Thread 64156763

Hey, Finnfag here.
I'd like to point out a very minor detail about certain Finnish puukkos that is not widely known. This is something I learned from my father.

Pic related shows Eastern Finland -style Ilves (bobcat) puukko. Notice how the tip of the blade curves strongly upwards before coming to the point, creating almost a "notch" in the blade. That's not an accident. That "notch" is there by design. Although that notch is not present in all puukkos, it is relatively prominent in the older style Eastern Finland Puukkos.

It's there to catch the handle of the coffee pot, as you pick it up from a fireplace. (I'll post a pic of what I mean) Those coffee pots get hot, you know? Sure, you might use a pot-mitten or just gloves or something to pick it up, but that's what the notch in the knife is there for. If you have a knife that does not have that notch, you can still pick the coffee pot from the fire, but there is always a risk that it slips and ...well, you might spill your coffee. Which is a terrible shame upon you and your house. With that notch, the coffee pot will stay securely on it as you lift it up and set it aside to cool.

Finns take their coffee very seriously, so people in Eastern Finland in particular (different regions of finland have different traditions for Puukko making, a lot of it is task-oriented so geography affects the design) have valued the ability to safely take a coffee pot from the campfire without spilling it to such a degree that they have implemented this into the design of their knives.

I haven't seen such design in more modern knives, which is a shame. And maybe because of this, not many people know that THAT was the purpose why some of the older blades had a strongly upwards-curving blade-tips. It was to hold the coffee pot.
I hope that this minor piece of woodscraft history will not be lost, as the modern world changes the shape and function of the blades.

Here's the intended use.
You can see that the knife in picture is poorly suited (though adequate) for the job, as the handle will easily slip down the curved blade profile.

A notch in the blade would hold it much more securely.

How do you pour the coffee if it's dangling from a knife point? Do you use a second knife?

>>64156763 (OP)
>That "notch" is there by design
Yes, it's called a "clip point", a very common knife shape.

>It's there to catch the handle of the coffee pot
That's not its intended purpose you dolt, though you can use it for that if you like. If it was intended to carry a coffee pot the notch would be much more pronounced so it is less likely to slip.

You gullible fuck.

>>64156786
I'd imagine you'd let it cool a bit first, if it's too hot for your bare hands then it's too hot for your mouth

>>64156825
Bingo.

>>64156763 (OP)
Cool man, thanks for sharing

>>64156763 (OP)
I mean the natives figured out how to use a stick, not sure why you'd need a special coffee knife

>>64156938
Man, it's a Finnish Coffee thing. You... you wouldn't understand.

They even make knives with a notch in the top of the blade for grabbing pots off the fire.

Perkele

>>64156763 (OP)
>Clip point puukkos are for coffee
One more for the list, right up there with kukri notches being for blood.

>>64156763 (OP)
that's bullshit, but i believe it

Here's a comprehensive look at regional puukko variants in Binland desu
https://puukkoseura.fi/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/suomalainen_ja_puukko.pdf
Yes, yes, it's in finnish, you'll have to deal with that. But there's a lot of regional stuff which is neat.

>>64156763 (OP)
I knew that it can be used to lift the kettle or pot off the fire. Never drew the connection with Finnish coffeemania
>>64156813
It's not exactly a clip point. Clip points are made to make the tip of the blade smaller and make the blade penetrate things more easily.

I recommend the movie once upon a time in the north, aka härmä. mostly because it has pretty puukkos.

>>64157600
The puukkos in the movie are wonderful, but the movie itself is kinda crap.

>>64157048
>"the caffeine is yours"
>(gets shot in the back by a filthy decaf lover)

>>64156786
Yeah, see this is why I just stick my hand in the fire and pick the pot up.

>>64156763 (OP)
That's cool but why not a bigger notch if it's such a big deal, like a mini gut hook

>>64156825
Plus that thin wire is gonna cool a lot more quickly than the relatively large quantity of water.

>>64156786
Yes.

>>64156763 (OP)
id just use a stick, but they dont call it finntism for nothing

>>64158339
That's something my deployed-in-the-middle-east friend said. "we went on a hilltop to make a barbeque/grill evening. We had everything: Beer, booze, steakes, sausages, everything for a bbq trip. Until we got to that hilltop, and realized... There were no bushes. no trees. no vegetation, nothing to make those sausage sticks from. I mean, these were just guys from Finland, they thought along the lines of "there is ALWAYS some wod available." But this was the exception. That was the moment they realized that there IS no "sticks" to use. All they had was what they brought with them.

Sometimes, you don't even have sticks.

>>64157761
Clip point, my beloved. Can do basically any job the other points can do. MMMMPH.

>>64156763 (OP)
neat

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