Making a simple Puukko with Saami style carvings

In this video you’ll see the process of making a Finnish style knife (puukko) with Saami style carvings. I am not an expert in puukko knife but I’m fascinated by how usefull and beautiful they are. Knife making is my hobby and I like to learn new stuff and sharing the process with others. So in every new video I try to experiment new things and implement them. This time I wanted to try : antler bolster, Saami style carvings, dying the sheath with two tones and making a Saami style leather loop to hang the knife. At first I wanted to make a simple puukko without anything fancy on it, no brass bolster or such things. But I ended up adding some Saami style carvings because I have never done it on a knife before. The only time I’ve done it was on a test piece you can see at some point in this video. I struggled to find an appropriate colouring product to fill up the carvings. Everytime I wanted to polish the knife after colouring the carvings, it was smearing all over the polishing wheel, staining the wood around. In the end I used a permanent marker. So if there’s some experts out there I would like to hear about what product you are using. The specs : Blade - Puronvarsi 90mm hunter carbon steel Bolster - Reindeer antler Spacers - Leather and fake ivory (Elforyn) Handle - Curly birch from finland Sheath - Maple wood insert and cow leather Loop - Goat leather Glue - Epoxy Finishing - Carnauba wax Thanks for watching and if you like this content and want to support the channel feel free to subscribe. 0:00 Introduction 0:18 Preparing the materials 1:10 Assembling 5:45 Shaping 8:28 Finishing 8:58 Saami style carvings 10:11 Sheath wooden insert 11:38 Leather working 15:01 Dying 15:30 Sheath finishing 16:15 Outro - Finished knife