Collector’s item, the year 2019 edition. Fox knife was a must-have knife as soon as I spotted it in a shop. While sharing some of the classic Ilves/Lynx design it still has few things I hadn’t seen in a Marttiini knife before.
Handle
The handle is one of the first things you’ll spot and it is not a common wooden one. Instead, it is made of a rubber cork compound that gives it a unique look. I’m not sure if the knife is a floating one as Mora’s cork handle knife is, but surely it is a nice one. The handle provides excellent grip and keeps night likely a bit lighter than the wooden counterpart would have.
Blade
The blade is a Ilves/Lynx style blade but a bigger one. Sadly I don’t have any Ilves knives with the 13cm blade so I could make a comparison. Anyway, it is quite a big one for a puukko. The blade is made of Marttiini’s stainless steel and as a collector’s knife, it has a serial number on it. Besides that, it also has Fox engraving (laser?). The finger guard is a metal one (to be honest I first thought all the modern pommels are made of plastic) and it has a golden matt finish. I would have hoped something a bit more spectacular as the otherwise nicely finished knife would have deserved a nicer guard.
The sheet is typical Marttiini style. Made out of brown leather with golden printing on it fits perfectly into the knife design-wise.
Pros
- Great look and design choices
- Made for practical use besides collector’s item
- Price, it was rather affordable
Cons
- Finger guard. With a somewhat sloppy finish it sort of “ruins” the otherwise nice knife.
