: I alluded to this in a previos post, but every decent woodworker
: should have a shop knife. Nick has mentioned this in his books.
: I lost my favorite, rosewood handle rigging knife over the side
: of my last big boat chopping a jammed halyard in a storm, didn't
: get it all the way into the sheath apparently cause when I got
: back to the dock it was gone. Anyway I've been hunting for the
: perfect replacement since. I happened to mention this to a
: friend, who happens to be a retired Danish cabinet maker and me
: got me thinking of Puukko's. So I've been on the search, off and
: on, for the perfect Puukko that I can afford.

: You guys that are serious woodworkers and in love with tools have
: to do a web search for these, very interesting. The traditional
: ones are all high carbon blades with a black finish, you I'm
: sure understand why and are all full tang fixed blade knives.
: Traditionally they have a figured birch handle with a raindeer
: horn cap and a fur on raindeer leather sheath. Cool stuff :)

: Bill H.

http://finnish-puukko.blogspot.com/