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These days life's been keeping me busy, but I got to take Monday off and clear some wood off the patio. I pulled out a few khukuri (Ugly Villager, KLVUK and Bonecutter). I didn't expect to be doing a lot of chopping, but it was a nice day and I got into the groove.
I had a lot of smaller sticks that I broke by hand which left me with some larger logs 4" or more across. For this task I picked up the Bonecutter. As much love as the smaller lighter blades have been getting recently (and they deserve it!), when there is some big chopping to be done it calls for a big blade. I'm always fascinated with the ease with which the bonecutter slices into wood. This knife is absolutely, no doubt about it at all, my go-to blade for heavy cutting. With its mirror polish, sexy curve and handle that's polished and oiled until it glows this knife looks good on duty. Sgt Khadka created 18 inches and about two and a half pounds of formidable beauty that cuts like no instrument I have ever handled - the "Papa Choppa" if you will.
The taper on the tang is verly well done and matches the overall geometry of the knife. A tapered tang on a knife of this scale is a thing of beauty:
This is thick seasoned hardwood - making these cuts the entire blade is in the notch:
Look at how glassy those cuts are (as smooth as the mirror polish on the blade) and how the blade shears away the tough pith of this tree:
Here is the beautiful handle with my trademark pinkylock
Sweet curves on this blade:
They look like big pencils:
Fun with a hollow log:
I also used my Arjun UKV enough to confirm that it is my favorite new small knife (the thing is perfect). And I (ab)used the KLVUK a bit batoning unforgivably through an unexpectedly knotty and unsplittable chunk of wood. As insanely as I beat on that poor lightweight blade (totally invalidating the warranty) the blade showed absolutely no sign of wear. Perhaps my next project will be bolster and loose handle repair on a KLVUK. It was a good day and I hope you enjoyed seeing part of it.
I had a lot of smaller sticks that I broke by hand which left me with some larger logs 4" or more across. For this task I picked up the Bonecutter. As much love as the smaller lighter blades have been getting recently (and they deserve it!), when there is some big chopping to be done it calls for a big blade. I'm always fascinated with the ease with which the bonecutter slices into wood. This knife is absolutely, no doubt about it at all, my go-to blade for heavy cutting. With its mirror polish, sexy curve and handle that's polished and oiled until it glows this knife looks good on duty. Sgt Khadka created 18 inches and about two and a half pounds of formidable beauty that cuts like no instrument I have ever handled - the "Papa Choppa" if you will.
The taper on the tang is verly well done and matches the overall geometry of the knife. A tapered tang on a knife of this scale is a thing of beauty:
This is thick seasoned hardwood - making these cuts the entire blade is in the notch:
Look at how glassy those cuts are (as smooth as the mirror polish on the blade) and how the blade shears away the tough pith of this tree:
Here is the beautiful handle with my trademark pinkylock
Sweet curves on this blade:
They look like big pencils:
Fun with a hollow log:
I also used my Arjun UKV enough to confirm that it is my favorite new small knife (the thing is perfect). And I (ab)used the KLVUK a bit batoning unforgivably through an unexpectedly knotty and unsplittable chunk of wood. As insanely as I beat on that poor lightweight blade (totally invalidating the warranty) the blade showed absolutely no sign of wear. Perhaps my next project will be bolster and loose handle repair on a KLVUK. It was a good day and I hope you enjoyed seeing part of it.
