medieval finnish swords / saami weapons

Rich · 8th July 2008, 08:07 PM

Jim -

The basic puukko and leuku designs have been around for several
hundred, maybe a thousand years dating back to Viking times. Of
course you never see anything that old outside of a museum. My
earliest puukko that I can date with accuracy is the late 1800's.
Although I really doubt that the Sami peoples ever used the
Marttiini machete. They certainly did use long (10-12 inch) leuku.

Here's some pics of some of my collection of Scandinavian knives.

http://home.earthlink.net/~rsblade/nordic.htm

Rich S

8th July 2008, 08:07 PM	#8
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	Jim - The basic puukko and leuku designs have been around for several hundred, maybe a thousand years dating back to Viking times. Of course you never see anything that old outside of a museum. My earliest puukko that I can date with accuracy is the late 1800's. Although I really doubt that the Sami peoples ever used the Marttiini machete. They certainly did use long (10-12 inch) leuku. Here's some pics of some of my collection of Scandinavian knives. http://home.earthlink.net/~rsblade/nordic.htm Rich S