I just got my first Kukri today. It's a 25", 35oz seripati by Sher. My first impression: The knife was much bigger and thicker and heavier than I thought. When I ordered the blade, I pulled out 25" from a tape measture and imagined what it looked like, then I picked up a 2.5lb weight plate to get a feel of how heavy the Kukri should be. That was a bad idea. Now with the Kukri in one hand and weight plates on the other. The knife feel about 6lbs. that's 96 oz! not 35. Despite the weight, the kukri is not hard to move, but once the swing gets started, it's hard to change direction. Feels like a short baseball bat.
The knife was beautifully made, the blade was well polished, close to a mirror shine. Upon close inspection, there's are some brush marks, file marks, and a small depression about 4" from the tip. But I didn't actually notice that depression until I re-read Bill's post on this seripati and look for it. If I didn't know before hand this blade was made from a junked Mercedes leaf spring, I could have swore it looked like stainless steel. My favorite part is the cross sectional shape of the blade, it is a double bevel shape, with the second comming to a sharp point. It's not sharp enough to slice paper, but more like a sharp Ax.
The handle was well carved wood. The color was reddish brown with grain running straight up and down the handle. If I didn't know if was Himalayan oak, or "satissal", I would have guess it was either some type of walnut or rosewood. The cross sectional shape of the handle is a oval, at the widest location, it's 1 3/8" in one direction and 1 3/16 on the other. The shape of the handle makes for a excellent grip, the flared ends keeps the Kukri from flying out during a hard swing. but the two rings at the grip kind of hurts my hands after repeated chopping.
I pulled out the two small kives. One was a knife, and the other was like a knife but has dull edges. I gues I have to read the Faq to figure out why there's a knife with no edge. These little guys are not as well made, on of the handle is slightly cracked and filled with putty, and there's more visible file marks, but they're both beautiful. I'm not complaining at all, I'm just glancing over every little detail of my new toy, and ok, I'm just nick picking. But if you close your eyes and run your fingers across any of the blade, they all feel very smooth, and slick, you can't feel the file marks at all, with or against the direction of the marks.
I took that Kukri out to my backyard and start hacking at the branches of a maple tree. With one hard blow, I can slice a 1.5 inch branch. It feel more like an long edged ax than a knife. I just kept hacking until my hands start to hurt. Then I rest, go do something else, then came back later and hack some more. After I ran out of branches I can or should cut. I look at the blade and see no damage at all. I really swung it as hard as I could, it's a strong blade...
I think this guy would make a excellent battlefield weapon against guys wearing armors, and maybe that's what it was designed for. With a good swing, I'm sure you can hack off a arm or a leg or somebody's head. For every day use, it's just too heavy for me to be practial. It makes a good wall decoration, and that's why I bought it anyway. I hope I never have to defend myself against a armor wearing, knife wielding babarian
Thanks for the Kukri Sher and Uncle Bill
The knife was beautifully made, the blade was well polished, close to a mirror shine. Upon close inspection, there's are some brush marks, file marks, and a small depression about 4" from the tip. But I didn't actually notice that depression until I re-read Bill's post on this seripati and look for it. If I didn't know before hand this blade was made from a junked Mercedes leaf spring, I could have swore it looked like stainless steel. My favorite part is the cross sectional shape of the blade, it is a double bevel shape, with the second comming to a sharp point. It's not sharp enough to slice paper, but more like a sharp Ax.
The handle was well carved wood. The color was reddish brown with grain running straight up and down the handle. If I didn't know if was Himalayan oak, or "satissal", I would have guess it was either some type of walnut or rosewood. The cross sectional shape of the handle is a oval, at the widest location, it's 1 3/8" in one direction and 1 3/16 on the other. The shape of the handle makes for a excellent grip, the flared ends keeps the Kukri from flying out during a hard swing. but the two rings at the grip kind of hurts my hands after repeated chopping.
I pulled out the two small kives. One was a knife, and the other was like a knife but has dull edges. I gues I have to read the Faq to figure out why there's a knife with no edge. These little guys are not as well made, on of the handle is slightly cracked and filled with putty, and there's more visible file marks, but they're both beautiful. I'm not complaining at all, I'm just glancing over every little detail of my new toy, and ok, I'm just nick picking. But if you close your eyes and run your fingers across any of the blade, they all feel very smooth, and slick, you can't feel the file marks at all, with or against the direction of the marks.
I took that Kukri out to my backyard and start hacking at the branches of a maple tree. With one hard blow, I can slice a 1.5 inch branch. It feel more like an long edged ax than a knife. I just kept hacking until my hands start to hurt. Then I rest, go do something else, then came back later and hack some more. After I ran out of branches I can or should cut. I look at the blade and see no damage at all. I really swung it as hard as I could, it's a strong blade...
I think this guy would make a excellent battlefield weapon against guys wearing armors, and maybe that's what it was designed for. With a good swing, I'm sure you can hack off a arm or a leg or somebody's head. For every day use, it's just too heavy for me to be practial. It makes a good wall decoration, and that's why I bought it anyway. I hope I never have to defend myself against a armor wearing, knife wielding babarian
Thanks for the Kukri Sher and Uncle Bill
