Alas, my 17" WWII has arrived...

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After what seemed to be an eternity (4 days from the day I ordered it), my first HI Khukuri arrived. It is a beautiful WWII model, nice! My experience with knives is pretty limited, I've pretty much used your basic run-of the mill stuff (Wal-Mart special machete, etc.) for utility work. Recently, I broke ANOTHER machete hacking at some stumps, and decided that there must be something better out there. I found it. When my knife arrived, we were on our way out the door to a Thanksgiving get-together, so I did not get the chance to play with it at all. I did however take it with me to a chorus of oohs and aahs from the other male attendees! Once I got home and got the critters to bed (that's kids for those of you out there who don't have 'em) the fun began. I have only had a little while to test this new work-horse, but in pretty short order (in the semi-dark, mind you) I was able to claim victory over "the stump that killed the machete" and various other ill-fated items. The edge wasn't incredibly sharp when I received it, but a little work with the karda (?) and a butcher's steel, and I now have some bald spots on my arm... Lots of hacking later, the blade needed only minor touch up with the karda to get it back to shaving sharp. In summary, so far OOOOOOOWEEEEEEE! I think I could get to like this kind of tool/weapon. I'm still green about knives, but have enjoyed following this forum for the last several weeks. Greetings! Rob
 
Yeah, Rob... Welcome to khukuri addiction. You gonna want like one of each model soon... Could be worse... like two of each.
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sing

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Sing is right, Rob. Khukuris are addicting. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if sometime soon the government didn't try to get Uncle Bill to post some kind of warning to that effect on the HI web site.

At any rate, welcome to the ward.
 
To quote another Bladeforum member's comments about the WWII khukuri:

WWII model rocks.

Will
 
Hello again,
I finally got to use the WWII for what I got it for-clearing brush. In about 15 minutes today, I cleared about 150 square feet of SERIOUSLY OVERGROWN brush, briars, small trees, etc. One swing was all it took for most of the 1-2 inch stuff, a few more for the bigger stuff. Again, when finished, the blade was impeccable. My wife thinks that I'm crazy because I take it with me wherever I go (OK, not IN bed with me...). Responses from friends are humorous, and the look on a face the first time that it sees such an amazing knife is priceless. One small issue to resolve. The brass tip on the sheath came off. Any suggestions what I should use to glue it back on? It is wood wrapped in the buffalo hide. Thanks in advance!


Rob
 
This week-end showed me just how useful (and SHARP!) this tool can be. We're currently remodeling a bathroom in our house. The WWII was just the ticket for removing shoe molding and prying the vanity far enough away from the wall to get at it with the pry bar. Also cleared a BUNCH of brush (my shoulders keep reminding me!). On the sharp side, after I was through chopping outside, I was washing the blade to rid it of any garbage (poison ivy and the like) when the sponge that I was using slipped. OUCH! Only a gash in the middle finger, but that was just a very light pass across the blade. I would not like to be on the receiving end of this as a weapon! It was just teaching me to respect it a little more, I guess... Rob
 
Rob, I suspect that there's not a single khukuri owner who hasn't had to learn to respect his khuk the hard way. In fact, I would be willing to bet that most of us have accidentally cut ourselves more than once or twice (some of us are slow learners).

[This message has been edited by Steven F (edited 29 November 1999).]
 
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