For anyone interested in the Sami culture, the vast majority live in Finland, Norway, and Sweden, perhaps 10% in Russia.

They are THE northmost indigenous people and among the oldest in all of Europe, and protected under international law, including the only folk still allowed to herd reindeer in specified areas.

This link has a series of photographs going back as long as there have been cameras, and a good look at the people, families, and early outreach schools to teach the nomad children.

http://www.vintag.es/2016/02/40-rare-and-interesting-photos-of.html?m=1

Great pictures, I love those old historic pictures. Thanks for the link.

Pap

Pappy, many of them could be in our own western history museums and nobody would even blink.

Just throwing one more leuku shot out for scale, since more viewers here likely have a #14 than they have an 1-8.

Leuku blade, in comparison, slightly thinner in back, thicker at tip, 4oz lighter, but feels as heavy or heavier out front as very little weight in rear-hold handle, while much of the #14 weight in rear and acting as counterbalance, plus this particular leuku blade nearly an inch longer, even though it shows only in the previous 1-8 shot.

Edge geometry is a six-of-one, half-dozen-of-the-other, thing. The #14 edge is deeper thinner, and will slice and bite deeper until thick upper side flat area. The leuku side-flats not quite as thick except at tip, and although edging more reminding of an axe, is flat grind going to convex, and (more a tribute to Pasi than any knife feature), slices and bites nearly as well, which is suprising.

The #14 a more refined modern fighter, the leuku more a Dark Ages nordic seax as for construction details, if not design particulars and ethnicity.

All-up sheathed weights, leuku 16oz on nose, #14 is 22.8oz.

Heavy tropical rains blowing in under porch, for any wondering what is the crap all over the #14 blade. Be a lot more of that soon enough with trifling 10"-15" forecast for next three days, but that is below what we have had this month already, so yawwwnn.

Much is changing, but you have to look at the baby on the 9th minute



link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oawzU5l7qk

and form leuku 10 minute



link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLs_qaUyNKI

Linky no worky. Not on my device.