Old North Europenean Knife

[Rich]

Here's a few pictures of various "puukko". All are 20th C made.

Rich S

[Rich]

And a couple more pics:

Rich S

[kronckew]

a couple of mine, top one is an older one, unsigned.

the bottom one is a late 20th c. marttiini custom from their gallerie art range, signed j. marttiini - finland alongside the fuller.

[Rich]

Your top puukko is likely by Iisakki Jarvenpaa of Kauhava Finland.
I have one exactly like it, also unsigned and one exactly like it
signed Iisakki Jarvenpaa. For some reason, Jarvenpaa made a lot
of unsigned blades in the mid 20th C. No idea why. They were and
are the largest Finnish knife company.

Rich S

[Jim McDougall]

Thank you so much for these great illustrations Rich!!! It seems all I've seen is line drawings of these (Faktor) and to see them fully illustrated shows what incredibly attractive knives they are.
Kronckew, those are some beauties you've got there! I think if I was going for a hunting knife it'd be one of these......gotta be careful about saying that out here in Bowie country!!

All best regards,
Jim

P.S. I think we lost Tatyana but I'm glad to have a thread on these!

[Jeff Pringle]

This recently showed up at my house, looks like the blade is made from non-commercial steel. 12" or 30 cm overall length.

[Tatyana Dianova]

Thank you guys for the great replies!
My puukko have also no maker's mark (and never had it, because it is not so much worn).

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Jeff Pringle

This recently showed up at my house, looks like the blade is made from non-commercial steel. 12" or 30 cm overall length.

Really nice old leuku. Hard to find good old ones as these tended to
get used hard and used up. Good find.

Rich S

[kronckew]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

...
Kronckew, those are some beauties you've got there! I think if I was going for a hunting knife it'd be one of these......gotta be careful about saying that out here in Bowie country!!
...

thanks for the kind words.

with a name like 'jim', a bowie would seem to fit

my 'user' is a bit newer and considerably cheaper, got two of these carbon steel Mora's (e.jonsson) for under $10.

the grip is actually wood under that paint, i've cleaned it off the other one and it appears to be birch. while i've got a few bowies, they are not really field knives, not unless you're in a combat zone anyways.

[kronckew]

a bit more on topic, if you prefer pocket knives, but want a scandi style, the swedish eskilstunta barrel knife is also quite nice. i've seen a number of these on ebay in different sizes and either brass or german silver barrel ends. the wood normally has quite a nice figure. they are frequently labelled as being from 1873, but that was the model number, NOT the year of mfg. which varies.

here's my 3" p. holmberg with german silver ends, showing how it works...


or if you want to blend in with the bowie crowd, here's another scandi user, a swedish scout knife in laminated steel. children are generally given knives with guards until they become proficient enough to not need one. a rite of passage is when they are given their first guardless knife.