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Tim-As I said before, many companies made almost identical knives to yours, but if I had to guess, I'd say it was made by Iisakki Jarvenpaa, which is I believe the oldest knife company in Finland. I have 2 reasons. First the faint "Made In Finland" in English on the throat of the sheath.Many known Iisakki Jarvenpaa sheaths have this in the same place and the same font. I have one myself. Secondly, Iisakki Jarvenpaa only marked their knives with their name in a very light script etch on the blade. It doesn't take much for the name to disappear entirely.Here is the close up pic of your sheath and yes, that last word is Finland.(had to do a little playing around with my phoo-editing software).
Tim- a very nice traditional puuko utility knife with stacked birch bark handles and birch pommel.Unfortunately, as it is such a traditional style, many companies made almost identical knives.However, this style was most popular around 1930 and beyond. Actually, most average working class Finns would carry a knife similar to this for every day use in many a profession. .If you can provide a good close pics of any remnants of a makers mark either on the tang area or the blade (many Finnish knives have a blade etch) or even possibly a good close up of the sheath decorations I might be able to ascertain the maker.
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