Sauli Lakkapää Ky

What they make

According to their website, this small Finnish producer of traditional handcrafted "puukko" sheath knives has traded under two names: as Sauli Lakkapää, whose 2023 site stated the knives were made start to finish in Turtola, Lapland, by the Tornio river; and, in a later 2024 snapshot, as Rakka Design, which instead states the knives are handmade at the company's own workshop in Haukipudas, by the Kiiminki river in North Ostrobothnia. In both versions, blades are forged separately by hand by village blacksmith Toivo Jaaranen at his own smithy in Turtola, Lapland, using hand-forged carbon steel, stainless RWL-34 powder steel, silver steel, and Damascus steel, including patterned Damasteel powder-steel Damascus finished by acid etching. Handles are cut, milled and individually belt-sanded from woods such as birch, curly birch, birch burl, elm, ash, oak, padauk, wenge and walnut, plus stacked leather discs and reindeer or elk bone. Sheaths use cowhide over 2mm thick in black, dark brown or natural tones. The company also builds bespoke knives and jewelry to order, sells related craft supplies, and recruits retail resellers.

• Handcrafted traditional Finnish "puukko" sheath knives, currently marketed under the Rakka Design name (the same site traded as "Sauli Lakkapää" in an earlier version), each one individually made and unique
• Bespoke/custom knife and jewelry commissions made to the customer's own specifications
• Knife blades forged by hand by village blacksmith Toivo Jaaranen at his own smithy in Turtola, Lapland, in materials including hand-forged carbon steel, stainless RWL-34 powder steel, silver steel, and Damascus steel (including Damasteel powder-steel Damascus, acid-etched for pattern)
• Knife handles cut, milled and individually belt-sanded from woods such as birch, curly birch, birch burl, elm, ash, oak, padauk, wenge and walnut, plus stacked-leather discs and reindeer/elk-bone handles
• Leather knife sheaths made from cowhide over 2mm thick in black, dark brown or natural colour
• Sale of related craft supplies/accessories: blade blanks, handle materials, treatment/care agents, sheath leather and sheath fittings
• Knife maintenance and care guidance for owners
• Reseller/retailer partnerships for stocking the knives

Summary written by byeurope.eu based on the company’s own website; independently cross-checked against the same source. Not reviewed by the company.