Rosewood puuko

[mikew]

Here are some images of a knife I finished today....














The blade is ground from 3mm O1 heat treated to 56 HRC. It is 85mm long and 25mm wide and has a single bevel ground at 24 degrees.


The handle is Indian rosewood and the bolster is moose antler.


Please feel free to comment.


Michael

[The Big Lebowski]

That's a stunner... Everything about it looks 'right'

Very nice

[delbach]

Very nice indeed
Andrew

[Robbi]

beautiful, simple, classic lines, a real stunner mate.

[Soundmixer]

The finish on the front of the Moose antler is flawless. How did you do that?
The whole thing is just beautiful, well done.

[Dreadhead]

beautiful knife, very elegant nice one

[Frederick89]

Very nice realization indeed!

Two personal observation:
I wouldn't call it a proper "puukko", but more a "brukskniv/tollekniv" due to low bevel and ricasso. Those two features are common on swedish and norvegian knives, not on finnish puukkos.
You will use it for carving and general use? 56 HRC sound a bit soft to me...

[Lifthasir]

I think HRC 56 would be just right for this knife. It would make it an EDC for me and would hold its edge for long enough given its (no doubt) everyday green/wood use and make it a doddle to maintain. Looks like it would be great for doing rough little spoons and other 'green' tasks.

I think too many modern knives are far too hard - but I guess that's marketing for you.

[Everything Mac]

Lovely. Very simple. I like it.

Andy

[Hugo]

I like that, very nice lines to it, fit and finish is perfect.

[dwardo]

Great lines.

[Dannytsg]

Looks like it would be very nice in hand when using it. Good work!

[Hoodoo]

Very elegant and wonderfully done. HRC 56 is fine. I have bunches of knives in that range and they all function quite well.

[HillBill]

Nice work Mike

[mikew]

Thanks for all the positive comments. They are very much appreciated

[addo]

That's a really nice knife and very well made.

[brancho]

A nice job on that one I like it.

[wolf_diver]

Love the Bolster, great idea using bone!! Beautiful knife...well done.

[zarkwon]

Gorgeous! How much you want for it?

[mikew]

Thanks all!