Knives of the Norsemen

[Ferguson]

Beautiful knives. Love the "as forged" flats on the new one. They are all so practical and so lovely in they're simplicity.

Steve

[Rich]

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.

Rich S

[derek]

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,

-d

[Rich]

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.

Rich S

[Jens Nordlunde]

Hi Derek,
Your knife looks very much like this one, mine is at least 80 years old.

[Andrew]

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.

[Rich]

Andrew -

Ok, just didn't want to clog up the board with puukko
stuff. But if you don't mind .... :-)

Does anyone know if Les Ristinen has a website or
email? Would love to be able to get him into some
of our discussions.

Andrew - What Dha? Dah???? :-)

Rich S

[Henk]

Great a thread about puukko.

Also yours truley likes the Scandinavian knives. From the holidays in Scandinavia in the eighties i brought some knives home as a souvenir. Next month I will be in Sweden. So, who knows.........

[Andrew]

Originally Posted by Rich

Andrew -

Ok, just didn't want to clog up the board with puukko
stuff. But if you don't mind .... :-)

Does anyone know if Les Ristinen has a website or
email? Would love to be able to get him into some
of our discussions.

Andrew - What Dha? Dah???? :-)

Rich S

We don't need no stinkin' dha!

Definitely need more puukko around here, Rich. In fact, there's been a dearth of nihonto, now that I think of it....