Knife suggestion and a pukko (puuko?) vendor
- Bullspit
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Re: Knife suggestion and a pukko (puuko?) vendor
As long as the knife is well designed, I've gotten to the point where I prefer no guard. The one exception would be a knife I was planning to do a lot of stabbing with.
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- Denis
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Re: Knife suggestion and a pukko (puuko?) vendor
I got half a tuit...Denis wrote:I visited a new-to-me gunshop in Germany over the holidays, and picked up a new-old-stock Pukko knife there. It looks pretty good, though not as nice as the Saami handcrafted ones I found in Norway a few years ago. Pictures when I get a tuit.
My new knife is from Iisakki Järvenpää Oy. It's style number 5218 in that photo. 13cm blade, 24cm overall length.
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Re: Knife suggestion and a pukko (puuko?) vendor
I really like the Mora knives, I have about 5 of them and they have never failed to conquer the task I set them to, the edge has extreme durability and sharpens up easily with just a normal stone (this from a guy who can't use a stone on a normal pocket knife to save his life).
I also have one of those Marttiini knives which is as good or better (def. a better sheath) than the Moras and cost the same $10.
My box o knives has several $100+ knives in it from good manufacturers, probably the only expensive ones that get used and abused as much as the moras are the Becker BK7 and a couple Cold Steel knives all of which I tend to hesitate to use because they are more difficult to sharpen after I'm done with them. (I honestly don't see any use for anything other than a Scandi grind on a knife).
Anyhow my $0.02 is to get a couple Mora knives they are pretty stinkin awesome... the sheaths suck though.
I also have one of those Marttiini knives which is as good or better (def. a better sheath) than the Moras and cost the same $10.
My box o knives has several $100+ knives in it from good manufacturers, probably the only expensive ones that get used and abused as much as the moras are the Becker BK7 and a couple Cold Steel knives all of which I tend to hesitate to use because they are more difficult to sharpen after I'm done with them. (I honestly don't see any use for anything other than a Scandi grind on a knife).
Anyhow my $0.02 is to get a couple Mora knives they are pretty stinkin awesome... the sheaths suck though.
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Re: Knife suggestion and a pukko (puuko?) vendor
All my Moras are in the Craftsman series, I have a 740, a 780 and a bunch of 760's, in different colors. 2 of the 760's are that bright orange and they live in emergency kits. They have nicely shaped handles and finger guards- in fact IMO they have too much finger guard, they'd be better for food prep (and just as safe) with a smaller guard. One of these days I'll get a round tuit and trim down the guards.Erik wrote:Yeah, I have to agree. As I've said before, the lack of a decent finger guard is my main problem with Moras...Denis wrote:Indeed. I've seen those orange "green knives". Now all it needs is a decent finger guard, like the Mora boy-scout knife.Erik wrote:It does have the same handle form, but you'll have a hard time losing it.
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- SeekHer
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Re: Knife suggestion and a pukko (puuko?) vendor
The one he sent me has done up about 18 caribou, 2 whitetails and a moose and other then touching it up with a steel in the field a few times I haven't sharpened it.CombatController wrote:Denis, I still have the Saami one you gave me a few years ago! I used it a while back for some whittling I had to do and it turned the trick nicely.
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- Denis
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Re: Knife suggestion and a pukko (puuko?) vendor
Glad it's holding up! I regret not buying more of those particular knives when I saw them. The little old Saami guy selling them looked like he knew his stuff; I think he was pleased that I had examined and rejected the tourist-trinket knife-shaped-objects on his stall - he took the "good" knives out from under the counter. If holidaying in Norway hadn't been so shockingly expensive, I would have bought a few more...SeekHer wrote:The one he sent me has done up about 18 caribou, 2 whitetails and a moose and other then touching it up with a steel in the field a few times I haven't sharpened it.CombatController wrote:Denis, I still have the Saami one you gave me a few years ago! I used it a while back for some whittling I had to do and it turned the trick nicely.
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Re: Knife suggestion and a pukko (puuko?) vendor
I'm surprised you didn't have to take a few shots of Vodka with him before he sold you the good stuff
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Re: Knife suggestion and a pukko (puuko?) vendor
If I can ever find him again, I'll buy the shots and a few more of those knives...toad wrote:I'm surprised you didn't have to take a few shots of Vodka with him before he sold you the good stuff