Puronvarsi puukko blades, any good?

[lonestar1979]

Love rhombic puukkos and was going to order a blade to make one ,Puronvarsi is the maker Im interested in.Any experience brand and Im ordering from Brisa Finland.

 

[rinos]

Really excellent blades,little tricky to fit bolster due rhombic shape and rough finish of tang,still well worth the trouble.

 

[Pipeman]

Wonderful blades with an interesting history. Here is one I made up. I'll PM you with a US supplier.

Best regards

Robin

 

[Pipeman]

Beautiful knives Rinos, love the skinner. Did you pin scales around the tang on the middle knife?

Best regards

Robin

 

[lonestar1979]

how is the edge holding and cutting ability of these blades?

 

[Pipeman]

how is the edge holding and cutting ability of these blades?

These are very different blades to handle. I have Great respect for these blades both in edge holding and cutting ability. I always wrap them in cardboard and lots of tape while I'm assembling the knife, these things BITE, HARD and Deep.

Best regards

Robin

 

[rinos]

Beautiful knives Rinos, love the skinner. Did you pin scales around the tang on the middle knife?

Best regards

Robin

glued with epoxy and pined with silver wire,(i had two small pieces of mammoth ivory so i have to squeeze them between two reindeer antler rings).

upper three are made by old bladesmith Yrjo Puronvarsi,and blue one by his grandson Antti.

 

[Phil in Alabama]

Love the blade's shapes. I'd love to build a smaller one shaped similarly to that blue one, with stacked birch bark and stainless or nickel silver caps.

 

[Frederick89]

Very good blades. I'd personally contact Antti directly instead of buying from a retailler, he hasn't the best english, but good enough.
Here is an arcticle I've written about his family history and his blade forging.
http://nordiskaknivar.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/yrjo-puronvarsi-blades-yp-taonta/

Puukko blades are in 1070 tempered to 60 HRC. I've found them to hold edge just a hair less O1 in same hardness and grind, due to the lower C content, but it's noticable only if you have two knives to test side by side.
They're slightly hollow grinded with a tiny convexed edge. Don't let the smoothness of the edge fool you, they really bite.

 

[lonestar1979]

thanx guys blades look excellent much better than 99.9 %knives on market so Ill give it a try!

 

[lonestar1979]

many pple hate hollow,and whatever, all depends on particular blade,geometry, thickness and steel!

 

[Jack Black]

Those are great-looking knives guys :thumbup:

 

[lonestar1979]

do these cut little better than Mora knives because of higher grind?

 

[Frederick89]

They're two different things both in section and in grind. You'll feel a new style of bite with the rhombic section and if you carve often you won't probably come back from it.