Thank you LasseH. I'm liked how blade made ( grind) on this Knife. Alex.
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Although Mahoney does make complete knives, I think many, if not most of these are handled by Paige May as well as the sheath.
That would be Otto Kemppainen and Alpo Kemppainen. Highly regarded puukkoseppa, especially Alpo. I'm not sure how, or if, Otto is related to Alpo.
The OK could also be Olavi Kemppainen, brother of Alpo Kemppainen as I'm not certain if Otto ever used "OK" as his stamp
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Edit: If you get tired of either of those, let me know. I think I could help out!
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Frederick89
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I confirm Olavi and Alpo Kemppainen.
Thank you.
I usually don't like days like this and I hope they never come. But never say never.
You will be second in line. Thank you.
That style matches NOT w Kemppainen bros.
I have both of them in my stamp collection and that does not match.
Besides, stamp is on left side.
That suggests the smith forged only the blade and sold it.
CORRECTION TO PREVIOUS: Found a pic from local auction page selling OLAVI Kemppainen puukko.
Stamp is OK on the left side.
So that is right answer.
LATER DATA: Master Smith Pasi Jaakonaho confirmed my doubts: it is OLAVI Kemppainen.
So for AK I found from italian forum a note... Tommi-puukkos have been made also by ANTTI Kemppainen.
Stamp on visible on right side.
But ask from Otto, he is in the Facenook.
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The italian puukko forum:
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I have both of them in my stamp collection and that does not match.
Besides, stamp is on left side.
That suggests the smith forged only the blade and sold it.
CORRECTION TO PREVIOUS: Found a pic from local auction page selling OLAVI Kemppainen puukko.
Stamp is OK on the left side.
So that is right answer.
LATER DATA: Master Smith Pasi Jaakonaho confirmed my doubts: it is OLAVI Kemppainen.
So for AK I found from italian forum a note... Tommi-puukkos have been made also by ANTTI Kemppainen.
Stamp on visible on right side.
But ask from Otto, he is in the Facenook.
Otto Kemppainen
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The italian puukko forum:
La storia del Tommi puukko
Contesto storico Nel 1155 il re Erik di Svezia e il vescovo Henrik di Uppsala mossero una crociata in Finlandia, con l’intento di cristianizzarne la popolazione pagana e dando inizio di fatto alla sua lenta conquista, che si sarebbe conclusa nel 1323. Alla fine del XVII secolo la popolazione...
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I have seen a handful of similar knives on fleabay in the past. All marked either AK or OK on the left side, same wood handles and forge finish blades. All sold for ~$200-`250. All were sold from eastern Europe / Russia. Hard to say if they were real, I had my doubts.That style matches NOT w Kemppainen bros.
I have both of them in my stamp collection and that does not match.
Besides, stamp is on left side.
That suggests the smith forged only the blade and sold it.
But ask from Otto, he is in the Facenook.
Otto Kemppainen
Otto Kemppainen on Facebookissa. Liity Facebookiin ja pidä yhteyttä käyttäjän Otto Kemppainen ja muiden tuttujesi kanssa. Facebook antaa ihmisille mahdollisuuden jakaa ja lisätä avoimuutta ja...
LasseH
OK - Olavi Kemppainen OK
According to Kainuun, this was original maker of Tommi puukot. Others do not agree.
AK - Altti Kankaanpää, father of Pauli. Altti (mark AK) continued forging puukot until he "retired" at age 85 in 2010. His puukot tend to be shorter in the blade.
According to Kainuun, this was original maker of Tommi puukot. Others do not agree.
AK - Altti Kankaanpää, father of Pauli. Altti (mark AK) continued forging puukot until he "retired" at age 85 in 2010. His puukot tend to be shorter in the blade.
AK= Altti Kankaanpää NOT
Here is Altti Kankaanpää-stamp.
Used to stamp also the blades for sale on the right side ( I have two AK-bladed puukkos in my collection; one made by Jukka Hankala, other by Aimo Määttänen.)
To get more info, I threw the ball to Otto Kemppainen.
Asked him about the stamps.
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Hi. Who is a maker?
That is correct. Laurent Juhel is a maker from France. A few others on here have a maasepän puukko from him. Very simple but functional. I ordered this from the maker and I wasn’t disappointed.
I’m not certain if it qualifies as a true maasepän puukko since it has a full length tang peened at the back. Most maasepän puukot I’ve seen are hidden tang. The puukko cognoscenti may need to opine on that.
Like this Knife. Looks simple but very beautiful. And also high scandi grind makes my heart beating faster.
And rhombic blade profile.
Honestly, of all the puukkos I've owned, this simple one may be my favorite to use.
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) has digitised their 1960 study of Finnish puukko called Puukkojen ryhmäkoetus ("Group testing of puukko"). The institute tested was done between 1957 and 1959. The test measured the hardness of the knife blades in two places on the spine and on the rear, middle and tip of the edge. In addition, the blades were tested for impact resistance and bending resistance, and the whittling properties of the blades, the design of the blades and handles, and the sheath were evaluated. The hardness of the blade is expressed in Rockwell HRC value, except for the three softer blades, where it is expressed in HRB numbers (see the table below). The hardness of the blade edge is expressed in Vickers value and usually in HV30, with one exception, where the hardness is expressed in HV10:
Valmistaja = Manufacturer ("ruotsalaista valmistetta" means "of Swedish manufacture", possibly Mora)
Puukon nimi tai malli = Name or model of puukko
Terän paksuus tyvestä mm = Blade thickness at the base in millimetres
Terän pituus mm = Blade length in millimetres
Pään pituus = Handle length in millimetres
Terän sivun kovuus HRC / HRB = Blade spine hardness in HRC / HRB
Terän suun kovuus HV30 = Blade edge hardness in HV30
1) "Equal to c. 15 HRC value"
2) "Equal to c. 7.5 HRC value"
3) "Equal to c. 10.5 HRC value"
4) "Manufacturer is unknown"
5) "Hardness expressed in HV10 value"
Recent additions to Finnish Siiri database:
- 9th to 11th century puukko drop point blade. The blade length with the missing tip is around 65 mm or about 2.5 inches. Overall length is around 125 mm or 5 inches.
- Replica of 12th century Perniö puukko and sheath made by Finnish Kalevala Koru company in the 1940s or 1950s. The puukko and sheath was dropped out of their catalogue recently and used to cost 1863 € or a bit less than $2200 with VAT.
Valmistaja = Manufacturer ("ruotsalaista valmistetta" means "of Swedish manufacture", possibly Mora)
Puukon nimi tai malli = Name or model of puukko
Terän paksuus tyvestä mm = Blade thickness at the base in millimetres
Terän pituus mm = Blade length in millimetres
Pään pituus = Handle length in millimetres
Terän sivun kovuus HRC / HRB = Blade spine hardness in HRC / HRB
Terän suun kovuus HV30 = Blade edge hardness in HV30
1) "Equal to c. 15 HRC value"
2) "Equal to c. 7.5 HRC value"
3) "Equal to c. 10.5 HRC value"
4) "Manufacturer is unknown"
5) "Hardness expressed in HV10 value"
Recent additions to Finnish Siiri database:
- 9th to 11th century puukko drop point blade. The blade length with the missing tip is around 65 mm or about 2.5 inches. Overall length is around 125 mm or 5 inches.
- Replica of 12th century Perniö puukko and sheath made by Finnish Kalevala Koru company in the 1940s or 1950s. The puukko and sheath was dropped out of their catalogue recently and used to cost 1863 € or a bit less than $2200 with VAT.
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omg dude these are beautiful ! anywhere i can check out your work?
I love this style. Nice work! What steel is this?
It is often said that puukkos are difficult to sharpen.
Somehow the Finns were able to do it freehand, with locally available sand stone. I found this well used sample at the local flea market and it is from pre-Carborundum era, maybe 1800s. There is a place some 30 kms away where flour mill grinding stones were made. It´s called Sieravuori, which would translate as "sharpening stone mountain". Most likely this from there.
My advice to any puukko owner is to learn the skill of freehand sharpening. And please do use some cheap puukko for training
Somehow the Finns were able to do it freehand, with locally available sand stone. I found this well used sample at the local flea market and it is from pre-Carborundum era, maybe 1800s. There is a place some 30 kms away where flour mill grinding stones were made. It´s called Sieravuori, which would translate as "sharpening stone mountain". Most likely this from there.
My advice to any puukko owner is to learn the skill of freehand sharpening. And please do use some cheap puukko for training
Another fine maker rom Finland, Pasi Jaakonaho.
Specialty: reeindeer horn grips and sheaths.
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Lamnia is not messing around with that camera quality jesus christ.Another fine maker rom Finland, Pasi Jaakonaho.
Specialty: reeindeer horn grips and sheaths.
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