lapin-puukko (aka puukko) revisited

[Norman McCormick]

Hi,
I've got a couple of these Finnish and Norwegian I believe. I did have another one which I got in 1959 when my grandfather took me to Norway, I have Norwegian heritage via my father. I was only 7 yrs old but my grandfather said it was time I had a knife of my own, goodness knows what the current attitude would be!!!!! Unfortunately I cannot find my knife got lost over the past 60 odd years.
Regards,
Norman.


P.S. If anybody can i.d the maker of the Norwegian style knife I would be grateful.

[gp]

Originally Posted by Norman McCormick

Hi,
I've got a couple of these Finnish and Norwegian I believe. I did have another one which I got in 1959 when my grandfather took me to Norway, I have Norwegian heritage via my father. I was only 7 yrs old but my grandfather said it was time I had a knife of my own, goodness knows what the current attitude would be!!!!! Unfortunately I cannot find my knife got lost over the past 60 odd years.
Regards,
Norman.


P.S. If anybody can i.d the maker of the Norwegian style knife I would be grateful.

could the name be Morakniv Garberg ? or maybe here is a name:
https://www.chuckhawks.com/scandinavian_knives-2.html

I used to have the top one in green; it was my mother's given to her by my grandfather in the mid 1930ies...
Unfortunately it got stolen when I was ridding on motorbike to the Adriatic sea 1985....I would have easily traded one of my yataghans to get it back but fortunately I found one in what was once the good Ol'U S of A and its on its way to me....

[Jim McDougall]

Turned up in the grab bag of knives:

[gp]

Originally Posted by Norman McCormick

Hi,



P.S. If anybody can i.d the maker of the Norwegian style knife I would be grateful.

could it be :

https://www.knivesofthenorth.com/collections/stromeng

[Sajen]

My contribution of Finnish puukkos.

[Jim McDougall]

These are remarkable knives, and easy to see how they can become pretty addicting. One thing that puzzles me is the lack of interest in identifying them or finding historic examples that might show more period or regional images.

With my example, the only cursory reference in the book shown here suggests it is Sami of course, but from Lapland, presumably due to emphasis of reindeer in the motif often seen on them. The scabbards are presumably of carved reindeer horn or bone.