New Mountain Knives - Reindeer Skinner #1

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.

This is a really nice knife. both knife and sheath are well crafted traditional Scandi heritage. The blade is very impressive - polished Damasteel and is quite sharp. the handle has beautiful wood grain and feels well in my hand, and the sheath is impressive wood and leather with carvings. A superbly crafted knife!

Beautiful knife. Comfortable to hold. Friends I showed it too seemed impressed by its "feel". The Sheath is well made too. This is just one of several Skala made knives I have, all are quality made.

I think I bought ten of these for gifting knives because 99% of those who use and carry a knife everyday know 99% of their cutting tasks require no more and no less. I’m partial to carbon but the hot, humid, wet, and saltwater marine environment where they are headed… recipients will be better served with SS. Furthermore it’s an EDC that’s destined for abuse without a lot of care. The length, profile, and thickness are nothing but perfect for a pocket, glovebox, desk drawer, shop table, or tackle box puukko that’s razor sharp. My former go to for this blade was the Mora 2/0 which is also a great utility blade but Lauri 60 has it beat hands down. The thinner blade makes for a superior carver for small projects