I don’t know if I will go back and try to recreate my “Know Your Knives” on the Yakut knife, but this example from Kizer makes me consider it. Not going to go out of my way to get one myself, but if one landed near me I would be happy to test it.
Wikipedia describes the Siberian Yakut thusly…
The Yakutian knife (Yakut: саха быһаҕа, romanized: saxa bıhağa), sometimes called the Yakut knife, is a traditional knife of the Yakuts (an ethnic group from the Sakha Republic (or Yakutia), region of Siberia), used for working with wood, hides, skins, fish and meat or for combat. The knife has been used in Yakutia for hundreds of years without significant changes in its design.[1]
Typical Yakutian knives have a blade length of 4–7 inches (10–18 cm), and 1–1+1⁄2 inches (2.5–3.8 cm) wide. An unusual feature of this knife is that the blade is asymmetrical; one side of the blade has a fuller, that is a groove in it and a chisel grind, while the other side has no groove and is basically a convex edge (meaning it rounds down to the edge, rather than having a straight bevel).[2] The blade is traditionally forged[3][4][5] from locally sourced iron ore smelted by Yakutian blacksmiths. The groove in the blade makes it lighter and allows the blacksmith to reduce the amount of metal needed to make larger knives. The knife handle is historically made from birch burl and is thick and egg-shaped in cross-section. It fits the hand and can also be used wearing gloves. The birch also protects the hand from the cold effects of the knife steel in extreme cold, a common condition in Siberia during winter months. A cow tail knife sheath completes the ensemble.
Basically, it is a Siberian Puukko. Size and shape wise certainly. THe distinctive single side grind and hollowed face are hallmarks of the style.
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