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Not all Saami practiced reindeer husbandry. Other Saami also used e.g. bronze, brass or wing feather from a swan.

Updated the link to a working one in case someone is still interested of reading the manual.

I found a few axe heads, Finnish and foreign, that I could part with after a spring cleaning. Please send me a private message if you are looking for something special. Do notice the shipping within Europe will be around 37 € per head.

I can't understand how you people manage in English without having six words for different type of mires, three different words for Scots pine etc. :confused: :p

For sale: Private island in the Finnish Lakeland. The size of the island is 7 hectares and its located near a large nature protection area.

The straps are equipped with circa 20 holes at the other end. They're are around in 60 cm long and made c. 2 mm thick leather. The buckles often have little pits, but nothing serious.

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Excellent pair of winter trousers, although there were not many sizes to choose from. These were developed and used by the Finnish Air Force from the 1970s onwards. The insulation is polyester wadding inside nylon-cotton blend covering. Field shirts by the dozens.

You can still get a lot of old school new-old stock items from the Finnish Defence Forces surplus, e.g.: Field shirts Leather boots Wool trousers

Although you can use the Billnäs as an "ordinary" axe, I would suggest that you would use its relatively small size in your advantage and use a 45 cm long handle.

I browsed through the instructions and rules of the largest national parks in Finland: Urho Kekkonen National Park Lemmenjoki National Park Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park

There are no law precedents that I can find, so the part on the publication is speculation from the Ministry of the Environment. However, one possible interpretation is that "twig" indeed means e.g. branches and boughs that have no monetary value for the landowner. You may often find dead...

According to the Criminal Code of Finland (39/1889), only "dry twigs from the ground" are free to be collected without a permission. You need permission from the land owner for everything else, including cutting parts of fallen or standing dead trees.

Bushcraftuk.com - Everyman's rights in Finland

Airliners such as Finnair have no problem with knives if they are transported in checked baggage in the cargo hold.

Where to? Something easy to transport that comes to my mind: - Kuksa made out of a birch burl. - Puukko either with curly birch or bark handle or perhaps an antique axe head, if you like tools. - Finnish Defence Forces' surplus clothing, if he is around larger cities.

US Marine Corps training in Finland in January 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbjmuENPpd4

The modified Saami reindeer antler sheath design became one of the most popular Finnish sheath designs during the 1920s and 1930s.

Leather and birch bark were both used and I also have both. I have to think about this a bit.

Yes, I will be using curly birch and moose antler for the handle. The design will be based on a military design from the 1940s. I bought a few blades more than I need, so please let me know if you're interested of obtaining a puukko.