Terävä jääkäripuukko review

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Finally, the Dutch duo hammered the knife sideways into a log and then the big guy, who is built like a viking, stood on the blade and BOUNCED on it to try and break it. The two basic knife designs they offer rival and sometimes even outcompete quite a few far more expensive knives and I gladly recommend both of them, although I have to confess the Skrama caught my heart a bit more.

Their expertise and experience made for a great collaboration, one of the best jobs for me so far! Scandinavia. The grip is unusally long and shaped in such a way that you basically get two grips in one; one grip near the blade, intended for fine carving, and one near the back end, intended for heavy chopping. Let’s find out.

Jääkäripuukko – The Hunter’s Knife

The Jääkäripuukko shares many of the same basic features of the Skrama, but of course with some differences.

Varusteleka is a reputable and a growingly popular Finnish store that focuses on both military surplus and new production of clothing and items relating to outdoors life, hunting and military. These two crazy Dutch knife reviewers pounded, with a hammer, the Terava Jaakaripuukko blade through a cinderblock, wetstones and mild steel tubing.

I also used it to baton pieces of wood into small pieces for use in my Solo Stove.

The 140 managed all tasks with ease and the edge did not require any touch up. And despite my fondness for the Carbon V SRK, I think Terava has actually improved upon it with its superior wood carving ability.

The Terava's 80CrV2 steel holds an edge as good if not even better than Carbon V, and it is just as easy to sharpen.

The tang is completely covered, which is good for cold winter use as subzero temperatures, cold steel and exposed skin is a bad combination. To honor this tradition and the heritage of past warriors, Varusteleka named their puukko as Jääkäri, because it is tradition, that every Finnish soldier carry a puukko, which can be used as a tool or weapon.

Really quick the prototypes turned into this, the final product, which is even better than I had dreamt!

But enough talk about the maker. Quite obviously they are very dedicated to what they do, which as a customer, is fantastic to see.

We already reviewed the brilliant Peltonen Sissipuukko which Varusteleka has offered in their shop, albeit somewhat irregularly due to high requests and small production from the maker.

Can’t wait to get out and use it again.

while surfing Youtube. Out of the box I liked the feel of the over molded rubber grip. It had a stout tip and blade, simple but effective sheath, comfortable rubberized handle, great all around blade shape, and best of all, steel that was tough yet very easy to sharpen and held a good edge.

One of my old Carbon V SRK's:

At this point you may be thinking "But Cold Steel still makes the SRK, including one made from High Carbon SK5 Steel.

Puukko’s are and have been a part of Finnish culture throughout much of history, and that historical context is the inspiration for the Varusteleka Jääkäripuukko’s creation. This works very well and is actually quite impressive. prying grubs from rotten logs, popping open a locked fuel door on a vehicle to get emergency gas during a disaster situation, etc).

The Terava's spine is also sharpened for striking firesteels whereas the SRK's is not.

Both knives have excellent sheaths for soldier duty or wilderness survival.

In his video, Cedric tested a Terava in 80CrV2 and found that it held its edge better than most 1095 steels and as good as a high quality O1 Steel. In the video, they tried to destroy a knife with a name that was most certainly NOT easy to remember - the "Terava Jaakaripuukko" (try pronouncing that with your friends at your next bushcraft gathering!).

One remarkable feature of the knife is the beveled spine, exposing an edge of the higher carbon steel in the core, allowing for striking ferro rods and building emergency fires in survival situations.