A little more on the birchbark sheaths, shoes, packs, purses, etc....
https://nordiskaknivar.wordpress.com/201...y-eero-kovanen/

https://nordiskaknivar.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/tuohi-birch-bark-in-finnish-culture-by-eero-kovanen/

But as for blade quality, still would put a $9 Lauri puukko blade against 90% of domestic USA knives (or more likely, imports marked US), and the Lauri would win....cleaner steel, better heat treat, better blade geometry. It is the blade used on vast majority of import puukko in the US, near every mass produced shop in Finland uses them. Ditto a Mora, just try any US blade against what a Mora can take and still cut. And all are very plain steel simple knives.