Peltonen Ranger Knife M95 versus Terävä Jääkäripuukko 140?

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I live on a farm, camp, and overland a lot. I am looking for a mid-size knife that is versatile and flexible for this use that is in a steel that can be maintained with "normal" field sharpeners. It needs to stand up to batoning through heavy wood while still being able to do camp kitchen prep chores. I find a knife that is roughly 5" of cutting edge seems to fit me best as well.

I am thinking a Finnish/Swedish Pukko-themed knife is something I want to try so, this takes me to the Peltonen and Jaarkaripuuko. I like the looks of the Helle options but, I don't think they are "tough enough" for what I need to use them for.

I am leaning a little towards the Peltonen M95 Ranger based on YouTube reviews but, the competitor is a solid option as well. What distinguishes these two from each other to suggest one is better than the other?

TIA,
Sid
 
Personally not a fan of the rubber handles on the Terävä Jääkäripuukko 140. I've seen them begin to fail multiple times.
 
The price of the M95 is about one and a half to twice of the Jaakari. The M95 is military contract, which is the excuse to be more expensive in civilian hand.

Same steel, both blade and heath treat are done by the same factory. The handles are made of similar way and materials.

Helle's new 'Nord' model can beat both of them out of the water. It is essentially an oversized Mora Garberg with wooden handle with a 150cm (5.8 inches) blade. Thinner blade, but 14C28N is a stainless stronger than the already tough carbon 80CrV2 on the other two knives. Nevertheless, it strays away from the Scandinavian style, including that super low "scandi" grind, which is more in line with modern bushcraft mindset, though it means the blade is stronger as well. It is also very expensive.
 
Alberta Ed said:
Check out the Cold Steel SRK Compact.
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That’s an interesting suggestion. Are you sure you are not thinking of the SRK full size? I have the compact, it’s small and thin and would be great for food prep, not sure I would baton it through wood. Too short and thin.

How about a Joker Nomad? Tough as nails, beefy yet cuts incredibly well. It’s a convex grind and stainless. Great handle, great ergos. Not Scandi though but works great for wood and food prep.
 
rlewpolar said:
That’s an interesting suggestion. Are you sure you are not thinking of the SRK full size? I have the compact, it’s small and thin and would be great for food prep, not sure I would baton it through wood. Too short and thin.

How about a Joker Nomad? Tough as nails, beefy yet cuts incredibly well. It’s a convex grind and stainless. Great handle, great ergos. Not Scandi though but works great for wood and food prep.
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The SKR-C is 4mm thick, which is plenty strong for its size and already thicker than most knives which are also capable of batoning. You question it while suggesting the Joker Nomad, a 440C knife that needed that extra thickness to not break on some abuse.

Either way, I wouldn't suggest neither for puukko style.
 
Deino said:
The SKR-C is 4mm thick, which is plenty strong for its size and already thicker than most knives which are also capable of batoning. You question it while suggesting the Joker Nomad, a 440C knife that needed that extra thickness to not break on some abuse.

Either way, I wouldn't suggest neither for puukko style.
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Fair enough, the OP is probably not interested in either of our suggestions anyway 🙃 I have the the Tereva 140 as well as the 110. Great knives although I
haven’t beaten on them so don’t know about the rubber handle coming loose. That’s been a criticism of the SRK also but haven’t experienced that either. Maybe it’s a problem with all rubber handles eventually? 🤷‍♂️
 
If I could only take one I think I’d take the Jääkäripuukko. I have more experience with it, and thought it cut a lot better than the Kansbøl, which of course is not the same thing. The rubber handle does not concern me. I suspect it is about as common as the reported tip breakages on the Peltonens. For what it’s worth, I have the Peltonens in both sizes, but the Teräva in just the 110.
The Sissipuukko strikes me as a cooler looking knife, but I don’t know that coolness alone makes it the better knife. They both have great sheaths, in very different ways.
 
Deino said:
The price of the M95 is about one and a half to twice of the Jaakari. The M95 is military contract, which is the excuse to be more expensive in civilian hand.

Same steel, both blade and heath treat are done by the same factory. The handles are made of similar way and materials.

Helle's new 'Nord' model can beat both of them out of the water. It is essentially an oversized Mora Garberg with wooden handle with a 150cm (5.8 inches) blade. Thinner blade, but 14C28N is a stainless stronger than the already tough carbon 80CrV2 on the other two knives. Nevertheless, it strays away from the Scandinavian style, including that super low "scandi" grind, which is more in line with modern bushcraft mindset, though it means the blade is stronger as well. It is also very expensive.
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I'm not sure where you are getting your pricing from but, the blades in a similar length are not 1.5x or 2x.

The Helle may be an awesome knife but, at $250 is way more expensive so not really a contender for me and this application.
 
rlewpolar said:
That’s an interesting suggestion. Are you sure you are not thinking of the SRK full size? I have the compact, it’s small and thin and would be great for food prep, not sure I would baton it through wood. Too short and thin.

How about a Joker Nomad? Tough as nails, beefy yet cuts incredibly well. It’s a convex grind and stainless. Great handle, great ergos. Not Scandi though but works great for wood and food prep.
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The Joker Nomad is tempting! In fact, I just watched the Dutch Bushcraft Boys on YouTube review this knife!
 
Deino said:
The SKR-C is 4mm thick, which is plenty strong for its size and already thicker than most knives which are also capable of batoning. You question it while suggesting the Joker Nomad, a 440C knife that needed that extra thickness to not break on some abuse.

Either way, I wouldn't suggest neither for puukko style.
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The Joker Nomad is made from N695 these days. 😉
 
I am VERY impressed with the Joker Nomad. Really well built. Amazingly sharp. Beautifully finished. It’s worth at least double what they charge for it
 
Sid Post said:
The Joker Nomad is made from N695 these days. 😉
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N695 is 440C. It is factory name and standardized name. They just realized that using the N695 name makes thing sell easier. (N695 from Bohler own website: https://www.us.bohler.com/en/products/n695/ ;)). N690 is different though.

I have nothing anything against 440C. Heck, I have several knives in 440C, with one custom in 95x18, aka Russian 440C. My custom is hardened to 60HRC instead of 58HRC on Joker's, it will cut way more but trade off with less to no batoning. I get to handle some Joker before, when they still write 440 on the blade, and found them impressive, but just about 5 years ago, people were still avoid 440C like plague, and Joker reputation was less than stellar due to that.

440C is great, though I think there are better steel at better price for your application. Almost any steel can be tough if you make them thick and soft enough, but they wouldn't be the better options.
Sid Post said:
I'm not sure where you are getting your pricing from but, the blades in a similar length are not 1.5x or 2x.

The Helle may be an awesome knife but, at $250 is way more expensive so not really a contender for me and this application.
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I don't know where you live, it might affect the price. Otherwise, I have a JaakariPuukko 140, for 63 CAD. The M95 from reliable Scandinavian website ((Lamnia) asks for a little over 100 CAD, so more than x1.5.
KnifeCenter has them, retail for 140 USD, that's more than x2 the price. 💸

If you still want to look for Scandinavian knives of the same style, you might want to take a look at the 'Leuku' (big knife) style, basically bigger Puukko. Järvenpää and Roselli are well known brands.
 
Another one the OP might consider is the Joker Ember. Its Sandvik 14C28N steel and in comes in both a Scandi or Flat grind. Nice walnut, micarta or Curly Birch scales. About $90, a tremendous value
 
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