Erapuu Knifes (finnish)
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The makers mark is really alike with some other famous finnish maker, but cant really remember which one.
I had a problem with "factory" sharpening. Thou they say it's a hand made, but for sure it's not a hand sharpened. There was a little (half mil) secondary bevel, i noticed it in a shop, but the geezer said thats normal, thou i didn't thought so as the bevel was wider close to the point and almost none close to handle. I found a stone at my fathers and fixed that. Should have taken some fotos before thou.... Another thing, now i need some polishing equipment, couse that stone was only maybe 200grid and blade now is far from "polished to mirror shine"...
Any suggestions, or notes would be welcome
I had a problem with "factory" sharpening. Thou they say it's a hand made, but for sure it's not a hand sharpened. There was a little (half mil) secondary bevel, i noticed it in a shop, but the geezer said thats normal, thou i didn't thought so as the bevel was wider close to the point and almost none close to handle. I found a stone at my fathers and fixed that. Should have taken some fotos before thou.... Another thing, now i need some polishing equipment, couse that stone was only maybe 200grid and blade now is far from "polished to mirror shine"...
Any suggestions, or notes would be welcome
That's a lovely knife. It looks very like a carbon steel Polar blade, which are superb, but which will rust if not looked after (although in my experience the inconvenience of carbon steel is greatly exaggerated). Finnish blades seem to be first class even on cheap knives, I don't think they know how to make a bad blade. "Hand made" doesn't necessarily mean made without belt sanders or grinders. I've read on British Blades that Scandies are often given a small secondary bevel and are not traditionally zeroed as a matter of course. You should ask some of the experts at BB maybe. Nice knife anyway, would you mind telling us how much it cost?
Not at all mate, it costs 48 Euro. Convert yourselves 
BB is british blades?
From what the guy told me about it I understood, that the factory sharpening is meant to last long. He said that "the blade is prepared for general purpose use but can be sharpened to shaving sharp". Maybe secondary bevel (lower angle) helps in this manner.
BB is british blades?
From what the guy told me about it I understood, that the factory sharpening is meant to last long. He said that "the blade is prepared for general purpose use but can be sharpened to shaving sharp". Maybe secondary bevel (lower angle) helps in this manner.
That's about forty quid. Bloody good value for a quality Scandi IMO. If I hadn't made up my own Scandis out of blades and bits and bobs, I'd go for one of these knives. Clippers must be superb knives, but they don't exactley have "charisma", and a custom bushie is out of my price range. Enjoy your new knife!
Very nice looking knife for the price I especially like the angles of the pieces of wood I may try that soon.
Very nice indeed.
Ive had a few expensive knives, Including some Alan Wood's, but the only one I use now is my faithful Puukko.
Can do every task my others could.
I prefer the 3mm spine, to the 4mm.
And if lost or damaged £30-£40 is not as bad as losing a £400 knife.
Ive had a few expensive knives, Including some Alan Wood's, but the only one I use now is my faithful Puukko.
Can do every task my others could.
I prefer the 3mm spine, to the 4mm.
And if lost or damaged £30-£40 is not as bad as losing a £400 knife.
That looks like a very nice Finnish puukko! A nice blend of materials in the handle and well put together for a reasonable price. A slight secondary bevel on a Finnish puukko is pretty typical.
Eräpuu are made in Tornio, a town in Finnish lapland bordering Sweden. I ve been dealing with them since 2006, still among the best selling knives in my collection.
This knife is no longer in production. Kehusmaa now use alttis hand forged blade for this knife.
It's a loss! I tried to get one of these for my friend. Mission impossible! No decent bushcraft knives left in that shop.
Anyways, if someone will read this thead, that has got a knive with antler+wood+leather combination, could please advise an caring solution for the handle and the blade....
Silly of me, I read enough about how to sharpen a knive, but then I never read a post about looking after one... For the winter i put the knive in sheating and in a draw...
(( Thw wood has shrinker a little leaving mirco spaces between wooden and anler parts... I didn't took photo, but i put my knives handle in water for a few hours and the wood went back to it's normal position. So any reliable, thou cheap advise would be great as how to treat your knive better.. thanks.
Anyways, if someone will read this thead, that has got a knive with antler+wood+leather combination, could please advise an caring solution for the handle and the blade....
Silly of me, I read enough about how to sharpen a knive, but then I never read a post about looking after one... For the winter i put the knive in sheating and in a draw...
(( Thw wood has shrinker a little leaving mirco spaces between wooden and anler parts... I didn't took photo, but i put my knives handle in water for a few hours and the wood went back to it's normal position. So any reliable, thou cheap advise would be great as how to treat your knive better.. thanks.
Spot on. There pretty too
I work mine hard every day and never broke one yet.Looks a lovely Puukko Milius, looks like a cheap but reliable blade in a very nice handle and sheath. There are some very nice scandinavian knives and sheaths out there for not a lot of money.
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