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Nordic Knife Design is the brand of Finnish maker Dennis Holmbacka, who takes the knife patterns Finland has carried for centuries and rebuilds them with modern steel and full-tang construction. The signature move is the Korpi, widely regarded as the first full-tang interpretation of the Tommi puukko, the legendary pattern developed in the Kainuu region of eastern Finland around 1860, here rendered in Sandvik 14C28N at a stout 3.8mm with curly birch scales over brass corby bolts and a traditional Nordic leather sheath. Old shape, new spine: that is the whole NKD idea.
The Forester 100 is the flagship bushcraft and hunting blade, in our stock spanning 14C28N flat grinds, premium Elmax, and 1095 carbon under curly birch, while the compact Lizard 75 covers everyday carry in 12C27 with a notched belly that locks the grip, dressed in bison, ecru, green, black, and plum micarta. The Korpi 85 and 90 carry the Tommi profile, the Visent 100 rounds out the field patterns, and the Stoat 100 slims things down. Where 12C27, 14C28N, Elmax, and 1095 each land is mapped in our knife steel guide.
Holmbacka's Nordic pragmatism extends to the cutting board: the Chef 195 and Santoku 165 bring 12C27 and curly birch to kitchen knives at working prices, and the Ulu 170 in 440C revives the ancient northern rocking blade that processes everything from herbs to hides.
The kits are the invitation: a finished, heat-treated blade with premilled curly birch scales and brass corby rivets, everything needed to fit, shape, and finish your own handle. The Korpi 90, Ulu, and Chef kits turn a weekend at the workbench into a knife you made yourself, with the hard parts, grinding and heat treatment, already done right in Finland. There is no better first step into knifemaking, and no better excuse to buy a second NKD.
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