Puukko Aito de Iisakki Järvenpää

We can translate Puukko Aito by: real knife. We are here in the pure tradition of Scandinavian knives. The puukko Aito is a true masterpiece in the range of utility knives. Sound handle birch bark and coated with flax oil offers a firm grip with a very pleasant silky touch. The blade is a steel blade carbon black unpolished 8 cm.

Puukko Aito

Iisakki Järvenpää – Finland

With this puukko Aito from Iisakki Järvenpää, is approaching perfection for a utility knife. And, you know how hard it is to find her happiness when you talk puukko Hey! More details in the article: What is a good puukko ?

I must admit that with this puukko, as soon as we take control, we are conquered. The weight of the brass on the handle Feels immediately and we really have something nice in hand. One puukko which will easily accompany you to the forest, fishing or household chores. A good and beautiful mixed utility knife, made in Finland.

A little more about the company Iisakki Järvenpää Finland.

Mr Iisakki Järvenpää was born on 7 January 1859 and died on 6 March 1929. Several generations have ensured the continuity of know-how.

For 140 years, this company has been standing in the centre of Kauhava next to the town hall and is today the museum of the house of Iisakki Järvenpää. Originally, the building was much smaller and more modest, and simultaneously served as a factory and family residence from 1904 to 1921, then only as a residence. As a result, the factory and house were expanded several times until they reached a point with which they could no longer be expanded to meet the needs of the factory.

A little more on steel

The steel of the knife is refined precisely at the carbon and chrome desired. Until the 1980s, the blades were forged hot. However, the material was then e.g. old files and sometimes even in the past old horseshoes and sled legs. From 1922 onwards, Iisakki Järvenpää tried to increase the content of carbon striking them with a hammer-pilon. Today, the blades are already pressed from steel plate of a completely uniform quality and good alloy ratio. After that, the blade blanks are soaked and then faceted individually, each side of the blade separately with its own facet. Finally, the blades are still polished, most often a basic polishing. The final burst is obtained when the knife is assembled.

→ How to recognize different steels

Leather of the sheaths

Iisakki Järvenpää also takes care of the sheaths for his puukkos. Leather comes from Kokkola in central Ostrobotnia or Tärnsjö in Sweden. Tanned leather gives the possibility to design and decorate the sheath with traditional working methods, which cannot be done with chrome tanned leather. Modeling and chining the sheaths are also done individually by hand on damp leather, most with a warm tool, but some also with a cold tool. All castings are made with a press and welded with tin.

→ How maintain your leather sheaths

Conclusion:

The Puukko Aito de Iisakki Järvenpää is simple, robust and does the job! For less than 200 €, you have here a puukko very pleasant to handle and sharp like a razor. The very classic form of the handle with its silky touch provides good sensations. L sheath leather, also very classic, is a bit hard and will need two or three pieces of leather grease, preferably, based on coconut oil and bee wax. (See page: Maintain his puukkos). As I said in the beginning of this article, we are very close to perfection for a puukko utility.

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