Word: puukko
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Puukko Knife...
...strength of a letter rgarding the "Keen Edged Puukko Knife" which TIME published last September (TIME, Sept. 29), a very fine gift has come...
There came yesterday, by registered and special delivery mail, from Kauhava Puukkotehdas, in Finland-the finest Puukko knife I have ever seen. Hand made, six-inch tainless steel blade, black ebonite handle with my name embossed thereon in gold leaf, and with genuine leather sheath-it is a knife to behold...
TIME has promised to abandon Tycoon when a better word is found. Big Shot is the best substitute yet offered. But it is not good enough.-ED. Keen-Edged Puukko Knife...
...them, not even a house servant, as being stupid! Finns resent such comment. You erred and used poor judgment when you published it. Lest you err again, permit me to advise that you use care never to call them Finlanders. Their trusty weapons of former days-the keen-edged Puukko knife-often slashed the person guilty of far less than what you "pulled" last week. WILLIAM...