Sharper Image in the US is where I bought my first Tapio for about 60 bucks. My second is a Tapio Hackman which had no sheath for 175.00 on ebay. Ebay has them for 250 up to 475 US . The handle is like a squared off oval, rather comfortable to me, I have medium sized hands . If you look at the blade point on, you will see a diamond configuration with the bottom of the diamond making up most of the blade . The sides of the diamond make for a strong blade . This design is found in most older Finnish puukko's . A good example of this is the blade design for the 1969-72 Normark hunter by Fiskars . I have a number of these knives as well, which are and were overlooked by many . Most of my purchases were from Minnesota which has a high Finnish and Scandinavian population of hunters and fishermen ! Grizz 🐻
Another rhombic knife. I should have checked that before I made the video. The high grind should have given me a clue. Thanks for all of the Info. Hey Grizz, I remember seeing a comment where you were asking about airports. I must have missed it when I was answering comments (I often check them on my lunch break, but answer them at home when I have time. The nearest International airport is Tromso but the easiest way to get here is to fly to Helsinki and to get a Finnair flight to one of the smaller airports. Enontekio, Kittila or Rovaniemi. I actually prefer the Tromso option as Tromso is by far my favourite city to visit (purely due to its location and surroundings). Planning on coming to Lapland? Would be great to see you here if so.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft I have been looking at airfare, round trip . Finland is on my bucket list .My heart feels a connection with the puukko's, outdoors and a highly Independent people. If this is an invite, I'd wait until the plague bullshit was gone. Plus I need to save and get my passport renewed . There is a kindred spirit with you, only younger, I'll be 67 young March 1st. If I don't win the Leuku, let me know how I can purchase one from you. Thanks, keep on keeping on, your friend, Bob/Grizz 🐻
Mate if I am here you are invited. If the plage takes too long I might not be (expecially working in tourism). Finland is an awesome country you really should visit.
Thanks for watching Tony mate. It will get used but probably not so much. Places like the bushcraft show back in the UK and our Finland Survival Guild meetings. Going to have a gentler life than my Moras at least.
I just found this video and I like the presentation. I ordered one of these knives out of a catalog in 1975 or 1976. I was so impressed with it when I got it that I ordered a second one. Absolutely wonderful knives. Shortly after I got them, they ended up in a lock box that I had and in time I lost the key. Fast forward to 2012, I found the key and unlocked the box. I now have a pair of knives in perfect condition with the sheaths. I never even had the need to take them to a sharpening stone. They have the original edge to them.
Wow that's amazing, finding the key after all that time. Mine unfortunately is pretty well used. I was looking for one for a long time as they are a pice of real puukko history. Very common over here but too expensive, this one was a pretty good price. Glad you liked the presentation and thank you very much for watching and for taking the time to tell me about your Wirkkala puukos.
Thanks mate, certainly prettier than the average knife, also got a bit of history behind it so of course I was going to do a video. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for watching mate. They come up on Huuto.net sometimes. Usually go for quite a bit of money (over 100 depending on the condition). Keep looking and you eventually get lucky and a good price. Brisa really is a fantastic company, they have all sorts of stuff.
They are very nice puukkos, but if it is from your father that makes it even more special. Not everyone has a knife like that. Thanks for watching my friend.
Let's hope so. Maybe everyone will be cutting everything with mini lightsabers in 50 years. No need for a ferro rod either, feathersticks bursting into flames while you are making them😂. I am sure people will always appreciate quality tools mate. Thanks for watching.
I have the same knife, but in a little better condition. The sheath was beaten up pretty badly so I bought a replacement the same place you purchased yours. I have XL glove sized hands and find this knife extremely comfortable to use. Good video, thank you for featuring this very fine knife.
It is indeed a very fine knife. So good that Brisa are selling replacement sheaths for them too. Thank you very much for watching my friend and for taking the time to leave a comment.
Thanks for the tip about the sheath! I ordered and just received one from Brisa; it's a perfect fit. I'm a new subscriber and am enjoying your channel very much.
Glad to have helped and glad you are enjoying my videos. Thank you very much for subscribing. Getting very close to 2K subs now, I never expected that when I started out.
Beautiful mate! Simple design but functional and stylish! Looks like it’s been used and loved plenty! I would definitely have a place in my collection for it! It’s got character and soul! Nice find brother I hope it serves you well! Very best wishes mate 👍🏽👍🏽😎
Thanks Andy. Pretty chuffed with getting hold of this one (without paying an arm and a leg). Little bit of Finnish puukko history, pretty little thing too.
Nice video. Thankyou for the background information. Very interesting Learning the history to this knife. Thanks for posting. Nice knife with character. Its found the right home. It definitely looks like a keeper that will be loved and cherished. Thanks has frm New Zealand.🙂👍🌲🔪🔪🌲🌿🌳🌲
Thank you Arielle, a bit more stylish than the rest of my knives. Hey can you send me your address through Facebook. Going to send you something. Guess you didn't watch the GAW draw?
Wow that is a fantastic find. They are very sought after and also very nice looking knives. Thank you for watching the video and for telling me about your Wirkkalas.
My uncle in Norway has one of these, with the original sheath, that used to be his scouts knife. He was quite surprised when I told him how valuable it is.
There do seem to be quite a lot of them about. The thing is there are far more people who want to buy them than there are who want to part with them. Your Uncle is very lucky. Both to have a Wirkkala puukko but more so for living in Norway. Very beautiful country.
Looks like a Rhomboid (Rhombic) grind. I have a YP Taonta knife with this type of grind and it is an amazing slicer. I also have the cold steel version of this knife and I love it, however I did put a convex edge on it and its a much better slicer now.
Yes it is a rhombic blade, like so many Finnish knives from it's time. The cold steel version being the Sisu? The Sisu looks like a great knife, also like the Wirkkala, very hard to get hold of for a reasonable price nowadays as they have become real collectors items. Thank you very much for watching my friend.
Enjoyed it! There is something about older gear that attracts me and makes me want to try it. I don't know why maybe it's just to see what the generation before me had to work with. As a teenager I didn't have money to spend on outdoor gear, so getting to use gear from that time lets me know what it would have been like if I could have purchased those things.
Something special about old stuff, expecially tools. Just kind of a nice feeling that they have been used so much. Same with old buildings. I don't know maybe it's just me being weird. Don't like old buildings much when I have to do any building work on them though 😂can of worms. Thanks for watching Scott mate.
Handsome blade and sheath indeed my friend looking lovely over there were finally getting some good snow and I'm stuck in with the baby 👶 stay strong&healthy safe&happy!!😁✊🔥
Yes they are really great for all kinds of knife supplies. Expecially if you make your own. Fantastic company. Thank you very much for watching Patrick.
I wanted one for a very long time. Took a while to find one for a good price though. Thank you very much for watching my freind and for taking the time to leave a comment.
Nobody worries about that in Finland 😂. You are right of course it tapers towards the blade and the nylon might get slippery when wet. Just going to have to be a bit careful that's all. Thanks for watching Jay
Amazing the finn bear does look identical huh mate! I dig it, I reallllly like that sheath man its awesome looking!!! The only variant I knew about was the bear, I need to look at all the other variants of this it would be interesting to see each and every one of them! Its nice, I really like it and if its anything like my finn bear it will be fine in the hand even though it appears not to be. That finn bear is another beater, so cheap and has done some crazy work chores from Beasley being naughty in the yard lol. Great find mate, I really like it!
I saw the cold steel Sisu for sale for 550 US dollars this morning. I think the Finn Bear will actually be a little more grippy in the hand. Not that I think that I will have any problems with this knife. Thanks for watching mate.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft I think its going to be fine mate, wow 550!!! Eeeeks too steep for my shallow pockets haha. The finn bear benefits from all the grooves and how they made the handle. I wish they would redesign it with a better handle, steel and sheath!
You could buy the sheath from Brisa, would probably work. But would cost a lot more than the knife. Did you still not get that package that I sent you?
@@KuukkeliBushcraft I havent checked today but nothing yet mate :( . Very true too, I looked on Brisa's website, the sheath is more valuable than the knife though it was an awesome nice sheath. I will check the mail again in a bit and if anything came I will shoot ya a message on fb ok mate
It was a very popular knife here, and with good reason. Plenty of collectors looking for them so that keeps the price quite high. Thanks for watching mate. I hope you have a very happy Easter.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft I researched the prices a little after your video and yes I was surprised. Am I still selling mine, I don’t think so. Happy Easter to you too 👍
Tim, how much were these when they came out in '61? I thought they were kind of a artsy-fartsy coffee table knife---you know---"famous designer dabbles in traditional crafts"---so i just pictured them sitting around on those low 1960's coffee tables and being gorgeous but mostly unused. But this one has been USED. Hammered on. So i guess they got used and weren't just a collector's knife. And would you/did you put a secondary bevel on it? Saber grinds confuse me. But then so does my coffeemaker... Now on to "Typical Features of the Finnish Puukko" which i've seen prob 2 dozen times but still find it interesting.
I don't remember how much they were in 61 I am not that old 😂, They do however work great for stirring coffee although no better than a spoon. Maybe they were coffee table knives but in 60 years it's not suprising that they have been used at some point as they are also fully functional knives. I am pretty sure many of them have gone to knife heaven this way. As for the high scandi grinds, they generally come with a small micro bevel. I usually maintain them at a nearly 0 grind with just a few passes on the strop at a lower angle. Nowadays also we generally have better steels though. Many of these old puukkos are actually quite soft.
The cold steel Sissu is nearly identical but has been discontinued and second hand is well out of my price range. The Finn Bear on the other hand is similar and a lot cheaper. Maybe I will do something on the other channel as I have already covered both knives on this one. Moltes gracias per veure el video Joan. Una abraçada
@@getsmart3701 that's what happens when you comment while watching a video. The Sisu is very similar indeed, they are selling them for 550 US dollars at the moment (new, old stock). Really pretty knife though, both of them. Thank you very much for watching.
I have heard that there are a couple of different versions. The one I have seems to be the only version I can actually find anywhere though. Thank you for the information.
Sharper Image in the US is where I bought my first Tapio for about 60 bucks. My second is a Tapio Hackman which had no sheath for 175.00 on ebay. Ebay has them for 250 up to 475 US . The handle is like a squared off oval, rather comfortable to me, I have medium sized hands . If you look at the blade point on, you will see a diamond configuration with the bottom of the diamond making up most of the blade . The sides of the diamond make for a strong blade . This design is found in most older Finnish puukko's . A good example of this is the blade design for the 1969-72 Normark hunter by Fiskars . I have a number of these knives as well, which are and were overlooked by many . Most of my purchases were from Minnesota which has a high Finnish and Scandinavian population of hunters and fishermen ! Grizz 🐻
Another rhombic knife. I should have checked that before I made the video. The high grind should have given me a clue. Thanks for all of the Info. Hey Grizz, I remember seeing a comment where you were asking about airports. I must have missed it when I was answering comments (I often check them on my lunch break, but answer them at home when I have time. The nearest International airport is Tromso but the easiest way to get here is to fly to Helsinki and to get a Finnair flight to one of the smaller airports. Enontekio, Kittila or Rovaniemi.
I actually prefer the Tromso option as Tromso is by far my favourite city to visit (purely due to its location and surroundings).
Planning on coming to Lapland? Would be great to see you here if so.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft I have been looking at airfare, round trip . Finland is on my bucket list .My heart feels a connection with the puukko's, outdoors and a highly Independent people. If this is an invite, I'd wait until the plague bullshit was gone. Plus I need to save and get my passport renewed . There is a kindred spirit with you, only younger, I'll be 67 young March 1st. If I don't win the Leuku, let me know how I can purchase one from you. Thanks, keep on keeping on, your friend, Bob/Grizz 🐻
@@KuukkeliBushcraft I was thinking rhomboid myself.........
Tromso in Norway ?
Mate if I am here you are invited. If the plage takes too long I might not be (expecially working in tourism). Finland is an awesome country you really should visit.
Best of both worlds: a collectable but one you can use bc it’s not pristine. Thanks Tim!
Thanks for watching Tony mate. It will get used but probably not so much. Places like the bushcraft show back in the UK and our Finland Survival Guild meetings. Going to have a gentler life than my Moras at least.
I just found this video and I like the presentation. I ordered one of these knives out of a catalog in 1975 or 1976. I was so impressed with it when I got it that I ordered a second one. Absolutely wonderful knives. Shortly after I got them, they ended up in a lock box that I had and in time I lost the key. Fast forward to 2012, I found the key and unlocked the box. I now have a pair of knives in perfect condition with the sheaths. I never even had the need to take them to a sharpening stone. They have the original edge to them.
Wow that's amazing, finding the key after all that time. Mine unfortunately is pretty well used. I was looking for one for a long time as they are a pice of real puukko history. Very common over here but too expensive, this one was a pretty good price.
Glad you liked the presentation and thank you very much for watching and for taking the time to tell me about your Wirkkala puukos.
After seeing it on FB I was hoping you'd make a video. Very knice knife. That's a keeper and collector for sure. Kewl.
Thanks mate, certainly prettier than the average knife, also got a bit of history behind it so of course I was going to do a video.
Thanks for watching.
I am really a. Big fan of snow and cute puppies and of course, knives! I will be watching this wonderful channel for years to come. All the best. Rod
Thank you very much Rod. Glad you are enjoying the channel mate.
Gorgeous! Just want one of these. Simple as that😂. Good to know that Brisa is actually making these sheats! Thanx for the review!
Thank you for watching mate. They come up on Huuto.net sometimes. Usually go for quite a bit of money (over 100 depending on the condition). Keep looking and you eventually get lucky and a good price. Brisa really is a fantastic company, they have all sorts of stuff.
Got mine from my father. Love this puukko.
They are very nice puukkos, but if it is from your father that makes it even more special. Not everyone has a knife like that.
Thanks for watching my friend.
Hi again, Kuukkeli Bushcraft, excellent looking knife, hope you like it. Have a great day and stay safe. James 👍👍👍
Thank you very much James. Really attractive knife. Standard practical Finnish puukko with a touch of elegance.
Thanks for watching mate.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft Thanks for your reply.👍👍👍
Beautiful knife! Battle scars show it was loved and used!
I sometimes wonder if my favorite knives will still be appreciated in 50+ years.
Let's hope so. Maybe everyone will be cutting everything with mini lightsabers in 50 years. No need for a ferro rod either, feathersticks bursting into flames while you are making them😂.
I am sure people will always appreciate quality tools mate.
Thanks for watching.
I have My grandpas pukko and it still works like Wonders i Will Def be using this
I have the same knife, but in a little better condition. The sheath was beaten up pretty badly so I bought a replacement the same place you purchased yours. I have XL glove sized hands and find this knife extremely comfortable to use. Good video, thank you for featuring this very fine knife.
It is indeed a very fine knife. So good that Brisa are selling replacement sheaths for them too.
Thank you very much for watching my friend and for taking the time to leave a comment.
Thanks for the tip about the sheath! I ordered and just received one from Brisa; it's a perfect fit. I'm a new subscriber and am enjoying your channel very much.
Glad to have helped and glad you are enjoying my videos. Thank you very much for subscribing. Getting very close to 2K subs now, I never expected that when I started out.
Beautiful mate! Simple design but functional and stylish! Looks like it’s been used and loved plenty! I would definitely have a place in my collection for it! It’s got character and soul! Nice find brother I hope it serves you well! Very best wishes mate 👍🏽👍🏽😎
Thanks Andy. Pretty chuffed with getting hold of this one (without paying an arm and a leg). Little bit of Finnish puukko history, pretty little thing too.
We had one growing up that looked a lot like that. It was a really cool knife, but of course is now lost in the mists of time....
There was a lot of them about, worth a bit of money nowadays.
Great beauty ... :-) ATB, Dav.
Cheers Dav, very pretty knife. Glad I managed to get it for a decent price.
Thanks for watching mate.
Looks like a nice, solid knife.
Nice knife.
Thank you.
Nice video. Thankyou for the background information. Very interesting Learning the history to this knife. Thanks for posting. Nice knife with character. Its found the right home. It definitely looks like a keeper that will be loved and cherished. Thanks has frm New Zealand.🙂👍🌲🔪🔪🌲🌿🌳🌲
Thanks for watching mate. Glad you liked the video and congratulations again.
A really beautiful knife and sheath. An unusual shape adds interest, I love it. ❤👍
Thank you Arielle, a bit more stylish than the rest of my knives.
Hey can you send me your address through Facebook. Going to send you something. Guess you didn't watch the GAW draw?
I found two of them in my fathers basement both of them are made by Hackman Finland both of them have the original sheet with them
Wow that is a fantastic find. They are very sought after and also very nice looking knives.
Thank you for watching the video and for telling me about your Wirkkalas.
My uncle in Norway has one of these, with the original sheath, that used to be his scouts knife. He was quite surprised when I told him how valuable it is.
There do seem to be quite a lot of them about. The thing is there are far more people who want to buy them than there are who want to part with them. Your Uncle is very lucky. Both to have a Wirkkala puukko but more so for living in Norway. Very beautiful country.
Looks like a Rhomboid (Rhombic) grind. I have a YP Taonta knife with this type of grind and it is an amazing slicer. I also have the cold steel version of this knife and I love it, however I did put a convex edge on it and its a much better slicer now.
Yes it is a rhombic blade, like so many Finnish knives from it's time. The cold steel version being the Sisu? The Sisu looks like a great knife, also like the Wirkkala, very hard to get hold of for a reasonable price nowadays as they have become real collectors items.
Thank you very much for watching my friend.
Every mans favourite line....gone blade shopping 😁
Nice blade mate 👍
Thanks buddy.
Enjoyed it! There is something about older gear that attracts me and makes me want to try it. I don't know why maybe it's just to see what the generation before me had to work with. As a teenager I didn't have money to spend on outdoor gear, so getting to use gear from that time lets me know what it would have been like if I could have purchased those things.
Something special about old stuff, expecially tools. Just kind of a nice feeling that they have been used so much. Same with old buildings. I don't know maybe it's just me being weird. Don't like old buildings much when I have to do any building work on them though 😂can of worms.
Thanks for watching Scott mate.
Hi Tim, Cold Steel produce the Finn Bear, as similar like this Pukko. Thank's for share.
I have another video on the Finn Bear. The original is much nicer though.
Thanks for watching Joan.
Handsome blade and sheath indeed my friend looking lovely over there were finally getting some good snow and I'm stuck in with the baby 👶 stay strong&healthy safe&happy!!😁✊🔥
Thanks mate. Hopefully the snow will stay around for a bit.
Brisa is a great company!
Yes they are really great for all kinds of knife supplies. Expecially if you make your own. Fantastic company. Thank you very much for watching Patrick.
Amazing knife. Knife of my dreams.
I wanted one for a very long time. Took a while to find one for a good price though. Thank you very much for watching my freind and for taking the time to leave a comment.
Looking at it, the handle grip concerns me, how is it? With sweaty hands any risk of slipping onto the blade? Stylish for sure.
Nobody worries about that in Finland 😂. You are right of course it tapers towards the blade and the nylon might get slippery when wet.
Just going to have to be a bit careful that's all.
Thanks for watching Jay
I'm not much of a fan of plastic handles but it looks like a nice knife Tim. At least it should not wear on your hands.
I think the nylon on this kind of gives it a 1960s feel. Makes me think of The man from U. N. C. L. E. 😂.
Thanks for watching mate.
Amazing the finn bear does look identical huh mate! I dig it, I reallllly like that sheath man its awesome looking!!! The only variant I knew about was the bear, I need to look at all the other variants of this it would be interesting to see each and every one of them! Its nice, I really like it and if its anything like my finn bear it will be fine in the hand even though it appears not to be. That finn bear is another beater, so cheap and has done some crazy work chores from Beasley being naughty in the yard lol. Great find mate, I really like it!
I saw the cold steel Sisu for sale for 550 US dollars this morning. I think the Finn Bear will actually be a little more grippy in the hand. Not that I think that I will have any problems with this knife.
Thanks for watching mate.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft I think its going to be fine mate, wow 550!!! Eeeeks too steep for my shallow pockets haha. The finn bear benefits from all the grooves and how they made the handle. I wish they would redesign it with a better handle, steel and sheath!
You could buy the sheath from Brisa, would probably work. But would cost a lot more than the knife.
Did you still not get that package that I sent you?
@@KuukkeliBushcraft I havent checked today but nothing yet mate :( . Very true too, I looked on Brisa's website, the sheath is more valuable than the knife though it was an awesome nice sheath. I will check the mail again in a bit and if anything came I will shoot ya a message on fb ok mate
@@WaltRevenJr 👍. Taking a bloody long time 🤒
Great knife, I have the same but a little shorter blade. I am Finnish, but I did not know the current price of a knife, thanks man.
It was a very popular knife here, and with good reason. Plenty of collectors looking for them so that keeps the price quite high.
Thanks for watching mate. I hope you have a very happy Easter.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft I researched the prices a little after your video and yes I was surprised. Am I still selling mine, I don’t think so. Happy Easter to you too 👍
Tim, how much were these when they came out in '61? I thought they were kind of a artsy-fartsy coffee table knife---you know---"famous designer dabbles in traditional crafts"---so i just pictured them sitting around on those low 1960's coffee tables and being gorgeous but mostly unused. But this one has been USED. Hammered on. So i guess they got used and weren't just a collector's knife. And would you/did you put a secondary bevel on it? Saber grinds confuse me. But then so does my coffeemaker...
Now on to "Typical Features of the Finnish Puukko" which i've seen prob 2 dozen times but still find it interesting.
I don't remember how much they were in 61 I am not that old 😂, They do however work great for stirring coffee although no better than a spoon. Maybe they were coffee table knives but in 60 years it's not suprising that they have been used at some point as they are also fully functional knives. I am pretty sure many of them have gone to knife heaven this way.
As for the high scandi grinds, they generally come with a small micro bevel. I usually maintain them at a nearly 0 grind with just a few passes on the strop at a lower angle. Nowadays also we generally have better steels though. Many of these old puukkos are actually quite soft.
I have one just like that. I’d like to get a new ssheath for it but that link isn’t working. I wonder if they are still available somewhere.
Just google Brisa.fi and look for sheaths. Pretty sure they still have them. Sorry about the link not working. Thank you very much for watching.
Good knife, cold steel have some similar... Can you compare??? Good vidro as always!!!
The cold steel Sissu is nearly identical but has been discontinued and second hand is well out of my price range. The Finn Bear on the other hand is similar and a lot cheaper. Maybe I will do something on the other channel as I have already covered both knives on this one.
Moltes gracias per veure el video Joan.
Una abraçada
I have the Parker Cutlery Co. version.
Very nice knives aren't they? Thanks for watching mate.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft they are indeed. I tend to lean more towards a scandi grind for my woods knife but the high saber on these also work very well.
Doesn't Cold Steel make a very similar looking knife? Very pretty and looks quiet stout.
Ah, I jumped the gun there😂
@@getsmart3701 that's what happens when you comment while watching a video. The Sisu is very similar indeed, they are selling them for 550 US dollars at the moment (new, old stock). Really pretty knife though, both of them.
Thank you very much for watching.
That's the bigger one, the smaller one (18cm) is much rarer.
I have heard that there are a couple of different versions. The one I have seems to be the only version I can actually find anywhere though.
Thank you for the information.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft i was gonna buy the smaller one here in finland, but the tip was broken so i didn't take it.