Another Puukko (I think ?)

Jussi M. · 17th April 2008, 10:03 PM

Greetings.

just search for puukko threads here and noticed this one. Being a Finn I can verify that there is no such thing as a knife called "Saami". That is just the name of the original ethnic people who live in Lappland. The knife they use is a specimen of puukko with a heavier and longer blade than the usual puukko´s to be found in the southern parts of Finland. They are like this because they are used for multiple tasks like wood cutting and smashing the bones of killed reindeer. For that reason these knives are not so handy for little chores as the usual puukko and it aint unusual to see that there is a smaller puukko in the same sheath with the bigger knife for those small chores.

Here we call the puukko of the Sami-people a "leuku".

Here´s a pic where you can see the combo I mentioned earlier in the middle ones on the top row.

Picture courtesy of Iisakki Järvenpää Oy

17th April 2008, 10:03 PM	#5
Jussi M. Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 235	Greetings. just search for puukko threads here and noticed this one. Being a Finn I can verify that there is no such thing as a knife called "Saami". That is just the name of the original ethnic people who live in Lappland. The knife they use is a specimen of puukko with a heavier and longer blade than the usual puukko´s to be found in the southern parts of Finland. They are like this because they are used for multiple tasks like wood cutting and smashing the bones of killed reindeer. For that reason these knives are not so handy for little chores as the usual puukko and it aint unusual to see that there is a smaller puukko in the same sheath with the bigger knife for those small chores. Here we call the puukko of the Sami-people a "leuku". Here´s a pic where you can see the combo I mentioned earlier in the middle ones on the top row. Picture courtesy of Iisakki Järvenpää Oy