JL Knives Custom Puukko #23

Let's be honest: Morakniven are excellent & affordable Swedish stainless steel cutters, but most come w/ chintzy molded-plastic, shocking-color sheaths--main reason I rarely carry them outside home. This sturdy, nicely-tanned medium-brown side-seam leather sheath by Ragweed Forge solves that issue for only $18.00. Subtract Redbeard's 20% promotional discount, add $6 shipping, & you have a $20.40 bargain I could not refuse. Fits my cork-handled Floater perfectly & needs no internal lasta because tightness at top keeps tip at bottom centered, posing little cut-thru threat. Hard leather strip inserted between seam sides prevents blade from slicing nylon stitching, too. Belt loop folded back & attached w/ rivet accomodates up to 2.5-in-width waist belt. This style rides too high for me, so clipped on Helle dangler that just barely fits. Just discovered same sheath fits my slightly longer-bladed Morakniv Spark, though not as tight yet seats deeper, as its guard is smaller. Wish RB would offer similar leather sheath fitting my 3rd Morakniv, the 6-in flexible-blade fish/filet knife that comes in a cheapo black plastic skeletonized sheath.

I ordered this thinking a tee shirt is a tee shirt. Got it for the logo. But I was pleasantly surprised at how soft and comfortable the shirt is.

Love the handle texture also came in sharp!

Fantastic blade for trimming mushrooms in the field. Ragweed Forge has done a great job at keeping prices fair while providing excellent service

Fantastic little blade, one of the best value blanks out there. Ragweed Forge has done a great job at keeping prices fair while providing excellent service

Nice, wel thought out streamlined blade

Arrived fast. I was surprised by how much it exceeded my expectations. Always great doing business with Ragweed Forge.

I'm in the process of putting a handle on to try to carve spoons. Seems to be well made and comes sharp. If it works then i might consider the short blade also for my kit.

That stands for Fully Functional Work Of Art. This my 2nd Pete's is even better due to several things:
Even its lanyard tube is nickel-silver lined for ease of threading a cord thru & features interesting intricate mosaic surrounds on both sides. This nearly hidden NiAg matches that in thick 3-mm guard & thin double spacers flanking trustone jasper near handle top. It's lava-look swirling yellow-orange contrasts dramatically w/ shiney black buffalo horn bolster above while echoing color in mosaic below & sheath stitching. Most of slightly curved 4 7/8-in ergonomic handle is beautiful black/brown cocobolo wood, best viewed in direct sunlight to appreciate its striated grain. Lauri high carbon blade is polished to a nice satin finish at 1st glance you'd guess was SS. At a near-perfect 105 mm length including 4.5-mm ricasso, it's 20 mm shorter than my bit-too-long #2, making a more versatile tool. 3 mm-thick of traditional Scandi grind forming rhomboid tip, the final bevel is super-sharp & easily slices thru meat, small bones, fruits, veges, rope, cardboard boxes, green branches, even hard rubber. 3-mm-thick side-seam Italian leather sheath is an improvement over #2, also, this 1 w/ loop stitched on back for those who like to carry high/stable on belt, to which is attached w/ readily removable carabiner-ring another leather loop for those like I who prefer a dangler. 2 smoked-metal Chicago screws reinforce it at stress points & quietly quash the quality-quirky who know they trump rivets. This fine puukko is as much at home in the field as it would be in a museum. Thank you, Pete, for listening to Redbeard & other puukko freaks & hand-crafting yet another superb tool.

Quality product.

Redbeard was super helpful as always. I wanted a sheath option for Roselli Hunter and Roselli Carpenter and the #2 works well.

Beautiful handle! A really cool Helle bowie blade on top. What is not to lovep

It is great to have a finishing stone on a cord around my neck. I maybe losing extra steel, but my knife is never found dull.