnished paper
sheaths by various makers and styles.

http://home.earthlink.net/~rsblade/nordic.htm

If you're a collector of Finnish knives, you might be interested in the two
Scandinavian knife forums:

http://www.knifeforums.com/forums/sh...m.php?fid/124/

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/...splay.php?f=41


Rich

[Rich]

MAK -

Here's one you might find interesting. Swedish survival knife by Carl Andersson.
Blade approx 7 inches; wood handle, aluminum sheath.

Rich