Chopsticks, I won't argue with any of the opinions posted. I took four blades out yesterday and did a bit of chopping and just general moving the blades through the air. I had the 15" AK, 21" GS, 18 and 16.5" WWII. I haven't had anything to do with the Chitlangi and with what I have right now I don't know whether I will get one. I got some surprises yesterday and some conformations that I ran into in previous use of some of these Khuks.
First of all, to me the GS in the 21" persuasion is not what would be my first choice of a fighter or chopper either. Some one with very big arms could probably do OK with it but, I'm getting old enough that blades over 12" and in the case of the Siru 20" max is all that I want or need. I found the GS by Kumar to be a very blade heavy tool and slow on the pick up when just swinging it as if in a fight. Kind of like the blade trying to swing me. I found that when chopping with it it was just a bit hard to chop without a vibration that sounded like the blade was loose or some of the brass was. I found this not to be the case though. I tried the GS on some brush that I am going to have to clear. If it hadn't been in the over 95 degree range I would have cleared the thing pretty quick. It seemed to do pretty will up to about 3" maybe 3.5" stock after that the vibration seemed to start again. Next time I have time I am going to try useing two hand for a bit and see what happens.
The other three blades I have used a lot so it didn't take long to check out what I was pretty sure was going to be true with them. A surprise for me was the balance point on the 2 WWII's. Both blades balanced as close to the 3" mark in front of the bolster as you can get. I figure that the blade and handle differences between knives is the cause of this. I kept looking at those four knives and the curve angle turned out to be in three different angles. The WWII's being the same and the AK having the sharpest angle. I later found the 15" and 12" AK's had the same sharp angle.
From this limited knife play the two knives that seemed to be the fastest for me to move and handle as a weapon were the AK and the 16.5" WWII. The 18" WWII was close behind the other two. If push came to shove I wouldn't feel poorly armed with any of them but the 21" GS seemed more of a two handed weapon to me. So, to me we are back to the begining of all the discussion. AK's are choppers, the WWII's are the tool/weapon/choppers, and the GS mostly a fighter. I wish I could get my hands on an 18" GS for a while. I'm sure it would perform quite different. The one other knife that to me is a general use khuk is the 18" Siru. Light tough and a do anything knife. I'm sorry I can't tell any one what is the best knife. They are all good for what they were made for. I think Uncle Bill is right as rain. For a hand held weapon the 16.5" WWII is probably the best tool/weapon that has been made. I know from experience with it that I can work all day and not need another weapon or tool. I'm talking hard work. Limbing Oak trees? Just what I ran into.
First of all, to me the GS in the 21" persuasion is not what would be my first choice of a fighter or chopper either. Some one with very big arms could probably do OK with it but, I'm getting old enough that blades over 12" and in the case of the Siru 20" max is all that I want or need. I found the GS by Kumar to be a very blade heavy tool and slow on the pick up when just swinging it as if in a fight. Kind of like the blade trying to swing me. I found that when chopping with it it was just a bit hard to chop without a vibration that sounded like the blade was loose or some of the brass was. I found this not to be the case though. I tried the GS on some brush that I am going to have to clear. If it hadn't been in the over 95 degree range I would have cleared the thing pretty quick. It seemed to do pretty will up to about 3" maybe 3.5" stock after that the vibration seemed to start again. Next time I have time I am going to try useing two hand for a bit and see what happens.
The other three blades I have used a lot so it didn't take long to check out what I was pretty sure was going to be true with them. A surprise for me was the balance point on the 2 WWII's. Both blades balanced as close to the 3" mark in front of the bolster as you can get. I figure that the blade and handle differences between knives is the cause of this. I kept looking at those four knives and the curve angle turned out to be in three different angles. The WWII's being the same and the AK having the sharpest angle. I later found the 15" and 12" AK's had the same sharp angle.
From this limited knife play the two knives that seemed to be the fastest for me to move and handle as a weapon were the AK and the 16.5" WWII. The 18" WWII was close behind the other two. If push came to shove I wouldn't feel poorly armed with any of them but the 21" GS seemed more of a two handed weapon to me. So, to me we are back to the begining of all the discussion. AK's are choppers, the WWII's are the tool/weapon/choppers, and the GS mostly a fighter. I wish I could get my hands on an 18" GS for a while. I'm sure it would perform quite different. The one other knife that to me is a general use khuk is the 18" Siru. Light tough and a do anything knife. I'm sorry I can't tell any one what is the best knife. They are all good for what they were made for. I think Uncle Bill is right as rain. For a hand held weapon the 16.5" WWII is probably the best tool/weapon that has been made. I know from experience with it that I can work all day and not need another weapon or tool. I'm talking hard work. Limbing Oak trees? Just what I ran into.
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