Custom Puronvarsi Knife by Matt Lahti
Custom Puronvarsi Knife by John Myshkoff
Custom Puronvarsi Knife by John Cox
Please note that blade lengths and widths may vary a few mm from the stated dimensions.
Custom Puronvarsi Knife by Matt Lahti |
Custom Puronvarsi Knife by John Myshkoff |
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5279 Puronvarsi YP Tommi 70 70 - 75 x 20 mm $62.00 5 mm Blade Thickness 1 in stock Bolster: 3570, 3577 |
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5280 Puronvarsi YP Tommi 85 80 - 85 x 19 $70.00 5 mm blade thickness 1 in stock Bolster: 3570, 3577 |
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5281 Puronvarsi YP Tommi 100 95 - 100+ x 20 mm $78.00 5 mm blade thickness 2 in stock Bolster: 3570, 3577 |
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5282 Puronvarsi YP Tommi 120 110 - 120 x 21 mm $83.00 6 mm blade thickness 1 in stock Bolster: 3570, 3577 |
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5283 Puronvarsi YP Tommi 60 62 x 18mm $67.00 3.8mm blade thickness Total length 205mm Steel C75 2 in stock Bolster 3579 |
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5284 Puronvarsi 60 60 x 15 mm $60.00 4 mm blade thickness 2 in stock Bolster: 3570, 3579 |
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5286 Puronvarsi 75 75 - 80 x 19 - 20 mm $68.00 5 mm blade thickness OUT OF STOCK Bolster: 3570, 3579 |
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5287 Puronvarsi 85 85 x 19 - 20 mm $70.00 5 mm blade thickness OUT OF STOCK Bolster: 3573, 3577 |
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5288 Puronvarsi 95 95 x 25 mm $71.00 5.6 mm blade thickness 2 in stock Bolster: 3577, 3578 |
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5289 Puronvarsi 100 100 - 110 x 21 mm $72.00 5 mm blade thickness 2 in stock Bolster: 3577 |
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5290 Puronvarsi Hunter 100 100 x 28 mm $80.00 5 mm blade thickness 1 in stock Bolster: 3577, 3578 |
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5291 Puronvarsi 125 125 x 21 mm $81.00 6 mm blade thickness 2 in stock Bolster: 3577, 3578 |
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5292 Puronvarsi Leuku 160 x 33 mm $93.50 5 mm blade thickness 2 in stock Bolster: 3581, 3506 |
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5293 Puronvarsi Leuku 230 230 x 38 mm $117.00 5 mm blade thickness 1 in stock Ferrule: 3605 |
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5294 Puronvarsi Hunter 85 85 x 26 mm $72.00 5 mm blade thickness OUT OF STOCK Bolster: 3577 |
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5295 Puronvarsi YP Bullnose 120 120 - 125 x 26 mm $96.00 6 mm blade thickness 1 in stock Bolster: 3573, 3577 |
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5296 Puronvarsi YP Bullnose 90 85-90x21 mm $77.00 6.5 mm blade thickness 1 in stock Bolster: 3570, 3579 |
By Federico Buldrini
What I’m about to tell you is the story of a Finnish family who has devoted many of its members to the art of forging.
In 1809 tsar Alexander I conquest took Finland from Sweden, in the hope of expanding the southern borders of Russia unto the Danube, and for the next fifty years the authorities of the Grand Duchy of Finland will work tirelessly to convince the Russian court of the loyalty of Finland.
Our story takes place in Härmä, a small town 24 km south of Kauhava, the historic “puukko capital” in western Finland.
We are in 1850 and it’s in this year that a man from the Puronvarsi family starts his own business as a blacksmith. The son, Matti, following in the footsteps of the parent, learns and passes the craft on to one of his descendants, Esa Puronvarsi.
In 1927, in an independent Finland, Yrjö Puronvarsi is born, who in his youth, along with his eight brothers, learns the art of forging from his father and uncle. He will be the only one to carry on the job, although there will be a period in which twenty family members will work as smiths at the same time.
Yrjö has three children, two boys and a girl. Neither of the sons was ever interested in the family job, while the daughter, Ulla, in the early ’80s, became the mother of Antti Mäkinen. Antti begins his smithing career in 2006.
We’re almost to the present day. Yrjö, the blacksmith who worked longer in the family, passed down to his nephew his knowledge to create his heir. Today, being 85 years old, he doesn’t forge anymore full-time, but still works six days a week, for the love of it and for exercise.
