Do i want a kukri?
- Thread starter Armored farmer
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Yup https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/kukris.933365/
Impressively sharp and remarkably fast in the hand.
dh1633pm
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Who doesn't have at least two hanging out? I use mine for cutting off the little branches that form on my trees. Can't have them growing up to be big branches, at least not below head height. Machetes are great, I have one. It's too light and hurts my elbow to swing it too much.
Yes you want one. They are awesome knives. Where do you put one? Same place you put your tomahawk. https://www.thekhukurihouse.com/
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Armored farmer
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Old Dog
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Late to the party... yet again. I thought everybody had at least one kukri. Even a cheap one, Colt Steel or SOG or TOPS or Gerber or Ka-Bar or Condor or whoever...
I have an original some one gave me at work and I use it quite a lot for yard work. I also found a hootman knock off on amazon for around 20$ and it seems great for price. It's s very versatile tool, just not optimized for fighting like a kukriEver consider a Woodsman Pal?
Survival Tool for Hunters and Outdoorsmen | Woodman's Pal
The Woodman's Pal is a lightweight, compact, multi-use survival tool for hunters and outdoorsmen. We are proud to have been made in America since 1941.www.woodmanspal.com
oldschool45
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Finally finished and tested this "bottle opener"(KLO, khukri like object). Spec's; 52100 steel (Rockwell 51 near the spine, 53 right behind the edge bevel, 24" long, 5.95 Pounds (92.5 ounces), handle is horse stall mat with flared nickle silve 1/4" tubes attached with G-Flex. Convex edge to 1000 grit. To me it handles more like a sharp splitting maul but it will make short work of a sub 8" diameter tree or a the palm trees indegious to where its heading.
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Check again. The kukri is the national knife of Nepal, and comes in at least 25 different shapes, with varying thicknesses and lengths. There is even a dedicated Ganja kuk, meant to cut the marijuana that grows like weed across the country.
Hso's BK21 is a good suggestion for a general-purpose kuk from a quality Western maker. You can tell from the lines it's fast, and primarily meant for light brush.
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Jim Watson
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Historical anecdote
In 1962, my Aunt bought me a K&E slide rule for high school graduation. It served me well in college until I lost it and replaced it with a Post which was the current fashion.
She bought it at the K&E store, a whole store devoted largely to their products. To my specification, of course, a Log Log Duplex Decitrig like Kip Russell's in "Have Spacesuit, Will Travel.'
The store had a lot of drafting equipment from tables to pencils, but there was a surveying section with transits and those black and white poles. Including real Collins machetes for clearing the line of sight.
In 1962, my Aunt bought me a K&E slide rule for high school graduation. It served me well in college until I lost it and replaced it with a Post which was the current fashion.
She bought it at the K&E store, a whole store devoted largely to their products. To my specification, of course, a Log Log Duplex Decitrig like Kip Russell's in "Have Spacesuit, Will Travel.'
The store had a lot of drafting equipment from tables to pencils, but there was a surveying section with transits and those black and white poles. Including real Collins machetes for clearing the line of sight.
desmobob
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I have a Kukri from Nepal and a cheap machete from the USA. The kukri is a heavy tool that might be better for chopping through thick woody stuff but, for clearing brush, I'd grab the machete every time.
When dealing with wood or brush more than one tool will be more beneficial. When I was in the Panama jungle the machete was definitely the most useful tool available. Around the house or camping I always make it a point to have my Kukri, a hatchet or axe or both, and my silky saw or the corona saw which is a lot cheaper than a silky saw and will cut as well as the silky saw.
