Swedish Puukko?

VVV · 19th October 2006, 09:47 AM

Lew,

This knife is called "Morakniv" in Swedish.
Mora is the city in central Sweden where they were/are produced.
The word Puukko doesn't exist in any of the Scandinavian languages (=Swedish, Norwegian and Danish), it's only applicable for Finland and Finnish knives.
Looks a bit strange for Scandinavians to see their traditional knives being labeled with a completely foreign term.
I guess you would react the same if somebody described a traditional US product, like jeans, with a Spanish completely different word?
Have you seen Levi's latest model of pantalones vaqueros?

Michael

19th October 2006, 09:47 AM	#4
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	Lew, This knife is called "Morakniv" in Swedish. Mora is the city in central Sweden where they were/are produced. The word Puukko doesn't exist in any of the Scandinavian languages (=Swedish, Norwegian and Danish), it's only applicable for Finland and Finnish knives. Looks a bit strange for Scandinavians to see their traditional knives being labeled with a completely foreign term. I guess you would react the same if somebody described a traditional US product, like jeans, with a Spanish completely different word? Have you seen Levi's latest model of pantalones vaqueros? Michael