Niko Hynninen Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 (edited) Hi Guys. I promiced to post forging order in puukko, in this http://www.bladesmithsforum.com/index.php?showtopic=12315 topic. Todays data that I have, this desing is so called Pesants puukko. Point of this puukko is this...It has no front or rear bolstery. It´s made by forging only, only file is used to reveal sides under oxide for quensing. Handle is made birch ( usually) hole for tag is burned of first drilled and then burned...but not all the way. Some hot sulfur is used as "glue" and handle is tapped in. So this puukko is straight line work horse...Nothing fancy. In now days many puukkos are bit diffrent...they are fancy...maby some times too fancy.The back ground of it has faid and it has become something different that just puukko...tool. Puukkos lines are usually straight. It´s spine is straight or bit downwards...agressive. Shape is diamont or one bevel, tag is dead center, but some curve may appear. I tried to take pic at same time....so forging color is Not Black I hope pic´s give info about forging puukko. BR Niko Edited March 18, 2011 by Niko Hynninen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFogg Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Nice job Niko, thanks for taking the time to photograph the process. Don Fogg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Thomas Obach Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 nice forging Niko looks very good and great explaination... very nice distal taper on tang and love the blade shape North Shore Forge & Ironworks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Joyce Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Wow, that helps! Great pictures of the process. Now I have to get to work on it. Niko, I owe you one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Hynninen Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Hi Guys. Don Thank you for making topic sticky, I realy appreciate this. All you guys have given me so much, so I think if I can give something back, and it helps all...Im happy BR Niko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Browne Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Thanks Niko for taking the time to show that. It answers alot of questions for me about the style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriaan Gerber Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Nice tutorial, Niko, thanks for taking the time to show us. Adriaan Gerber http://www.adriaangerberknives.com sharp@adriaangerberknives.com (207) 667-1307 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charred Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 That looks really cool I cant wait to try. thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Price Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Thank you. That's a very straightforward photo explanation, which I'm sure will help us all. I appreciate you spending the time to show us how the icon of Finnish culture is made. Could you add one element, though, and tell us a little more about the Pukko? How old is the form? Did it originate in Finland, or come from another culture? Were the originals made from steel, or case hardned? I'd love to hear your thoughts on these things, since we're talking about the basic knife, and not the fancy modern versions. The Tidewater Forge Christopher Price, Bladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroen Zuiderwijk Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 (edited) Thank you. That's a very straightforward photo explanation, which I'm sure will help us all. I appreciate you spending the time to show us how the icon of Finnish culture is made. Could you add one element, though, and tell us a little more about the Pukko? How old is the form? Did it originate in Finland, or come from another culture? Were the originals made from steel, or case hardned? I'd love to hear your thoughts on these things, since we're talking about the basic knife, and not the fancy modern versions. I've been wondering the same thing. I've been looking for images of antique puukkos, with little success. There's one though in a local museum (don't know the age or origin): Edited January 22, 2009 by Jeroen Zuiderwijk Jeroen Zuiderwijk Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/barbarianmetalworking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 very nice tutorial. thanks for taking the time to take great pics of your work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Hynninen Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 Hi Guys. Im happy to help all Chris...thats a good guestion? About puukkos. Well this is just my thoughts and im sure that some Finns think differently. Form, shape..I remember that some books mentioned 2700 years old find from Lapland and this "puukko" had form/shape like puukko "usually" has. I havent seen it so...this is only what i read. Even Finland is small country it has great variety different styles.These styles can sort out by provinces. For instance Laplands saami puukko so called Leuku has totally different shape than Southern Ostrobothnia puukko. It is all most impossible to say when actially shape like Peasant puukko was used. Every blacksmith over times have made puukko in they own kind...so i think this makes variety so big. Egdewapon in general come some way that folk come in finland, possibly through Norway/Sweden and south east Russian. So puukkos form and shape has devoloped douring time and provinces had made puukkos they own. Some puukko pictures, the shape and puukkos different appearance is seen. Instance puukko that is made about year 1700 has brass handle....and same time in other place in Fin puukko has just this wooden handle. Ok at that time peasant and rich had different needs....I think they know how be fancy at the time. Steel...This I think was time of ironage. Im not sure where this skill come, but at some point peasant and blacksmiths them self started to produse iron. They made it ore from lakes..( limonite) Fe content was low and i think they didint produce more than midsteel...mostly iron.If they had produced hi carbon steel I think they had disregard it becouse they didnt know how to forge it..it was too hard, and brittle. I have seen some realy old puukkos that are made from limonite and they are forge welded and fold few times...In some i think they have used higher carbon cont steel in edge..edge only. Puukko at time may have bean quite soft...but easyer to resharp. Iron/ steel making method was totally different than other culture...I think they smelt it in bit furnaces or timberbox furnaces. Furnace was low and I think its main reason why they didnt greate higher carbon cont steel...also ore was that good. Hardenability relates also low C cont. Jeroen post pic and I think its saami leuku. Leukus blade is longer and its shape is different. 1/3 of tip to handle of blade is bit wider and curve smooth and strong...I think its better for skining..Blade is long...you can cut bigger wood for fire or cut bones. Sheat is made from 2 pieces of reindeer horn. Opening is for getting blade to dry and it keeps blade it self closed ( horn is like spring) Upper part is leather. You can see some decorations in horn in pic too. I have heard that book about History of Finnish puukko is planed to publish...but I dont know when. All this what I wrote is just my thoughts and I sure know that lots of Finn puukko makers think totally different than me. But i have tryed to get some info about puukko..but is not that easy...lots of different styles,makers...so one. I hope this gives even some info about puukko. BR Niko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Price Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Thank you! That helps a lot. The Tidewater Forge Christopher Price, Bladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I really appreciate this. I want to learn to make pukkos. They seem like an almost perfect work knife. I also owned a pukko-type filet knife as a boy, and it was the best made knife I had for years. thanks for this info. kevin please visit my website http://www.professorsforge.com/ “Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” E. V. Debs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Hynninen Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Hi! Upon request I replace the pics of puukko forging. I hope this inspires and encourages all to forge a traditional Finnish Puukko. BR Niko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_Sorensen Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Thanks for taking the time to do this tutorial. I have been thinking about making a puukko for a while and now hopefully I can. BR Luke S http://luketheviking.mymiddleearth.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Ysselstein Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Niko, Thanks for the great tutorial. That style is very appealing and functional ...wow. Do one of your tongs have an eye at the hinge to hold the tang ?...or am i imagining it? Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Scott Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 It is really hard to get a sense of the size of the completed blade as there are no sizes/dimensions stated. Size and thickness of the bar stock used and the final dimensions would be nice. Great photos. Thanks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Hynninen Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 (edited) Randy and others. The reason why there are no sizes/dimensions is that this style can be used the size and lenght that everybody wants to forge..you dont have to do this size even this is common size of puukko. Well if it helps this sheet of steel was 4mm x 20mm x 1000mm point is that you can use long steel sheet to hold it and tongs are used after the blade is free from it...as cut off for tip. File finished dimensions in this puukko are; from upset part, part where tang stars max thinkes in this case its 4mm distal taperin in both dirrections, to the tip it goes all most to 2,5 mm at spine of puukko blade. tang too but all the way 2mm . Puukkos blade is 110mm long and bevel is 2:3 and blade is its max point 25mm wide. But as I said..lots of maesures to make puukko...this is just one. Lengts are variated stongly, it can be thicer,wider, bevel can be 1:2 -2:3 or its full like in knifes, but all ways there is distal tappering and its in both dirrections tang too. Importat point is 0 point ( at least I call it by this mane) this is the point just front of the upset for tang to start..why? It needs to be thickest sens other vise instal to wooden handle or whith the front bolstery just dont work the way it should. Main idea is that joint place is smooth and not even a small hole or gap is seen. BR Niko Edited March 19, 2011 by Niko Hynninen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Scott Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Thank you Niko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgreywolf Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 thanks niko i know we all appreciate this edward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Runyon Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Good pics Niko; I have been to Finland several times and really like the simplicty of the Puukko. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Canel Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 I've been wondering the same thing. I've been looking for images of antique puukkos, with little success. There's one though in a local museum (don't know the age or origin): I know this is an old post but if your still wondering, the knife in the picture is a sami knife. The sami are arctic indigenous people that inhabit northern norway, sweden, and finland. they do exquisite antler work, scrimshaw and make one of my favorite knife styles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokke Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 (edited) The book that Niko mentioned has been published in 2009 at APALI OY in Tampere, Finland. The author is Anssi Ruusuvuori ("Anssi Rosehill" ) and the book is called: Puukon Historia (The History of Puukkos) it offers over 700 pages of information on the Finish Puukko and gives a fantastic overview on all of the "local" styles up to modern times. Sure it is not cheap, but worth the Euros - when you are able to read Finish but besides all fun: pages 192 to 677 are double pages on different Puukkos with detailed pictures and information and History of the pieces ,no need for exotic language knowledge there... it is full of inspiration to me, besides the over 2000 pics to adore a fantastic piece of art and work ISBN: 978-952-5026-93-1 Edited May 30, 2011 by Jokke Jokke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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