Acquired this nice Fiskars pukko yesterday. Pretty piece with nice nickel-silver fittings.
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I was impressed that another fellow saw it and asked if it was a piece by a "famous" Finnish designer that had designed a puukko for Hakman years ago.
Question??
I've always wondered if the 'fishtail' of exposed leather on the end of the Pukko or Rapalla fillet knife sheath is decorative, traditional, or functional??
Interweb experts say it is for grasping the sheath with one hand, while drawing the knife with the other.
I call BS on that!
There is never a need to hold the sheath to get the knife out as long as your thumb works to push the sheath off of the handle.
My pet theory is it's a cleverly designed drain tab to suck water out of the sheath and let it evaporate faster in open air.
What do you real experts say it's for??
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Thus, a drain tab to evaporate moisture out of the sheath before it freezes to the knife??
Ole hyvaThat reminds me of my first hunting puukko back in the 70's. Oh the memories...
Ole hyva
A matter of taste, I suppose, though the Finn Bear does not impress me as being as robust a tool as the Tapio.
I also have one of the Wirkkala folders.
This?