Finnish knife

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• Knife — A knife is a handheld sharp edged instrument consisting of handle attached to a blade used for cutting. The knife is a tool that can be used as a weapon. Its origins date as far back as two and a half million years ago, as evidenced by the… …   Wikipedia

• List of English words of Finnish origin — Few words of Finnish origin have entered other languages. On the contrary, the language is a rather a net importer of words. NOTOC Words lent to the English languageFinnish has lent few words to the English language. The most commonly used… …   Wikipedia

• Utility knife — Boxcutter and box cutter redirect here. For the electronic music artist, see Boxcutter (musician). For season four premiere of Breaking Bad, see Box Cutter (Breaking Bad). A utility knife is a knife used for general or utility purposes.[1] The… …   Wikipedia

• Bowie knife — specifically refers to a style of knife popularized by Colonel James Jim Bowie and first made by James Black, although its common use refers to any large sheath knife with a clip point. Description The historical Bowie was not a single design,… …   Wikipedia

• Mora knife — Used Mora 510 Mora knife (in Swedish: Morakniv) is a term used to refer to a range of popular belt knives manufactured by the cutleries of the town of Mora in Dalarna, Sweden, primarily by Mora of Sweden. Having been used as every day knives in… …   Wikipedia

• Sami knife — The Sami knife (Leuku in Finnish) is a large knife mostly used by the Sami people. The Sami knife has a long, wide, and strong blade that is more suited for light chopping and shelter making than fine carving, so it is not well suited to… …   Wikipedia

• NR-40 — Soviet Army NR 40 combat knife. The NR 40 (from Russian: нож разведчика, nozh razvedchika, meaning scout s knife ) was a Soviet combat knife introduced in 1940 and used throughout World War II. The NR 40 has a 152 mm blade with a clip point …   Wikipedia

• Kauhava — is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region, 400 km NW of Helsinki and on the main railway from Helsinki to Oulu. The municipality has a population of 7,986 (2007)… …   Wikipedia

• SELF-DEFENSE — (in modern Jewish history). Jewish efforts against attacking mobs in Russia and in Austria Hungary from the end of the 19th century until shortly after World War I. The nature of the pogroms in this period (especially in the years 1881–82,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Puukko — A puukko is the Finnish word for the traditional Finnish or Scandinavian style woodcraft belt knife that is a tool rather than a weapon. It is a type of hunting knife. The word is in the process of assimilation into English. Design The basic… …   Wikipedia

• Characters of His Dark Materials — The following is a list of both main and minor characters from Philip Pullman s His Dark Materials trilogy. Main charactersLyra Belacqua/SilvertongueLyra Belacqya (pronounced Lie ruh), who adopts the surname Silvertongue given to her by Iorek… …   Wikipedia