I also really like birch bark handled Puukko’s. A friend of mine taught me how to make the traditional sheath of woven birch bark strips, which I also like very much. I read somewhere that very old knives have been found in bogs that the birch bark handle was still intact long after the steel of the knife had rusted away! I was raised on a small farm in Northern Minnesota in the United States. The farm originally had been homesteaded by a Finnish immigrant, all the log buildings had traditional dovetailed corners. I have been interested in all things Finnish for a long time. I have hunted with Sako rifles & Valmet rifle/shotgun combination gun. I carry a Puukko almost daily some that I made from blades forged by famous Puukko blacksmiths. Some of my Puukko’s and blades were made by Alpo and Olavi Kemppainen of Kuhmo, others by Hackman that were designed by Tapio Wirkkala. I enjoy your videos very much, I like hearing the history and learning more about puukko & leuku knives which are far superior to any knife of any other country. Happy that I found your videos. Have a sparkly late winter early spring day.
Oh wow, you have some nice puukkos! Tapio Wirkkala puukkos are getting very expensive at the moment (check ebay). Yeah, birchbark puukos were one of the oldest. Theres lot of them in our National Museum in Helsinki. Some veeery old. Great material! I've heard there were lots of immigrants from Finland in Minnesota. Very interesting. (Never been to States, bur wound love someday! Thanx for sharing man! Have an awesome day!🌲🔪🌲
I visited Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish Lapland in 2019, went to Utsjoki to see the famous Teno wooden River Boats, visited with the man and wife that were building them. We then drove and camped our way South to Inari, Rovaniemi and Torino then back to Doratea where my Swedish friend lives. I loved every minute and kilometer of beautiful Finland. I visited the Winter Market in Jokkmokk Sweden in 2014, the people were amazed that a man from Alaska would go half way around the world to go to another really cold place, but I really liked seeing the Saami culture with my own eyes not pictures and words in a book. I bought many Tapio Wirkkala knives when they were new on the market when they were selling for 30 American dollars, I wish I had bought more. I think I have two bigger ones and one little one. I gave my friends some as gifts it was in my mind at the time the finest knife I had owned. Many Puukko’s latter I know they are really good but not the finest. Hand forged Puukko from silver steel is. I too like to fly fish, especially with dry flies that I tie and bamboo fly rods. You should visit me or me you, fly fish away the day, talk about knives around the campfire at night drinking tea.
@@RichardBarnes-nb6nz oh Wow! Thanx for sharing your awesome trip! Sounds fantastic! I learned first time to fly fish in Teno River in early 90s. We had a family friend living there who was a great flyfisherman. That trip gave me the spark. You're right Wirkkalas (and other factory made ones of the era) are great, but not the finest. Indeed pure custom mades are. Hell yeah, great fly fishing, a bit of knife banter, good tea sounds awesome! Have a great day my friend!🌲🔪🌲
Lovely knife my friend! Absolutely love stacked birchbark handles. Love the puukko style... Just awesome! Quiet in the bush this time of year. SO peaceful - and cold! Its very cold and snowy here now. Winter is one of my favourite times if year, I think! Thabks for sharing!
I love Winter too. Truly great time to be in the outdoors! Contrary to summer, winter is very quiet, which I adore! Birch bark handles rule! Thanx for watching, and have nice sunday my friend!🌲🔪🌲
I really like this knife. It's the exact style I aspire to for my own knife making projects. It's a simple knife but the quality & attention to detail are at a high level. I notice the thick bolsters and the uniformity of the layers of birch bark. The handle shape is perfection. And the sheath compliments the knife - plain, yet elegant. You have good taste! Thanks for posting.
Your knife making projects sounds awesome!! You sir have indeed also a good taste in knives. The biech bark handles have always had a special place in my heart. This is one of the best I've seen. Thanx for watching, and have a great sunday!🌲🔪🌲
I tried layered birch bark and it's very difficult to prepare the bark to the high standard as shown on your knife. Every piece looks uniform, no cracks, thickness variation or sap inclusions. The quality of the knife is elevated by its honest lack of ornamentation. I think I found Kari Saastamoinen's website - gonna keep an eye on his output. Cheers,@@OldForestBushcraft
I understand exactly what you meant by feeling at home in the forest. There's a smallish parcel of public land not too far from where I live. On the surface, it's nothing special, fairly flat, with dense stands of pine trees interspersed with open areas of sagebrush. To me, it has become a refuge of sorts, since there's almost never anyone else there.
Sounds lovely! Those places are important. Im honsetly sometimes amazed how few people I see in "my" forests and lakes. I sometimes really have this feeling am I the only one who has seen this. I dont get that feeling in Famous national parks, or what not. Thanx for watching and an awesome weekend my friend!🌲🔪🌲🐺🌲
It truly is! Beautiful yet quickly becoming a high use knife for me. And the sheath is one of the best Puukko sheats I have. Thanx for watching Tim, have a great sunday!🌲🔪🌲🐺🌲
Beautiful. I have a custom puukko from Saku Honkilahti that is very similar to yours. I love the knife. It’s got the best handle of all my knives. Difficult to beat an oval birch bark handle.
So beautiful there and the knife too! I lived in Alaska for 12 years, the winters are so beautiful very similar to Finland. Such a nice Puukko! Thanks for another informative video, very inspiring!
(Sorry for answering slow, so effing busy with everything at the moment) Alaska, that’ s awesome! Can imagine the winters there! Would like to visit that part of the wolrd someday. Well the states in general. Never been there❄ Thanx for watching man, have a great day! (Btw. Im answering to you in a while in facebook, figured it out, lol)
Beautiful knife. The question of kydex vs leather is often determined y environmental considerations. Where I live we have 90% humidity most of the time and leather soaks up that moisture.
A very good point! And I dont actually have anything against kydex in general(just ordering a knife with that), just apparently hopelessly biased😂 Thanx for watching my friend! Have a great weekend!🌲🐺🌲🔪🌲
@@OldForestBushcraft Oh I love leather, holsters and sheathes, but for any "working" knife I have to put it in kydex to reduce the chance of rust. It's just the humidity where I live, and financial constraints, leather is pricy over here...
Your setting reminds me of Chronicles Of Narnia when they go through the wardrobe into the magical Winter wonderland.The knife looks awesome.I really like the looks of birch.Wood Jewel makes one with a all birch handle but not sure of the quality.
I'm not a big fan of the Wood Jewel design. The handle isn't to my liking personally. The quality... Its ok. Eräpuu makes a nice birch bark puukko for about 80 euros.
Nice association! Loved Chronicles of Narnia! Hmm, I never tested wood jewel knives, so I better not say anything. Though many people have them, should get one to test! Thanx for watching, have a great sunday!🌲🔪🌲
This is tad thicker, also blade is a bit longer, higher and handle is thicker and longer. Both great knives this is just on a next level. Thanx for watching, have an awesome weekend!🌲🔪🌲🐺🌲
Looks as if you found your “Grail”...The knife that will pass through many miles with you, and when you’re at the end of the road you can say “This is my knife”. But, if you settle down with your chosen one, you will have to let go of all other potential “wives...I mean knives” and stop playing the field. But, But...lol
Growing up with Yellowstone in my backyard, my grail is a Randall 5-6 Camp and Trail knife with leather stacked handle and brass guard and end cap. Funny how you’re environment can shape you...
I love the Traditional Puukko design...Canadian knives are just funny looking, I wonder what knife I would covet if I was born and raised around Mt. Fugi in Japan?
I agree with you. I think the Canadian Belt Knife was designed to combine elements of a typical hunting blade with a skinning blade into one knife. There also some lore about the designer (D. H. Russell) wanting to create a knife with unique "Canadian" identity - so this is possibly why it has such a recognizable distinctive shape. Possibly stylized to sell more knives? They certainly have small odd shaped handles when compared to Puukko. Just an unsolicited comment/opinion - I'm Canadian, own about 12 Grohmann knives (original maker of the Canadian Belt Knife) and I used to live in Nova Scotia and visit the knife factory regularly. Cheers, 🙂@@dlrmon1
@@dlrmon1I should get on of those. Kind of my childhood knife. I was a big fan of western and American outdoor history in my youth. Wow! Always wanted to visit Yellowstone. Spectacular place. Thanx for watching, have a great weekend!🌲🔪🌲🐺🌲
I also really like birch bark handled Puukko’s. A friend of mine taught me how to make the traditional sheath of woven birch bark strips, which I also like very much.
I read somewhere that very old knives have been found in bogs that the birch bark handle was still intact long after the steel of the knife had rusted away!
I was raised on a small farm in Northern Minnesota in the United States. The farm originally had been homesteaded by a Finnish immigrant, all the log buildings had traditional dovetailed corners. I have been interested in all things Finnish for a long time. I have hunted with Sako rifles & Valmet rifle/shotgun combination gun. I carry a Puukko almost daily some that I made from blades forged by famous Puukko blacksmiths. Some of my Puukko’s and blades were made by Alpo and Olavi Kemppainen of Kuhmo, others by Hackman that were designed by Tapio Wirkkala.
I enjoy your videos very much, I like hearing the history and learning more about puukko & leuku knives which are far superior to any knife of any other country. Happy that I found your videos.
Have a sparkly late winter early spring day.
Oh wow, you have some nice puukkos! Tapio Wirkkala puukkos are getting very expensive at the moment (check ebay). Yeah, birchbark puukos were one of the oldest. Theres lot of them in our National Museum in Helsinki. Some veeery old. Great material!
I've heard there were lots of immigrants from Finland in Minnesota. Very interesting. (Never been to States, bur wound love someday!
Thanx for sharing man!
Have an awesome day!🌲🔪🌲
I visited Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish Lapland in 2019, went to Utsjoki to see the famous Teno wooden River Boats, visited with the man and wife that were building them. We then drove and camped our way South to Inari, Rovaniemi and Torino then back to Doratea where my Swedish friend lives. I loved every minute and kilometer of beautiful Finland.
I visited the Winter Market in Jokkmokk Sweden in 2014, the people were amazed that a man from Alaska would go half way around the world to go to another really cold place, but I really liked seeing the Saami culture with my own eyes not pictures and words in a book.
I bought many Tapio Wirkkala knives when they were new on the market when they were selling for 30 American dollars, I wish I had bought more. I think I have two bigger ones and one little one. I gave my friends some as gifts it was in my mind at the time the finest knife I had owned. Many Puukko’s latter I know they are really good but not the finest. Hand forged Puukko from silver steel is.
I too like to fly fish, especially with dry flies that I tie and bamboo fly rods. You should visit me or me you, fly fish away the day, talk about knives around the campfire at night drinking tea.
@@RichardBarnes-nb6nz oh Wow! Thanx for sharing your awesome trip! Sounds fantastic! I learned first time to fly fish in Teno River in early 90s. We had a family friend living there who was a great flyfisherman. That trip gave me the spark.
You're right Wirkkalas (and other factory made ones of the era) are great, but not the finest. Indeed pure custom mades are.
Hell yeah, great fly fishing, a bit of knife banter, good tea sounds awesome!
Have a great day my friend!🌲🔪🌲
I love the look puukkos. No other style of knives have that I’m ready to do some work in the woods look. Nice feather stick. Thanks for the video. 🔪🎸
They indeed have that. This one went straight to my absolut favorites!
Thanx for watching, have a great weekend my friend!🌲🔪🐺🔪
Lovely knife my friend! Absolutely love stacked birchbark handles. Love the puukko style... Just awesome!
Quiet in the bush this time of year. SO peaceful - and cold! Its very cold and snowy here now. Winter is one of my favourite times if year, I think!
Thabks for sharing!
I love Winter too. Truly great time to be in the outdoors!
Contrary to summer, winter is very quiet, which I adore!
Birch bark handles rule!
Thanx for watching, and have nice sunday my friend!🌲🔪🌲
Wow, love that puukko 🥰🤠
Es ist ein Wunderschönes Messer! Und gleichzeitig ein richtig gutes Werkzeug! Danke fürs Zuschauen, hab ein Wunderschöner Tag!🌲🔪🌲🐺🌲
Beautiful woodland. Excellent knife. Great video!
Thank you!
And thanx for watching! Have an awesome weekend my friend!🌲🔪🌲🐺🌲
I really like this knife. It's the exact style I aspire to for my own knife making projects. It's a simple knife but the quality & attention to detail are at a high level. I notice the thick bolsters and the uniformity of the layers of birch bark. The handle shape is perfection. And the sheath compliments the knife - plain, yet elegant. You have good taste!
Thanks for posting.
Your knife making projects sounds awesome!!
You sir have indeed also a good taste in knives. The biech bark handles have always had a special place in my heart. This is one of the best I've seen.
Thanx for watching, and have a great sunday!🌲🔪🌲
I tried layered birch bark and it's very difficult to prepare the bark to the high standard as shown on your knife. Every piece looks uniform, no cracks, thickness variation or sap inclusions. The quality of the knife is elevated by its honest lack of ornamentation. I think I found Kari Saastamoinen's website - gonna keep an eye on his output. Cheers,@@OldForestBushcraft
I understand exactly what you meant by feeling at home in the forest. There's a smallish parcel of public land not too far from where I live. On the surface, it's nothing special, fairly flat, with dense stands of pine trees interspersed with open areas of sagebrush. To me, it has become a refuge of sorts, since there's almost never anyone else there.
Sounds lovely! Those places are important.
Im honsetly sometimes amazed how few people I see in "my" forests and lakes. I sometimes really have this feeling am I the only one who has seen this. I dont get that feeling in Famous national parks, or what not.
Thanx for watching and an awesome weekend my friend!🌲🔪🌲🐺🌲
Absolutely stunning knife, in a beautiful forest environment.
Awesome video Llari.
It truly is! Beautiful yet quickly becoming a high use knife for me. And the sheath is one of the best Puukko sheats I have.
Thanx for watching Tim, have a great sunday!🌲🔪🌲🐺🌲
Beautiful. I have a custom puukko from Saku Honkilahti that is very similar to yours. I love the knife. It’s got the best handle of all my knives. Difficult to beat an oval birch bark handle.
Sounds great your custom puukko!
I absolutely LOVE Birch Bark handles!
Thanx for watching, have a great sunday!🌲🔪🌲
So beautiful there and the knife too! I lived in Alaska for 12 years, the winters are so beautiful very similar to Finland. Such a nice Puukko! Thanks for another informative video, very inspiring!
(Sorry for answering slow, so effing busy with everything at the moment)
Alaska, that’ s awesome! Can imagine the winters there! Would like to visit that part of the wolrd someday. Well the states in general. Never been there❄
Thanx for watching man, have a great day!
(Btw. Im answering to you in a while in facebook, figured it out, lol)
@@OldForestBushcraft You have a life and a Family, no need to apologize! They always come first! 👍👍
Muy bonito el pukko, me suscribo.
Saludos
Gracias! Yo tambien.
Have a great day!🌲🔪🌲
Beautiful knife. The question of kydex vs leather is often determined y environmental considerations. Where I live we have 90% humidity most of the time and leather soaks up that moisture.
A very good point! And I dont actually have anything against kydex in general(just ordering a knife with that), just apparently hopelessly biased😂
Thanx for watching my friend! Have a great weekend!🌲🐺🌲🔪🌲
@@OldForestBushcraft Oh I love leather, holsters and sheathes, but for any "working" knife I have to put it in kydex to reduce the chance of rust. It's just the humidity where I live, and financial constraints, leather is pricy over here...
Your setting reminds me of Chronicles Of Narnia when they go through the wardrobe into the magical Winter wonderland.The knife looks awesome.I really like the looks of birch.Wood Jewel makes one with a all birch handle but not sure of the quality.
I'm not a big fan of the Wood Jewel design. The handle isn't to my liking personally. The quality... Its ok.
Eräpuu makes a nice birch bark puukko for about 80 euros.
Nice association! Loved Chronicles of Narnia!
Hmm, I never tested wood jewel knives, so I better not say anything. Though many people have them, should get one to test!
Thanx for watching, have a great sunday!🌲🔪🌲
Have zero experience with wood jewel, but eräpuu birch bark I can vouch for. Really nice value!
i have similar knife but i made it in school during handcraft class maybe 6years ago
Oh wow, thats nice! Classical design!
Thanx for watching, have great day!🌲🔪🌲🐺🌲
At first glance it looked like the ERÄPUU 95 , i am guessing this has a thicker blade ?
This is tad thicker, also blade is a bit longer, higher and handle is thicker and longer. Both great knives this is just on a next level.
Thanx for watching, have an awesome weekend!🌲🔪🌲🐺🌲
Looks as if you found your “Grail”...The knife that will pass through many miles with you, and when you’re at the end of the road you can say “This is my knife”. But, if you settle down with your chosen one, you will have to let go of all other potential “wives...I mean knives” and stop playing the field. But, But...lol
Growing up with Yellowstone in my backyard, my grail is a Randall 5-6 Camp and Trail knife with leather stacked handle and brass guard and end cap. Funny how you’re environment can shape you...
I love the Traditional Puukko design...Canadian knives are just funny looking, I wonder what knife I would covet if I was born and raised around Mt. Fugi in Japan?
I agree with you. I think the Canadian Belt Knife was designed to combine elements of a typical hunting blade with a skinning blade into one knife. There also some lore about the designer (D. H. Russell) wanting to create a knife with unique "Canadian" identity - so this is possibly why it has such a recognizable distinctive shape. Possibly stylized to sell more knives? They certainly have small odd shaped handles when compared to Puukko.
Just an unsolicited comment/opinion - I'm Canadian, own about 12 Grohmann knives (original maker of the Canadian Belt Knife) and I used to live in Nova Scotia and visit the knife factory regularly. Cheers, 🙂@@dlrmon1
Ahahaha😂, its indeed one of the toughest choices in life..
@@dlrmon1I should get on of those. Kind of my childhood knife. I was a big fan of western and American outdoor history in my youth.
Wow! Always wanted to visit Yellowstone. Spectacular place.
Thanx for watching, have a great weekend!🌲🔪🌲🐺🌲