April 30, 2003
The Tornedals Knife From Northerner.com
At last night's dojo training, I showed this knife to Russell Whitaker. If you visit the Northerner.com site, you can see they have a few others as well.
The Suomi people would call this knife a puukko. The people themselves live in Finland and the northern parts of Sweden, Norway, and a bit of Russia. (BTW, there is a Tornedalen dialect of Finnish or Suomi spoken by about 30,000 people in Sweden.)
For comparison, here's a pic of another traditional Suomi-style knife with the sheath made from reindeer antler and leather, and yet another using both curly birch and reindeer horn for the sheath. These sheaths, by the way (mine included) are made with a small drain hole on the back side at the bottom, in case water should get into the sheath. Deep pouch-type sheaths are the norm throughout Scandinavia (not just in the Suomi country), to avoid loss of the knife.
Being made without finger guards, the overall design of Suomi knives favors "pulling" or draw cuts (important if you're out in the cold with numb fingers or wearing mittens, etc.), but the size and shape of the Tornedals knife handle also makes it easy to brace into the palm of your hand if you need to use a pushing motion.
I don't know whether the blade of my Tornedals knife is carbon or some sort of stainless steel, but either way it takes an incredible edge. I tried to test the edge last night by shaving a little hair off my arm, but it was hard to measure my success because the hair appeared to be leaping off in terror before the blade could quite reach it.
I'd also recommend checking out the Scandinavian & Lapp knives from various makers here (scroll down the main page).
Y'know, with just a knife like this and a good tomahawk, such as the Rogers' Rangers Field Grade Spike Tomahawk from American Tomahawk Co., I'd feel very well equipped for any situation I might run into in the boonies.
Damn, just wish I had that 'hawk... :-)
The maker is also good about responding to questions:
>--- Original Message ---
>From: "Frank Svandal"
>To: "Dale Seago"
>Date: 4/30/03 2:56:51 AM
>
>Hello Dale,
>
>Thank you very much for sending your feedback to us.
>I will try to pass your feedback on to the craftsman
>who made the knife.
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Frank Svandal
>____________________________________________________
>
>http://www.northerner.com - The World's Largest Scandinavian Shop
>
>My Name: Frank Svandal
>Phone: +46 31 68 1991
>Fax: +46 31 68 1993
>
>Northerner Scandinavia AB
>Hantverksvägen 15
>436 33 Askim
>SWEDEN
>Company Registered in Sweden with Registration Number: 556559-1699
>VAT Number: SE556559-169901
> _________________________________________________________
>
>-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
>Från: Dale Seago [mailto:dale @ bujinkansf.org]
>Skickat: den 29 april 2003 22:12
>Till: mailbox @ northerner.com
>Ämne: Order Received :-)
>
>
>I just wanted to let you know that the Tornedals knife I ordered
>arrived yesterday, and that I am VERY pleased with it. It is
>beautiful, feels wonderful in my hand, and I know that it will
>be a fine working tool as well.
>
>Thank you!
>
>Sincerely,
>Dale Seago
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