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I recently found my future wife and lover, best friend, partner of a lifetime and piece of ultimate awsomeness!
http://www.progear.net/kauppa/images/lm/kullervo.jpg
What can you say on that. It is perfect. All hand made using finest materials. This was chocen the best puukko of Finland in 1995!!! In the good 'ol days!!!
The thing is that it costs 189.00 euros and that is a little bit over my budget:hang:. Should I get it, or not?
I will not presume to tell you what you should or should not get the love of your life. If it's something that you think she will like, and you can afford it, then the opinion of others really doesn't make that much difference. 189 Euros, or 250 Dollars is quite a bit of money - but how do you put a price on love?
Uhhh, Crash? I know that it's kinda' early in the morning and all, but I believe that NCO means that the puukko is the love of his life. Maybe I'm wrong here, but I don't believe there's an actual woman involved in this dilemma.......:innocent:
I sort of read it that way, too.
We make investments in tools all the time. I'm not one to spend a lot of money on knives. I look for a well made knife that is cheap. If I break it, then I buy another well made, cheap knife. If you invest that kind of money in a knife and break it how will you feel? Would you be willing to take it into the field and test it or just sit it at home and look at it?
Go with your gut. You apparently have some misgivings or you wouldn't have asked us. I think, in your gut, you know it's too much but your eyes are in love. In the end, it's your money.
Oh yeah - now that I've had a pot of coffee.........Heck NO! I wouldn't spend that kind of money on a knife!!!! unless I really, really wanted it
If you're asking..........it's too much.
If I am going to purchase a high dollar item (to me this is a high lollar item) and I have to ask.........then it's too much and chances are it will be a regretted decision.
Instant gratification is not always a good thing.
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Originally Posted by FVR
:innocent::innocent:Thats what you think:innocent::innocent:
i think that 189 euros is a fair price for a historical piece of hardware... now if he were talking about a woamn, I would have to say way tooo much money!
Just a question about that brand of knife. Do the soldiers in Finland get issued this brand? You have told us over and over again how perfect this brand/style of knife is. Do all Finnish military receive one after basic training?
uhhhhhh either that or something, errrrrrr, inflatable...Quote:
Originally Posted by NCO
mountain mama .:scared:. That is sick... just sick ...aaa..:blushing:. Where do you live in Idaho.....:flowers:
Now that's funny, I don't care who you are.
Sarky - Just hope some gal doesn't buy that Puukko and come lookin' for you.
No, Finnish Defence Forces (we naughbour Russia, thus we can not have name for our military that would somehow signal agression... Remains of the Cold War...) didn't issue us knives at all. We were expected to have our own. After all, it is your own puukko you are most familiar with. We are mostly conscripts though...Quote:
Just a question about that brand of knife. Do the soldiers in Finland get issued this brand? You have told us over and over again how perfect this brand/style of knife is. Do all Finnish military receive one after basic training?
What is so special about that knife is, that it is complately hand made. The blade with hammer and anvil, the grip is made of birch tree bark (the white stuff that covers the wood, "tuohi" in finnish) which is the traditional way of making it, instead of using piece of wood. The hilts ("hela", little brass pieces) are also forged by hand. I suppose it would last from father to son for many generations.
And for the guestion of taking it out and actually using it, YEAH! If I'm about to pay my self sick for a knife I will darn well use it. It is supposed to be a good puukko, so why not use it? If I somehow would lose it I can always hang my self...:tongue_smilie: Or have a big pint of Guinnes!
NCO i am with you . I have some very pricey knifes and use them , what fun would they be if I did not use them . But hang your self no no just a good reason to go looking for a new knife ..lol .... Like I would need a reason ....lol
So I suppose it'd be a large pint of Guinnes then. Maybe I should just buy the Sissipuukko that IS ISSUED for some elite Sissi(=guerrilla) units and Special Forces units.
This is M/95
http://www.maanpuolustusyhtio.fi/pic...ukko_muovi.jpg
And this M/07
http://www.maanpuolustusyhtio.fi/pic...ipuukkoM07.jpg
The m/07 is 25mm shorter and 2mm wider than the m/95, making it better for carving and doing other accuracy work.
Hay ..hay..... I did not say that !!! :chair:.....What I meant was ..Get the bast you can .......and enjoy it ..:phone:... for as long as you can...... For your life and my life are fare to Short .....:cowboy:...... SO grab life by the short hairs.. and hang on .. For the ride may or may not be that long . . But for you and I ....It will be.....Longer......IF...[we just do not call her by the wrong name]... No No ....:smash:...I did not say that ..:blushing:..did I ???
You could always buy one and send it to knifetest.com and have the destruction test it. Just a thought... ;)
Sounds like complate wast of a good knife...
@Smok: I really couldn't make out anything you said.
NCO, that bottom knife you posted a pic of looks like a fine design. I like it. As far as the fancy one at the start of the thread.... I'd want more for my money. You asked us what we thought but it'll be your decision. I hope you enjoy it for many years of service.