Making a stick tang, puukko knife

[davetogo123]

Nice vid thanks .....great looking pukko too

[deesterdee123]

good job !!!

[TheMiksu1998]

I live in Finland and I got lot of those

[38MarcW]

Nice piece of wood on the finished one Mook

[panicatthediscosuck]

My puukko has a small brass hilt making it useful for stabbing, too! I do love a Finnish knife. The Finnish love their knives, so you don't usually get a half-assed job when you buy one. Interesting video. It's nice to see how they are made.

[BackWoodsPuppy]

Generally it's not a good idea to file the shoulder of the blade and tang 90 degrees, as it weakens the knife. Looks great though, and nice knife!

[cekinxxx]

wouldn't it be easier to make the handle part steel round so you just then drill holes in the disks?

[mauserman67]

you should never use the back and forth motion to file metal, lift file after each foward cut stroke or you'll dull the teeth. the wood you use is paudauk pronounced (pow-dowk)

[mauserman67]

you should never use the back and forth motion to file metal, lift file after each foward cut stroke or you'll dull the teeth. the wood you use is padauk pronounced (pow-dowk)

[kingboru121]

amazing job. how did you heat treat the blade blank? heat then dip once?

[Makermook]

@kingboru121 Heat to just above non-magnetic, then quench in warm oil. After the quench, temper in a 350-400 degree oven for 1 hour.

[555Nato]

that peening over the tip of the tang,is that construction sturdy enough to hold it in place when doing light chopping ,stuff like that?I mean ,is it durable...

Nice video by the way :-).

[Makermook]

@555Nato Oh yeah, even that little bit of peening at the end is enough to keep the handle and blade assembled very securely. You would destroy the handle entirely before you could get it off the blade and tang.

[555Nato]

@Makermook ,I bought today three Leuku's and two Puukko's i just love the feeling of the ergonomical handle,the beautiful birch woodand reindeer antler on one of them.About the handle,given the fact the peening is giving strength enough .Is the birch wood strong?I mean,i had one time a cheap tanto knife with a wooden handle,i made a few chops on a piece of wood and the wooden handle split in two.Don't know what kind of woodit was ,not birch that i do know.How is birch doing under stress?

[Makermook]

@555Nato As long as you don't strike the actual wood of the handle and only hit the blade, the handle should hold up just fine. Birch is some fairly tough stuff.

[555Nato]

@Makermook ,good to hear.I'm not a person who is going to baton on his knives very hard like you see do some people.I think that it is totally unnecessary,well,for me anyway.Some light chopping of branches.But not using the knife as if it is an axe.Thank you for the info.I appreciate it very much :-)

[transdetendal]

@Makermook your doing nice work however dont harden the entire knife,the way lapps are doing are to leave the pin or tangsoft at the end ,thatway u use it to glow up and fit wood and other to perfection to that exact knife and its no problem its not hardned at the end, easyer to flattn too

[555Nato]

@Makermook ,I'm really 'hooked'on these Puukko/Leuku kind of blades.Strange.It started actually not long ago with my Mora triflex and # 711.They were better( wood )cutters and slicers than any of my ESEE knives or other knives.Sometimes you discover something that was always there,but you just didn see its wonderful abilities and beauty...

[Frankallen12]

Great Job Mook!! Just wish you would have shown you finishing the handle. That is the part I would like to learn also...Thank you so much for the videos. Very nice of you!

[microdork80]

great video good. like bruce lee said "one good demonstration is better than a thousand words in a book"

[Makermook]

@microdork80 Thanks. I appreciate your comment. And Merry Christmas!

[sikke3]

how much to they cost ?

[ritter89]

Fantastic video! Much thanks for taking the time to make such a comprehensive video. Most poster only film a minute or two of their process, which isn't very informative. I've been making/forging knives for about 3 yrs but am only recently getting into the Finnish/Pukko style knives. This video was more helpful than just about all the online Puukko posts combined. Seeing the whole process of handling the tang is much clearer than simply reading about it. Thanks again.

[Makermook]

@ritter89 Thanks! Im glad it was helpful :)

[abcdefgmki0987]

you should of taped i wear you sand it so that we can see how it came out

[Makermook]

@abcdefgmki0987 Yeah, I wanted to, but I was running out of time on the 10 minute time limit for these videos.

[hadleyjack]

very nice

[Makermook]

@hadleyjack Thanks!

[captjeff78]

hey Mook, you inspired me to make my own stick tang puukko! i have never done a stick tang like the one in this video. can you use a regular claw hammer to peen over the tang? is there a special method of going about it? got any tips?

i bought a Mora blade from ebay and i am going to be using it.

thanks!

[Makermook]

@captjeff78 As long as that tip-end of the tang is still annealed (soft), any old hammer will peen it. Just make sure to take your time and tap gently.

[6pakki]

You can get the epoxy stains off your hands, blade and such with WD-40. Just my 2 cents.

[Makermook]

@6pakki Good tip. Thanks!

[RDPproject]

Really nice work mate.

[Makermook]

@RDPproject Thank you very much. I appreciate it :)

[MartyNoir]

Great Job, man--very easy to follow too! Thanks!

[soonerfan125]

do u no what steel u were using? and did u harden and temper the knife?

[Makermook]

@soonerfan125 I use O-1 tool steel. I did harden and temper the blade before putting the handle on, but I didn't have much time in this video to go over that process. I have made some other videos that show a more detailed account of how I harden and temper these blades.

[captjeff78]

i love watching your videos! very good stuff! simple, but very well done. thank you for sharing.

[maveraver]

Excellent stuff mate, added that to my favourites list for future reference

[bushcraftbartons]

Excellent work Mook...Enjoyed watching that!

From start to finnish Amazing!

[jtimmis]

so cool!