Decorative knife with a dark wood handle and damascus blade on a black leather sheath embossed with a silver rune. the knife ress on a rustic wooden surface.
Damascus Puukko knife with a wooden handle and patterned steel blade on leather sheath, resting on a textured wooden surface.
Puukko knife with decorative sheath on a wooden background
Mount Taranaki with clouds and trees in the foreground. Photo by Lukas Trixl.
Photograph of three ladies at the Masterton Racing Club's meeting at the Opaki Race Course in 1920. A large crowd of race-goers is in the background.
Historical black and white photo of the Opaki Race Course building with text about the Masterton Opaki Jockey Club and racing history.

Wayfarer's Puukko

$1,400.00
$1,400.00

Benjamin hand-forged this striking bushcraft knife using Damascus carbon steel. The handle, crafted from Northern Rata wood, was sourced from beneath the ash layer of Mount Taranaki. The bolster is made from wrought iron salvaged from a Victorian-era wagon wheel at the historic Opaki Racecourse, its fibrous grain etched to reveal Victorian blacksmith artistry.

Mount Taranaki's explosive history has repeatedly buried forests under ash and debris avalanches, preserving ancient wood beneath tephra layers. Its most significant recent eruption—the AD 1655 Burrell event—unleashed widespread pumice, lapilli, and ash across the region, while smaller ash falls occurred around AD 1755. Over centuries, these violent outbursts, combined with debris flows, have repeatedly entombed lowland and mid-slope forests, leaving organic relics like this Northern Rata buried and protected under volcanic layers for generations.

This one of a kind knife comes with a custom veg tanned leather belt sheath by Marisa. Hand embossed with a protective rune and gilded with pure silver leaf.

Blade length: 87mm
Overall length: 207mm

Overall length sheathed: 224mm

Year: 2025
Artists: Benjamin Madden & Marisa McLuckie

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