I bought one puukko recently, but I´ve become quite picky when it comes to quality of puukko. I bought that particular one because it had hand forged blade and still it costed only 79 euro. Well, I like the blade, but the finish, details and handle are not what I want...
At the moment all I have is a Martinni (I think that is how you spell it), and a Rapala fish knife. I want to get a nice size blade that has nice birch handle to go along with this small one. The small one I have is probably for a kid. Another one I would like is the one that has the horse head on the pommel. I think it is a region specific maker.
Horse head is a traditional decorative detail. Small knives have been used for wood carving and other hand crafts. One way to measure suitable leght of a puukko is to measure the widhth of your palm and make the blade equal length.
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