Vintage Puukko

[doglegg]

Both very cool.

[lentuk]

I am a big Puukko fan also but I only have one vintage Puukko, this is a Luomanen & Kumppanit, Kauhava, Model 2, from the 1930s that my Grandfather purchased in Finland in the late 1950s. When my Father gave this to me 20 years ago it started my Puukko collecting.

[orvet]

Somehow I missed this topic for 6 years!
I will have to post pics of my Puukkos when I get home and get caught up from the trip.

Nice knives guys!
Hopefully we get some more people posting on this topic as well. I have become a fan of the Puukko in the last few years. The more of them I get, the more I like them!

[tongueriver]

Looking forward to seeing them, Dale!

[lentuk]

Here are some of mine, Puukko and Leuku.

[jmh58]

John

[kootenay joe]

lentuk, WOW !
What a great group of custom puukkos. I bet everyone of them has a hair-poppin' edge.
Who made the knife second from the top on right side ? has a long brown handle and a shorter blade.
Perhaps you can post a picture showing just this Puukko ?
thank you, kj

[tongueriver]

Here are some of mine, Puukko and Leuku.
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All great ones! The two, right and left, second from the bottom, the stacked bark Malenika and its friend, the (Jelio?) blow me away!

[Eustace]

I don't understand anything about these knives. This one sells for about $ 150. What do you think guys?
https://www.olx.bg/d/ad/avtentichen-sta ... bserved_ad

[tongueriver]

Classic horse head with stacked birch bark handle made in Kauhauva, Finnland by major respected maker. Looks to be in nice shape. I would pay $150 USD for it if it caught my eye. It's a good knife.

[kootenay joe]

I don't understand anything about these knives. This one sells for about $ 150. What do you think guys?
https://www.olx.bg/d/ad/avtentichen-sta ... bserved_ad

$150 is about double what that knife would likely sell for at auction on ebay.com
There are many old puukkos 'out there' in very good condition. The linked to puukko has a longer blade than the traditional puukko used by the people of Finland. The longer blade puukkos were mostly made for export to USA.
kj

[tongueriver]

I don't understand anything about these knives. This one sells for about $ 150. What do you think guys?
https://www.olx.bg/d/ad/avtentichen-sta ... bserved_ad

$150 is about double what that knife would likely sell for at auction on ebay.com
There are many old puukkos 'out there' in very good condition. The linked to puukko has a longer blade than the traditional puukko used by the people of Finland. The longer blade puukkos were mostly made for export to USA.
kj

Prices have risen.

[lentuk]

lentuk, WOW !

Who made the knife second from the top on right side ? has a long brown handle and a shorter blade.
Perhaps you can post a picture showing just this Puukko ?
thank you, kj

Kauhavan Puukkopaja Askartelupuukko 80mm

https://www.kauhavanpuukkopaja.fi/en/ka ... era-80-mm/

[kootenay joe]

Thank you lentuk. I see this as The Perfect puukko.
kj

[kootenay joe]

I don't understand anything about these knives. This one sells for about $ 150. What do you think guys?
https://www.olx.bg/d/ad/avtentichen-sta ... bserved_ad

$150 is about double what that knife would likely sell for at auction on ebay.com
There are many old puukkos 'out there' in very good condition. The linked to puukko has a longer blade than the traditional puukko used by the people of Finland. The longer blade puukkos were mostly made for export to USA.
kj

Prices have risen.

Oh. Too bad i sold most of my old puukkos about 1-2 years ago. Most people were not willing to pay more than ~ $50 for some very fine old puukkos in never used condition.
kj

[tongueriver]

https://www.kauhavanpuukkopaja.fi/en/ka ... era-80-mm/

Thanks for the hot link! Looks like some fine pickings there!

[Thomasg]

I only have one puuko and, oddly enough, it was made in Boulder, Colorado by Western States. It only appears in the 1941 catalog and I think they are pretty rare. I have seen 3 go up for sale in the last several years. This one is available.

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I also only have only one Puuko It looks like to me that in T.K.M.W.W. 1941 catalog page the colors offered print is wrong .My knife covers are most definitely black .Your knife appears to be black also.

[tongueriver]

Seven years later, now; I think they imported them from Finland. Mine had that casein type handle I think; it had a crack in it.

[Thomasg]

Seven years later, now; I think they imported them from Finland. Mine had that casein type handle I think; it had a crack in it.

Thank you for your response .The tang stamp on my knife is West-Cut /Boulder Co./ PAT 1967479 . It could be that they imported the horse head pommels and covers and assembled them in Boulder ? I will post the knife over on the western forum and see if zzyz can solve the mystery ….

[Thomasg]

Seven years later, now; I think they imported them from Finland. Mine had that casein type handle I think; it had a crack in it.

After visiting the western forum I found two pictures of puuko knifes that had colored tentie covers .both had tang stamps western /boulder co/ PAT .1967496 .When I first got my knife I thought it may have been re covered until I found the picture of your knife posted .I now think both the black handled knifes were original factory , but not with tentie covers .With the West-cut tang stamping I think the knifes came with a more economical black plastic covers to be sold at lest cost to the working class crowd .

[JamieinWV]

When KJ started this post in 2016 he was very interested in the history of all his knives.. and in the summer of 22 when he was battling with the awful disease, he was selling off his collection, I was messaging him about items he had for sale, we agreed on some items, I told him I’ll PayPal you xxx money and send me what he wanted to sell at the time. To my surprise he sent me the very knife that he started this post with, and 8 other Pukkos and some others old cutlery. I ended up with 60 or so from him. Sadly I have not as much desire to search out the history of the knives that he did. But most every knife he sent me had in his hand written research of that particular knife, he truly loved the history of the knife, he never stopped learning or researching them. Roland was a wealth of info that is missed on the site.

[knife7knut]

Found this one today at an antique shop. No maker's name cut into the fuller. For eighteen bux, I ain't complaining.

[doglegg]

For 18 bux you stole it
Beautiful knife.

[tongueriver]

Very nice indeed! Probably the biggest maker of that distinct type was Iisakki Jarvenpaa of Kauhava, Finland.

[Rockingkj]

A bit of a relic but interesting