Spyderco Puukko

[Silverback 1]

Something new,shiny(and expensive)at Heinnies.
I know it's their trademark,but not sure about the hole with this one

http://www.heinnie.com/Puukko-Ironwood/p--8128/

 

[Mesquite]

:yikes: £216???

 

[Silverback 1]

:yikes: £216???

I know,just think of the custom build you could get for that money.

 

[heath]

It's nice, but i think either a curly birch or a stacked leather/bark handle would be much more in keeping.

 

[Silverback 1]

Knife is actually manufactured in Taiwan

End user obviously not getting benefits of cheap labour costs.

 

[British Red]

Nice knife - silly hole, silly price

 

[Frederick89]

You can get a birch bark, handforged puukko for 120£ from blacksmiths around Finland.

 

[marcelxl]

It will be a good knife, looks good, good steel & you can be pretty sure of the quality.

Not for me though & I like Puukos these days & Spydies but i would not like to pay 200sheets for a Taiwanese Scandi.

 

[Silverback 1]

i would not like to pay 200sheets for a Taiwanese Scandi.

Tend to agree,i have a couple of Spydie folders that i wouldn't part with,great build quality,ergos and fit and finish and USA made.
They seem to get a lot more of there gear made in Taiwan these days and the quality is supposed to be well up there,but unfortunately so are the prices,can't get my head round that one.

 

[marcelxl]

Indeed, love the BcUK but mine was a second the original price for that (and now this) does them no favours. Not overly bothered really where they are made but for that kind of money I probably would!

I love my Kellam Wolverine, its my go to knife now and will this be £120 better or over twice as good?

It not outrageous money for what will be a quality knife but these is hard times we is livin' in!

 

[Robbi]

shocking price !!

Redbeards are better, tear drop section as well, hand made to order and less than 50 quid !

 

[Silverback 1]

shocking price !!

Redbeards are better, tear drop section as well, hand made to order and less than 50 quid !

They are indeed superb knives

 

[HillBill]

I'm quite shocked.

Spyderco have actually built a knife i like the look of. Barring the spydie hole of course which weakens any blade it is put on and looks awful imo. Why do they have to vandalise a good blade? The price is stupid, given its mass produced in taiwan like their equally ridiculously priced and vandalised bushy. I'd make one of them minus the silly hole for just over half that price.

Just noticed the blade is only 2mm thick, and the grind is that high? You aint getting a zero grind on that one.

Also it says it has a blade length of 3" and an overall length of 8", yet the knife in the pic is clearly not of those dimensions.

 

[Muddypaws]

Just noticed the blade is only 2mm thick, and the grind is that high? You aint getting a zero grind on that one.

Just looked on the Spyderco website and it says the blade is 5mm thick, which looks and sounds nearer the mark.

 

[HillBill]

Yeah I'd noticed that from a post on british blades. Forgot to edit my post. that's a bit thick for my tastes though, though they have reduced the weight by bevelling upper part of the blade. It's a nice knife still

 

[John Fenna]

Nice knife - silly hole, silly price

Now that says it all!

 

[Frederick89]

Yeah I'd noticed that from a post on british blades. Forgot to edit my post. that's a bit thick for my tastes though, though they have reduced the weight by bevelling upper part of the blade. It's a nice knife still

The knife has a factory version of the rhombic section that many finnish handforged blades have.


So the very spine will be 2 mm thick while the side of the blade will be 5 mm in the thickest point, just where the bevels start.
This geometry is widely used in Finland and dates back few hundred of years. First puukko blades were forged out of squared section files, exploiting the already present geometry and basically "just" hammering the bevels out and flattening the spine a bit.
I'm speaking of finnish knives only as rhombic section is essencially finnish.

 

[wizard]

Spydeco makes some good knives and they have some prices that defy logic. The Puukko looks nice but the price is way out of line. I have a custom made, hand forged knife made for me by Jukka Hankala of Finland, very lovely knife. It cost me less than the price you are showing for the Spyderco! Get a grip Spyderco, halve your price and you'll be closer to reality!

I wonder if the handle will crack after a bit and the next generation will have a carbon fibre one? I am in shock, really!

 

[Everything Mac]

£216?? - Naff orrff!

 

[TAHAWK]

For those who might be planning on actually using this knife, be aware that I bought one, used it, and found the bottom edge of the handle painfully thin when used in a hammer grip to cut wood -- as did four others.

Spyderco informs me, in the course of telling me they "can not" do anything, that this was not a mistake but is the result of the design of the knife.

Looking at the sheath, it is formed to take a handle with an edge half again as broad.

I plan on sanding the edge down so it is, like my two Hackman puukkos, useful as a tool. Not sure I can get it to look pretty again.

Nice blade.