Starting with the ear dagger, named for the lobes on the pommel that resemble ears. Introduced to Europe from Moorish Spain.
>>65099204
Japanese ken (sacred sword) with Buddhist vajra as the hilt.
>>65099377Looks like one of those buddhist bells (the handle)
Saami leuku
Guard knife with band de epee.
Ik don't remember the name of this one but he did a bunch in a very "essence of the object" style.
>>65099550puukko knives are so retarded.
>>65099569What, why? Do you prefer a guard?
I put a can opener on my cetme c bayonet, and shaved the back so my 5” muzzle break for my saiga 12 can fit into it.Yes the can opener is just before the muzzle break, use with caution.
>>65099640>Yes the can opener is just before the muzzle break, use with caution.Split shots, hit two targets at once.
>>65099377Huh. Not the tanto? That’s what I usually think of when I think “knife but Japan”.
>>65099534Funny that there used to be more variety in puukkos like the fuller and clip point shown here. I think the only puukko I have with a (slight) clip point is the current production butterfly style Hackman folder made by puukko.org.
>>65099774>Funny that there used to be more variety in puukkos like the fuller and clip point shown hereAgreed. I really like this cheap (with ersatzleather) one from the 40's (or 50's). It feels good in the hand, i sharpened it and it does what a knife needs to do.
>>65100063To add, why the fuller and clip point isn't used anymore? I don't know. But it looks sexy.
I have one of these, sorta wish I got it in stainless.Very poor quality but nice thin blade.
>>65100092Probably because every company uses Lauri blades.
Hey Finnfriends, were “pocket puukkos” ever a thing over there? Im thinking 90mm or less blade, thinner handle, and sheath that clips to the pocket. I would have expected pocket fixed blades to be more popular over there.
>>65100102opinels are fucking great. I always throw one in my pack when i go innawoods. functionally they take up no space and weigh next to nothing. perfect camp knife for food prep and other light tasks.
>>65099662It's a Buddhist symbol, stupid
Good gallery on puukkos made entirely for championships.https://puukkoseura.fi/galleria/>>65100092Factory made stuff is uniform.Handmade stuff changes alot.I MOSTLY have a drop point on what ive made, entirely so that gutting and skinning a moose is simpler and you dont need a gut hook for the belly and legs.A drop point is easier to cup in your hand and a drop point doesnt dig into the bone of a leg when skinning it.Ive only made a clip point blades that are thicker.>>65099531Fun fact, if the top end of a leuku seems to be carved hollow, theres usually a bead of loose bone inside to cause rattling noise.Something something the believes of sami about bad spirits and such. Also works like a bear bell. There was a smith who produced Leukus like that in the 90s and early 2000s, maybe even into 2010s, and the pricetag was around 1500 euros. Taisto Kuortti had one(blacksmithing teacher here) which he showed our class he brought a briefcase full of knives and said if someone was to offer 15 000 for all of them he would have to consider taking that offer.Heres one from a few months ago.
great to see puukko fans here. i have a few.If youre ever in helsinki check out "puukkopuoti", the guy has some really nice old puukkos all over the ceiling of his shop, quite a few with aluminium sheaths of the winter war. Made puukko style knives only two times thus far, one for my dad and one for my uncle but they came out great and are still holding up nicely.
>>65100985I got a bunch of blades, bolsters and buttcaps. Planning on making some stacked micarta handles.
>>65099204Neat, that's a straight line descendant of a Roman Pugio.
>>65099377My single favorite type of sword, impractical as it is.
>>65100989yeah ive just gotten way to lazy these days since ive moved and now my workshop is not in my house anymore. I have 2-3 full tang knives i need to finish and cant be arsed. Also still have a big piece of curly birch laying around which basically screams for being turned into some puukko's. It's all there, except motivation.. Bolsters is somehow always my least favorite part on blades, guess its the precision and polishing. Good luck with the micarta! Pic related; bottom one was for my uncle, top blade was for se/k/ret santa '22
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>>65101022Thanks, I have a smaller blade that will be my first training attempt. I’m going to try to cut the pieces with a drill hole saw.
>>65101022>Bolsters is somehow always my least favorite part on bladesIt commonly is.If my tang was lets say, 4mm i drill 3mm and finish it with needle files.Oh and, those cheap small needlefiles fucking SUUUUUUUUUUCK they lose performance fast as the cutting grooves get filled with brass/steel and not all cutting surface is even doing any work because the depth of the grooves is off.I bought good swiss files and the difference is, alot...Oh and you can make your work much much faster if you "counter drill" the side opposite to the blade with a larger drill bit so if your bolster is 4mm thick, counterdrill it so that where tang transfers to blade theres just 1-2mm of material to file through. This however has a drawback, if you do this and you file your hole too large you no longer can force the hole to be smaller with a ball peen hammer as the material caves in and you can no longer sand it flat.One technique i use today is pressing it in.Counter drill, put the bolster in and put it into a press where the blade it held firmly and all pressure is on the bolster, in such a way that the brass gets pressed tight and deforms around the tang without bending the bolster.I have one that uses a small 2 ton car jack.Its not a method that i can do in one press.I do it in maybe 3 or 4 steps, each time i press the bolster around the tang i take note where there is most resistance and i remove material there. This way you can get a bolster that is hair tight and gives off a "SNAP" when you start to assemble the handle by hand.Ive never understood why people and especially factory manufacturers put that hole in a "rat tail" tang, its a weak point in case someone decides to start bending shit with it.Heres an old picture of a weekends work, raw forgings.
>>65101056t. Hasdrubal
