Am I correct in assuming...

BruiseLeee

BruiseLeee

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I am thinking of getting my first khukri and from all the posts I have gathered that...

Between the BAS, WW2 and AK:

The BAS is the lightest and probably the best for say... slicing a tomato.

The AK being the heaviest and thickest is most likely the best chopping implement. However, because if its weight and thickness makes it less effiecient for knife-like duties.

The WW2 being somewhere in between.

Am I correct? How does blade shape or design affect cutting, slicing or chopping as with the other khukri designs available?
 
The 16.5" WW2 is very good. Can do anything the BAS can do except be an inch and a half shorter. The 15" AK does everything the BAS does except be as light. There is nothing wrong with the BAS, but the 16.5 WW2 and 15" AK are IMHO better for any use as opposed to carry. And the 15" Sirupati is lighter for carry.

But to my mind the 18" WW2 is so much better than any of the others it approaches the mystical. It feels "righter", more alive, more willing to do whatever your desire.

Just my opinion.
 
Thank you for the info. I'd take the voice of experience over my two bit theories any day.
 
You can always trade up or down if you get something that doesn't fit your hand the way you feel it should.
 
Bruise, I don't know how many I've bought from Uncle, and I don't want to know because then I'd have to answer truthfully if the wife asked. I think around 3 dozen, give or take a dozen.

The HI's are hard to decide what you want because you can't pick them up and hold them before you buy. And because each one is handmade one at a time. I picked up a 16.5 wood handled shop 1 WW2 ( no kami mark ) that I kept handy because it was useful for when I didn't know what I would use it for if that makes sense. But I neither liked nor disliked it. It just didn't talk to me, didn't come alive when I touched it.

Then I picked up a Bura WW2 16.5 blem with horn handle. Bura made a miniscule change to put the weight further forward. This one doesn't talk to me, it croons like Bing Crosby. When it sings, it subltly twists time like Chet Atkins' fingerings. Two almost identical khuks, worlds apart in feel.

Oddly, in all this time, I'd only sent two khuks back.

One was a Bura Banspati. A copy of the King's khukuri, made by the man who made the original. It had a brass handle. ( Metal to hand contact doesn't seem to transfer the spirit of the khuk to me as does a formerly living handle such as wood or horn. I know this sounds mystical, but don't write me off until you've experienced a few HI's ).

The other was a Ganga Ram Special I'd ordered hoping to get one made by Ganga Ram himself but who went home before getting to me. So it was made by Bura instead. It seemed big and clumsy to me at the time. The very same one today I'd probably appreciate, or maybe it just had chosen another owner.

Enough mumbo jumbo, but the HI khuks DO DEFINITELY have something ( soul, spirit ) to them. So even if it wasn't what you expected, you'll probably fall in love ( or at least in lust ) with it anyway.

It's something like building yourself a harem. You'll find yourself torn between choosing blond, brunette, redhead, and raven tressed beauties and saying yes to them all.
 
What may be a "fixation" for Rusty is just old memories for me - But remember, it ain't what you've lost...it's what you have left :D
 
Rusty, when you come to Reno don't go via Carson City. There are too many temptations in between Hawthorn and the Cantina!
 
Moonlight and Kit Kat via Carson, The Old Bridge Ranch via Reno.

( At least that's what they tell me. After all, I'm a faithfully married man for 20 years, 1 month, and 8 days now. )
 
I used to see a lot of faithfully married men drop by Sherry's Crystal Palace, the Shamrock and the Bunnie Ranch when I was hanging out down around Nye County.
 
So now you're going for the Alzheimer's excuse for your HIKV, Tsimi?
 
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