Terävä jääkäripuukko review

The Terava's spine is also sharpened for striking firesteels whereas the SRK's is not.Both knives have excellent sheaths for soldier duty or wilderness survival. The shape of the sheath along with the plastic liner and quality/thickness of the leather made it an excellent platform for stropping:

I was able to quickly bring the Terava back to hair shaving sharpness using this method -- pretty cool!

Varusteleka is a reputable and a growingly popular Finnish store that focuses on both military surplus and new production of clothing and items relating to outdoors life, hunting and military. The rest of the blade, however, is sharpened at 32°, which gives a less keen, but more durable edge, designed for heavy chopping.

Having tried this quite a bit I can comfortable say that it works surprisingly well, even if the sharpening is a bit trickier due to this.

The Terävä Skrama can quite comfortably chop pine branches about 5cm / 2in thick in a single cut, even at straight angle.

As such it doesn’t conform with the otherwise so common Scandi grinds with a single, large bevel. Its flexibility allows the knife to be worn in a vehicle without getting in the way of a seat-belt or jabbing you while you’re sitting in a chair.

Having a rubber handle over the tang has another set of benefits.

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And for those of you with a bit more time, here are more comprehensive reviews of the two knives, but first a brief presentation of the brand and the maker.

Terävä & Varusteleka

Terävä, alongside of Särmä & Jämä, is one of the sub-brands of Varusteleka and means “sharp” in Finnish.

The Terava performed excellent during this task. I think that the 140 is a good outdoorsman’s knife and would have no hesitation to carry it were I still in the military. Eventually, you start to learn that no two knives are created equal and begin to develop a taste for what features in a blade really matter at an individual level.

Such has not been the case with the Varusteleka Jääkäripuukko, and the blades wearability can be attributed to its hanging sheath. Let’s find out.

Jääkäripuukko – The Hunter’s Knife

The Jääkäripuukko shares many of the same basic features of the Skrama, but of course with some differences.

Either way, it is a strong, resilient knife that is excellent at carving and has really good edge retention, so field sharpening will be a rare occurrence anyways. Getting it out with one hand is a bit awkward, but as I keep it hanging from the chest it is not an issue for me personally.

While the grip is a bit similar to that of the Skrama knife, with it’s slight belly, it is naturally shorter and quite comfortable regardless of whether you are holding it in regular, inverted or reversed grips.

the Finn-Savotta factory in Estonia. MSRP is with a sheath runs in the $80.00 price range, without the sheath $47.99.

Terävä Jääkäripuukko 140, carbon features:

• Medium size general purpose utility knife, a solid choice for most situations.
• Traditional puukko-style blade profile with drop point.
• High scandi-style grind with secondary micro bevel.
• Spine ground and beveled to strike sparks from ferro rods.
• Full/stick hybrid tang with textured over molded rubber grip.
• Protruding bare tang head with lanyard hole.

Technical specs:

• Weight (w/o sheath):6.70 oz
• Total length: 10.6″
• Blade length: 5.5″
• Blade thickness: 0.17″
• Edge angle: 23°
• Steel: 59 HRC