20" Sirupati in action - this time with pics

Daniel Koster

Daniel Koster

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Last Wednesday the wind starting kicking up and knocked a few trees down. So, naturally, I volunteered my services to help clear some of the mess. ;)

Out came Mr. Sirupati and 30 minutes later, I headed home with 7 - 6' tall branches that are now outside on the porch waiting to be turned into walking sticks. :)

Picture #1 - halway through a fallen tree.
 
Pic #3 - also one whack (more impressive, though) ;)
 
Pic #5 - grungy blade (cleaned up ok, though)
 
Awesome pic, my 20" Siru is jealous looking for something to bite. I was in Homestead Florida during and after Hurricane Andrew. Lots of deceased trees needed clearing out of the way. I'd never seen a Khukri, but I pulled my weight best as I could with my 9 1/2" blade AG Russell combat bowie that I had carried in Desert Storm. If I'd had that 20" Sirupati back then, I'd have been a tree limb clearing machine!

Sarge
 
That 20" Siru would have really made a whopping impression on the folks of the neighborhood too.
I havn't really had the right chance to test the two new ones but I am going to try that tomorrow.
Pen, What do you think of the 20" now that you have really had a chance to work it out for a while? I was in the middle of a brush burning when mine showed up. Still not as heavy as( especially the two new ones) but the lenth seems to give it some advantage, of what weight it does have and sure does a heck of a job of choping.

From the tone of your write-up. It sounds as though you had a good time and indeed had fun useing the 20" Siru.
 
All this and more has convinced me when I get one it will be the 20". Too bad you don't live in Montana, we got lots of trees need cutting.

One of my plans is to fell a big boy with a 20" AK when I finally get that one.

munk
 
It's best not to belittle any good khuk, especially if the owner and it have become part of each other.
 
Pendentive and Pappy make me feel right at home about what I've done to my three khuks; cut down trees and snap branches,including using the 'diminutive' BAS.
These guys aren't afraid to get their khuks sunk into wood.
I like that.

munk
 
Originally posted by Pappy
Pen, What do you think of the 20" now that you have really had a chance to work it out for a while?
...From the tone of your write-up. It sounds as though you had a good time and indeed had fun useing the 20" Siru.
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Pappy = you are 100% correct. :)

Consider this: my neighborhood is packed with folks from the far and middle east. Every few minutes or so, one would walk by just minding their own business until my arm went up and the Sirupati caught the sunlight...then the eyes started bulging. :eek: It was funny to see them walk at full speed, then suddenly slow down, meander a little, and then pick back up to full speed. :) I kept worrying that someone would come over and tell me that it was sacreligous to use such a nice khuk in that manner. :eek:
 
One more thing...

The hit done in pic #3 was actually made with a two-hander, over-the-head swing. If anybody else does this, or wants to know how, let me know.

The log in question there was about 5.5" thick and green!

There's no way I could have done that with just one hand. Maybe somebody else could have, but I had to use both hands and quite the He-man chopping action.
 
Pendentive and Pappy make me feel right at home about what I've done to my three khuks; cut down trees and snap branches,including using the 'diminutive' BAS. <br>
These guys aren't afraid to get their khuks sunk into wood.
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It's best not to belittle any good khuk, especially if the owner and it have become part of each other.
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Yep, I know what you all mean. Since moving to our new house (which has a fireplace) I use my 15' AK almost every day to split logs, just for the fun of it. My other AK khuks are oiled and wall-mounted, but this one walks with me.

-Emile
 
Originally posted by pendentive
The hit done in pic #3 was actually made with a two-hander, over-the-head swing. If anybody else does this, or wants to know how, let me know.

The log in question there was about 5.5" thick and green!
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Thanks for the clarification, I was about to ask about that.
Especially about the green wood. Even a douibled bladed axe would have trouble doing that into a hard or dry wood.
I have tried the two handed swing with my 20"AK with great satisfaction although not as impressive results as most of the wood 'round here is dead and dry.

Great review and pics

Thanks
 
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