Thanks. The scales are similar to the Russell Green River Hunter that is kind of the American Puukko in 1095. The same knife has been made the same way by the same company since 1834. They have bulky walnut scales roughly finished like the Za-Pas. I reworked the scales on my belt sander and greatly improved them. They don’t come with a sheath so I made a beautiful welted sheath for it. You are the real deal outdoor person. Your knife content is also the real deal. 🎸🔪
Thank you very much mate. I have a Green river, they just sell the blades here. But I saw them, saw the price for a 1095 full tang blade blank. Well for that price I was having one 🤣. I put a couple of birch burl scales on it and stuck it in a sheath that I had knocking around. Now it's by far my best food prep knife. Super slicey and very easy to sharpen. I really should make a more appropriate sheath for it. Thank you very much for your kind words and I am very glad that you are enjoying the channel.
The paws are fine now. A bit of paw cream for a few days and no problem. Now back in the Finnish forest where the floor is softer (seeing as not pulling me around like a freight train is apparently not an option 🤣). Glad you liked the video (if not the knife). Thanks for watching buddy.
Knives like that look rugged, but are heavy because there's too much steel on the handle. Tangs on traditional Puukko-knives do not look so rugged because they are very thin at the end, but that is actually really practical and sturdy shape: it makes the knife light, and there's barely any forces affecting the knife at the very end of the handle where the tang is thin.
It also gives a much better balance without having to have a super short handle like this knife. The thing is everyone says that a knife has to be full exposed tang. I have never broke a rat tail tang that was more than half the length of the handle. I will give some of my opinions on this in my next video if you are interested. Thank you very much for watching this one.
The Unni sweetheart looks busy !! 😁🐾 ..I hope her paws get well soon bro !! That old log provided a load of great fatwood. Hope you are well Tim bro !! ..sorry I'm so late to the party my friend !!
Better late than never. The paws recovered pretty quickly. We have had this problem before. She just doesn't understand the difference between going for a walk and working. Pulls like a lunatic and it's not good on rocky trails. Also quite dangerous sometimes. She will start to calm down soon. 9 years old now, still probably the strongest female out of our 220 dogs. Also one of the gentlest with other dogs and the least problematic. Speaking of gentle dogs. Akso (who used to sometimes run in lead with Unni), recently retired and got adopted by a local family. Akso is a huge, heftily built dog, and one of the gentlest dogs I have ever met. They sent us a video of him meeting their other dog for the first time. It's a chiwawa 🤣, poor boy was very confused. Apparently it's going well though.
Thanks for stopping by Gruggs. The knife has done good. Taken a real pounding at work. 89CRV2 is good stuff. I do think the handle is a bit too short, I think I would like the Ranger more.
Nice knife, the right steel, the right ergos, great sheath, looks like just a really useful tool. Ulli remains the star of this program however. Look forward to your content.
Thanks mate, Unni always the star of the show. It's pretty good, good steel, good size and excellent price. Just found out that BPS are making something very similar for a lot less money though. The steel won't be as good but the fit and finish probably better. Thanks for watching mate.
Let me know about the grind please. It does seem to be quite variable. I remember Gruggs from legion Tacticool making feathers with a factory edge. Wasn't nobody making feathers like that with the one that I got. Took quite a bit of work to put it right too. Other than that it's great for that price. Recently got a couple of BPS knives too (you might have seen). They are every bit as good value for money as everyone is saying.
Just bought the new finn Lite from bps , and it looks similar to your knife, waiting for it to come ,only about 30 quid ,great pukko btw ,God bless you and your family and happy camping 🏕 😀 😊 🙏. Lee
Just looked it up, 22 dollars 😲. I have just bought a couple of BPS knives too. I should have got one of these as well. Looks very similar to the Za pas. I bought the Aura from BPS wich is also similar. I bet the fit and finish and the edge are better on your new knife than on the Za pas from looking at my BPS knives. Thanks for watching Lee. God bless you and yours mate.
How much difference is there between this and the BPS Aura? Are you gonna do a video on the Aura? I got mine last week haven't really used it much. I believe if the weather is nice im gonna go tomorrow into the woods and setup. You know try out some equipment make sure everything is GtoG as we used to say in the army. I really like these new takes on puukko design. As a kid the puukko was what all the real woodsman had. Lol I can't imagine a better job then taking care of Dogs. That is truly a blessing.
I will do a video about the Aura, and it's a far nicer knife than the Za pas, it is a fair bit more expensive, so that is to be expected. I haven't used mine a whole lot either yet. I also got the BPS adventurer at the same time. Really impressed with what BPS make, expecially for the price. Thanks for watching mate.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft I got my Aura for $60 to the door. I've had the adventurer for years it was $39 when I bought it. In my opinion one of the best for the price I've found. I find a cheap knife is much more valuable than a expensive knife your scared to use. Plus you don't mind making it useful. Plus the Adventurer was on of the sharpest knives I've ever bought.
An Austrian soldier, I have been called a lot of things in my time, but never one of those🤣. I think I can guess which shirt I was wearing in this video (really cheap from Varustekala). Za Pas does seem to have quite a good selection. Thanks for watching mate.
It is a decent knife, I bet you would be more fond of Ranger. 80CrV2 rules if you don't want to ruin your budget. From Polish knives, I would suggest checking KW Dożyn, KR work horse version. Cheers.
I had a look, KW do look like really good knives. I do really think the ranger would be a better option than the Modern Puukko and more or less the same price. Thanks for watching mate.
That 40 Euro knife is sweet !!.. especially now you have customised it to your needs.. could you add a longer handle ?.. I realise the full tang would be compromised !!
Looks like a good all around knife for a work box that you don't have to worry about, like fit and finish. As far as poor sharpness and quality, well I have a few of them that I'm disappointed in as well.
I have recently seen something new by BPS very similar and a lot cheaper. This is a good knife when reprofiled a little. But when you can buy a Mora for half the price, why bother. Thanks for watching Dan.
Hi buddy, great video, great pictures. Do the other dogs like this dog even though he's Norwegian 😂? There's probably no such thing as xenophobia among dogs. Great that you're getting on with the knife now that you've sharpened it again. I'm still annoyed that I damaged mine with the power sharpening stone. But the original grind was really useless. Even though it's cheap, it doesn't really sell with the original grind. Not everyone can work a Knife so that it fits. I would have used an axe for the big log, but that was probably just for demonstration purposes. See you soon and all the best until then.
If the dogs only knew😂. About a third of our dogs come from Norway. The Norwegian dogs are all from racing kennels, where they are very serious about only breeding the best sled dogs. The Norwegian dogs are stronger, faster and have a better work ethic in general. Unni is our strongest female probably even now at 9 years old (out of 202 dogs). I can't imagine the Finnish dogs would like those kind of immigrants if they knew 😂. I hear not all of these knives come so bad. Maybe we just got unlucky. Then again I think I made the same excuse for the Rokka knives didn't I 😂. I had absolutely no need to baton anything for that twig stove. All of that was over complicating things for the sake of demonstration. Thanks for watching mate.
Cheap and robust with really good steel. Shame it came with such a bad edge. I fixed it, but a younger less experienced version of me wouldn't have been able to do that.I have heard differing accounts of how the edge comes from new. So I guess some of us get unlucky. Maybe it was just a few of the early pieces, I don't know. Thanks for watching mate.
@@NorthStarKnifeReviews I agree on this point and in my book stick vs full tang offer significant differences in handling. I don't do much batoning with a puukko or throw it at trees etc, so the difference in robustness is not as much of a consideration. The ricasso and choil on this Za-Pas is also one of the "modern" parts, I suppose ;D
All Puukko’s are knives. Not all knives are Puukko’s. This is a knife, not a great one. Buy a cheap Puukko blade from Finland make a handle and you will have a much better knife. As a child I made better looking knives than this one.
In an Americanized kind of way. One not available anymore for ready purchase. I have a small Bark River Hatchet, small enough to be generally worthless as a hatchet. Never found a use for it, it also has a less than worthless sheath. I do like to take it out and look at it though. It might be a collector item worth more than when it was new. I won it as a door prize at a Becoming an Outdoors Woman in Alaska event to raise money for their classes.
Bit of trivia, "za pas" literally means "by the belt". In Polish it means spare or reserve. Also wrestling which is "zapasy".
Very interesting, Thank you very much for that bit of information.
Thanks. The scales are similar to the Russell Green River Hunter that is kind of the American Puukko in 1095. The same knife has been made the same way by the same company since 1834. They have bulky walnut scales roughly finished like the Za-Pas. I reworked the scales on my belt sander and greatly improved them. They don’t come with a sheath so I made a beautiful welted sheath for it. You are the real deal outdoor person. Your knife content is also the real deal. 🎸🔪
Thank you very much mate. I have a Green river, they just sell the blades here. But I saw them, saw the price for a 1095 full tang blade blank. Well for that price I was having one 🤣. I put a couple of birch burl scales on it and stuck it in a sheath that I had knocking around. Now it's by far my best food prep knife. Super slicey and very easy to sharpen. I really should make a more appropriate sheath for it.
Thank you very much for your kind words and I am very glad that you are enjoying the channel.
Nice review of this knife. It still doesn't do much for me, but you definitely showed what it can do. Tell Unni I hope his paws feel better soon.
The paws are fine now. A bit of paw cream for a few days and no problem. Now back in the Finnish forest where the floor is softer (seeing as not pulling me around like a freight train is apparently not an option 🤣).
Glad you liked the video (if not the knife).
Thanks for watching buddy.
Knives like that look rugged, but are heavy because there's too much steel on the handle. Tangs on traditional Puukko-knives do not look so rugged because they are very thin at the end, but that is actually really practical and sturdy shape: it makes the knife light, and there's barely any forces affecting the knife at the very end of the handle where the tang is thin.
It also gives a much better balance without having to have a super short handle like this knife. The thing is everyone says that a knife has to be full exposed tang. I have never broke a rat tail tang that was more than half the length of the handle. I will give some of my opinions on this in my next video if you are interested.
Thank you very much for watching this one.
The Unni sweetheart looks busy !! 😁🐾 ..I hope her paws get well soon bro !! That old log provided a load of great fatwood. Hope you are well Tim bro !! ..sorry I'm so late to the party my friend !!
Better late than never. The paws recovered pretty quickly. We have had this problem before. She just doesn't understand the difference between going for a walk and working. Pulls like a lunatic and it's not good on rocky trails. Also quite dangerous sometimes.
She will start to calm down soon. 9 years old now, still probably the strongest female out of our 220 dogs. Also one of the gentlest with other dogs and the least problematic.
Speaking of gentle dogs.
Akso (who used to sometimes run in lead with Unni), recently retired and got adopted by a local family. Akso is a huge, heftily built dog, and one of the gentlest dogs I have ever met.
They sent us a video of him meeting their other dog for the first time.
It's a chiwawa 🤣, poor boy was very confused. Apparently it's going well though.
Finally! Excited to see! Good or bad!
Thanks for stopping by Gruggs. The knife has done good. Taken a real pounding at work. 89CRV2 is good stuff. I do think the handle is a bit too short, I think I would like the Ranger more.
Nice knife, the right steel, the right ergos, great sheath, looks like just a really useful tool. Ulli remains the star of this program however. Look forward to your content.
Thanks mate, Unni always the star of the show. It's pretty good, good steel, good size and excellent price. Just found out that BPS are making something very similar for a lot less money though. The steel won't be as good but the fit and finish probably better.
Thanks for watching mate.
Mine gets here in a few days! It takes time to get over here. Hope mine has a better grind... Fir the price i had to try it out. Cheap as chips.
Let me know about the grind please. It does seem to be quite variable. I remember Gruggs from legion Tacticool making feathers with a factory edge. Wasn't nobody making feathers like that with the one that I got. Took quite a bit of work to put it right too.
Other than that it's great for that price. Recently got a couple of BPS knives too (you might have seen). They are every bit as good value for money as everyone is saying.
Just bought the new finn Lite from bps , and it looks similar to your knife, waiting for it to come ,only about 30 quid ,great pukko btw ,God bless you and your family and happy camping 🏕 😀 😊 🙏. Lee
Just looked it up, 22 dollars 😲. I have just bought a couple of BPS knives too. I should have got one of these as well. Looks very similar to the Za pas. I bought the Aura from BPS wich is also similar. I bet the fit and finish and the edge are better on your new knife than on the Za pas from looking at my BPS knives.
Thanks for watching Lee.
God bless you and yours mate.
How much difference is there between this and the BPS Aura? Are you gonna do a video on the Aura?
I got mine last week haven't really used it much. I believe if the weather is nice im gonna go tomorrow into the woods and setup. You know try out some equipment make sure everything is GtoG as we used to say in the army.
I really like these new takes on puukko design. As a kid the puukko was what all the real woodsman had. Lol
I can't imagine a better job then taking care of Dogs. That is truly a blessing.
I will do a video about the Aura, and it's a far nicer knife than the Za pas, it is a fair bit more expensive, so that is to be expected.
I haven't used mine a whole lot either yet. I also got the BPS adventurer at the same time. Really impressed with what BPS make, expecially for the price.
Thanks for watching mate.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft I got my Aura for $60 to the door.
I've had the adventurer for years it was $39 when I bought it.
In my opinion one of the best for the price I've found.
I find a cheap knife is much more valuable than a expensive knife your scared to use. Plus you don't mind making it useful.
Plus the Adventurer was on of the sharpest knives I've ever bought.
Este pukko es muy silimar el cuchillo muela springer 11r .
Saludos desde la patagonia en chile
Si que lo parece, hay muchos cuchillos de este estilo.
Gracias por ver el video amigo.
Saludos desde Finlandia.
Good video, thanks for sharing YAH bless brother !
Thank you Michael, God bless you
Man ..id love 2 get n the woods but its been n the 90s here 4 over a month 😮💨 ..b well n no worries ! Great vid.
Hopefully it cools down soon. It's lovely here now, it was a little too hot now it's just right with strangely no mosquitoes
Thanks for watching mate
Aaaaah. I was always wondering...now I know: You are an Austrian soldier. 😄
I have the Za-Pas Expendable. Good size.
An Austrian soldier, I have been called a lot of things in my time, but never one of those🤣.
I think I can guess which shirt I was wearing in this video (really cheap from Varustekala).
Za Pas does seem to have quite a good selection.
Thanks for watching mate.
Glad to hear you had some time in the mountains! Was Uni scampering around on bare rock a lot?
It is a decent knife, I bet you would be more fond of Ranger. 80CrV2 rules if you don't want to ruin your budget. From Polish knives, I would suggest checking KW Dożyn, KR work horse version. Cheers.
I had a look, KW do look like really good knives. I do really think the ranger would be a better option than the Modern Puukko and more or less the same price.
Thanks for watching mate.
That 40 Euro knife is sweet !!.. especially now you have customised it to your needs.. could you add a longer handle ?.. I realise the full tang would be compromised !!
I think a three quarter tang is strong enough anyway. The issue would be that the handle tapers towards the pommel. That would make it complicated.
Looks like a good all around knife for a work box that you don't have to worry about, like fit and finish. As far as poor sharpness and quality, well I have a few of them that I'm disappointed in as well.
I have recently seen something new by BPS very similar and a lot cheaper. This is a good knife when reprofiled a little. But when you can buy a Mora for half the price, why bother. Thanks for watching Dan.
Hi buddy, great video, great pictures. Do the other dogs like this dog even though he's Norwegian 😂? There's probably no such thing as xenophobia among dogs.
Great that you're getting on with the knife now that you've sharpened it again.
I'm still annoyed that I damaged mine with the power sharpening stone. But the original grind was really useless. Even though it's cheap, it doesn't really sell with the original grind. Not everyone can work a Knife so that it fits.
I would have used an axe for the big log, but that was probably just for demonstration purposes.
See you soon and all the best until then.
If the dogs only knew😂. About a third of our dogs come from Norway. The Norwegian dogs are all from racing kennels, where they are very serious about only breeding the best sled dogs. The Norwegian dogs are stronger, faster and have a better work ethic in general. Unni is our strongest female probably even now at 9 years old (out of 202 dogs). I can't imagine the Finnish dogs would like those kind of immigrants if they knew 😂.
I hear not all of these knives come so bad. Maybe we just got unlucky. Then again I think I made the same excuse for the Rokka knives didn't I 😂.
I had absolutely no need to baton anything for that twig stove. All of that was over complicating things for the sake of demonstration.
Thanks for watching mate.
Looks very robust. No bells or whistles to distract from its functionality.
Cheap and robust with really good steel. Shame it came with such a bad edge. I fixed it, but a younger less experienced version of me wouldn't have been able to do that.I have heard differing accounts of how the edge comes from new. So I guess some of us get unlucky. Maybe it was just a few of the early pieces, I don't know.
Thanks for watching mate.
Interesting. Not familiar with the brand. Looks like a decent knife, but I wouldn’t call it a puukko. I like the sheath. Thanks for showing Tim.
Please outline your reasoning for questioning the Puukko terminology. I don't disagree, just curious as to your views.
@@dongkhamet1351 puukkos historically are made with stick tangs, not full tangs. Not that it makes a huge difference, but it isn’t typical.
@@NorthStarKnifeReviews I agree on this point and in my book stick vs full tang offer significant differences in handling.
I don't do much batoning with a puukko or throw it at trees etc, so the difference in robustness is not as much of a consideration.
The ricasso and choil on this Za-Pas is also one of the "modern" parts, I suppose ;D
All Puukko’s are knives. Not all knives are Puukko’s. This is a knife, not a great one. Buy a cheap Puukko blade from Finland make a handle and you will have a much better knife. As a child I made better looking knives than this one.
@@RichardBarnes-nb6nz I’ve made multiple knives using Finnish blades.
During the day that is .😅
Unni, apologies.
😂 Unni Dosn't apologise often.
Thanks for watching mate.
This is a modern puukko : ua-cam.com/video/fNp_pn2NXaY/v-deo.html
In an Americanized kind of way. One not available anymore for ready purchase. I have a small Bark River Hatchet, small enough to be generally worthless as a hatchet. Never found a use for it, it also has a less than worthless sheath. I do like to take it out and look at it though. It might be a collector item worth more than when it was new. I won it as a door prize at a Becoming an Outdoors Woman in Alaska event to raise money for their classes.
That is a real thing of beauty. The Za Pas is a little cheaper though.
Thanks for watching the video mate.