Yakutian knife

An unusual feature of this knife is that the blade is asymmetrical; one side of the blade has a fuller, that is a groove in it and a chisel grind, while the other side has no groove and is basically a convex edge (meaning it rounds down to the edge, rather than having a straight bevel).

[2] The blade is traditionally forged[3][4][5] from locally sourced iron ore smelted by Yakutian blacksmiths.

The knife handle is historically made from birch burl and is thick and egg-shaped in cross-section.

Traditionally, a working Yakut knife has a blade made of fairly soft steel.

Soft steel is dictated by practical considerations so that the knife can be sharpened in the field on river pebbles or other material.

The knife handle is traditionally made of birch burl soaked in special oil.

In the classic version, the sheath is made from a stockinged bull's tail, inside which there is a wooden insert that should not tightly grip the blade.

Note 1 to Article 182 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR as amended in 1926, as well as in later years in similar articles, indicated that carrying a bladed weapon (hunting knife, dagger) as an accessory to a national costume or worn by the fishing population of the Far North regions does not constitute a crime.

Nowadays, the production, sale, wearing and storage of the Yakut knife is regulated by a special act of the government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), according to which the Yakut knife is recognized as an integral part of the culture of the Sakha people, and its use in everyday economic life is permitted on the territory of the republic.

The Yakut knife is widely used in the daily household life of the residents of Yakutia: hunting, fishing, cooking, woodworking.