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Le site du puukko, couteau scandinave par excellence.
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Who really collects knives.
→ Cultelluphilists
Six quizzes, five to 50 questions.
→ Les quiz du puukko
Five questions to ask the basics.
→ Express Quiz
Diagrams: seams, bristles, sheaths.
→ Visual quiz
Ten questions to test your basics.
→ Quiz Puukko
History, manufacturers and blade secrets.
→ Expert Quiz
Twenty questions, four themes.
→ Grand Quiz
Fifty questions, up to the Sami and the sisu.
→ Super Grand Quiz
A question, a play, a craftsman.
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& Technical Guides

Choisir, utiliser et entretenir son premier puukko.
→ Guide débutant
All the guides in the same place.
→ Le puukko de A à Z
Lame, manche, esthétique — et l’impossible choix parfait.
→ What is a good puukko ?
Utility, leuku, art piece, child model.
→ Types of puukkos
Tutoriel complet d’affûtage.
→ Aiguiser son puukko
Granulométrie, préparation, geste scandi.
→ Beguising on stone
Stropping for a razor wire.
→ Affûtage sur cuir
Carbone, bois, cuir : les gestes utiles.
→ Entretenir lame, manche et étui
Leather care to last.
→ Entretenir le fourreau
Take, security, wooden spoon.
→ Manipulate and sculpt
Good gestures, filmed.
→ Videos Jögge Sundqvist
The words of the Scandinavian knife.
→ Glossary
What regulation really says.
→ Law France and Europe
The puukko Over the seasons
→ Complete guide + seasonal checklist + PDF to download
Apprends à sécuriser ton puukko en présence d’enfants
→ How to secure your puukko
Comment choisir un puukko à ton image
→ Choisir un puukko à ton image
How to avoid errors of beginner with a puukko
→ Erreurs de débutant avec un puukko
How to recognize different steels
→ Reconnaître les différents aciers des lames de puukko
Watch models and northern cousins.
→ New 2026 in Europe

History & Culture

From wood to the Finnish symbol.
→ Histoire du puukko
Three million years sharp.
→ Du silex au puukko
Northern indigenous people (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Kola peninsula).
→ Sami, Puukkos & Large Spaces
The Sami craft and its rules.
→ Duodji
Rainures, bois de renne et os sur manches et étuis.
→ Sámi engraving
Anatomy, history and technique of the great Sami knife.
→ Leuku
A knife game.
→ Norway, Sweden or Finland?
L’ouvrage de référence sur le puukko.
→ Book of Anssi Ruusuvuori
Awards Suomen Puukkoseura since 2011.
→ Graders of the year
Visual travel in the North of the past.
→ 20th Century Scandinavia

Gallery & portfolios

Collection pieces classified by material and craftsman.
→ Portfolios
A series of puukkos photographed.
→ Photo gallery

Models & artisans

All brands and their northern cousins.
→ Manufacturers' Directory
Workshops, factories and shops still active.
→ Map of workshops
Le « vrai » puukko de Kauhava.
→ Puukko Aito — Iisakki Järvenpää
The Kauhava factory since 1879.
→ Iisakki Järvenpää
Family utilities, still in Kauhava.
→ Puukko Ahti
Kamppila in Kauhava.
→ Ahti Puukkos
The Koski workshop in Kauhava since 1995.
→ Kauhavan Puukkopaja
The story of a Lapland icon.
→ Marttiini 245
Le puukko de Rovaniemi depuis 1928.
→ Marttiini
Full tang carbone, rusticité finlandaise.
→ Nikkarinpuuko Roselli
Puukkos Finnish since 1976.
→ Roselli
Master blacksmith in Inari.
→ Pasi Jaakonaho
Kolari Puukkos in Lapland.
→ Wood Jewel
Trapper and kits from Jakobstad.
→ Brisa / Enzo
The Sissipuukko M95 since 1995.
→ Peltonen
Finnish military surplus.
→ Terävä / Varusteleka
Samis knives from Arctic Sweden.
→ Karesuando Kniven
No. 10 and bushcraft from Lycksele.
→ Casström
The knife from Östnor since 1891.
→ Morakniv
Le F1 de Boden n’est pas un puukko.
→ Fällkniven
Norwegian knives from Holmedal since 1932.
→ Hell
Geilo knives since 1896.
→ Brusletto
The art of the knife in northern Sweden.
→ André Andersson
French forge of Nordic inspiration.
→ Ernest Delannoy
Original engraving and reindeer wood.
→ Sami artisan knife
Raven head and symbols.
→ Viking knife & amulets
Le cousin sibérien du puukko.
→ Yakut

Travel & outdoor

Vikings, slow pace, and puukkos.
→ Traditions and culture
Prepare a stay north of the circle.
→ Trip to Lapland
When the sky dances over the tundra.
→ Northern lights
Bring back a knife rather than a magnet.
→ Travel memories
Swedish auctions and useful addresses.
→ Where to find rooms
Fire open, knife, fall.
→ Grilled chestnuts

Resources & mentions

Who am I?
→ Philippe Sainte-Laudy cultelluphiliste dans le Jura
Exhibitions of knives and puukkos
→ Calendar 2027
Forums, auctions, brands, reviews.
→ Useful links
Editor and credits.
→ Legal information
Personal data.
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