Another Puukko (I think ?)

Lew · 23rd April 2008, 04:48 AM

It's a big knife and it's mainly used for butchering reindeer so getting into what each lapp group calls it can get quite confusing so unless there are specific styles made by these groups that can be recognized easily I do not see the point in calling it anything different. Bowie knives is a generic term for a large American fighting /butcher knives with different blade styles that changed in style and length between 1830-1900 but we still call them Bowie knives because that is the accepted name that the majority of collectors recognize. Btw Rob Bowie knives are not really cowboy knives they were originally very finely made knives more often carried by Southern gentlemen as a backup weapon due to the poor reliablity of firearms at that time.

Lew

23rd April 2008, 04:48 AM	#14
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	It's a big knife and it's mainly used for butchering reindeer so getting into what each lapp group calls it can get quite confusing so unless there are specific styles made by these groups that can be recognized easily I do not see the point in calling it anything different. Bowie knives is a generic term for a large American fighting /butcher knives with different blade styles that changed in style and length between 1830-1900 but we still call them Bowie knives because that is the accepted name that the majority of collectors recognize. Btw Rob Bowie knives are not really cowboy knives they were originally very finely made knives more often carried by Southern gentlemen as a backup weapon due to the poor reliablity of firearms at that time. Lew