Puukkopaja Liukko Ky is a company operating in Savonlinna, eastern Finland, which manufactures knives based on the Finnish knife tradition. The product range also includes various hunting knives. The blade materials are carbon steels, various stainless steels and self-forged damascus blades.
Arto Liukko born in 1944
Knife making started as a hobby in 1988. Master knifesmith’s professional qualification from 2009.
Competition success:
– Victory in the first jewelry knife series of the Fiskars knife competition in 1994
– Victory in the jewelry knife series of the Fiskars knife competition in 1996
– Win in the knife series of the Great Knife Competition organized by Metsästys- ja Kalastus magazine 1997
– Victory in the knife series of the Great Knife Competition 2002 organized by Metsästys- ja Kalastus magazine and second prize in the hunting knife series of the same competition
– Wins in the jewelery knife series of the Kauhava Knife Festival in 2001 and 2002
Jari Liukko born in 1983
Metal craftsman’s degree 2004. Started making knives in 1998. Master knifesmith’s professional degree 2018.
Competition success:
- Victory in the Fiskars knife competition in the youth category in 1999
- Victory in Fiskars Finland Championship knife competition in jewelry knife series 2003
- Victory in Fiskars Finland Championship knife competition champions/jewelry knife series 2004
- Victory in Gysingen Öppen klass and Team Work together with Esko Mikkonen and Arto Liuko in 2004
- Victories in the Fiskars Championship knife competition in the champions/open series, champions/traditional knife series and in the international open series in 2006
- Victory in the hunting knife series of the Great Knife Competition of the Year organized by Metsästys- ja Kalastus magazine in 2011
- Victory in the traditional and provincial knife series of the Fiskars Finland Championship knife competition 2013
- Victory in the 2018 hunting knife competition organized by the Finnish Hunting Association, the Finnish Hunting Museum and the Finnish Puukko Club
- Victory in the Finnish Knife Making Championship, open series for winners 2020
