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I got the AMAR SINGH THAPA KHUKURI, BY SHER THE (TIGER) in the mail on Tuesday. First impressions: Holy Smoke THATS a TANG! Where the wood handle starts, the tang is ½ inch wide and tapers to ¼ of an inch at the butt. It weighs in at 38.1 ounces (Sheath and all weighs in at 50.3 oz) and is 18 inches long. The rivets are interesting, as they go through copper tubes. The hole in the handle is also a copper tube. I had to remove some small sharp edges from some of the rivets/copper tubes, with some sandpaper. I decided against a thong for now, as I will need to smooth the edges of the tube so they dont cut the thong. It does not feel as heavy as it is when in the hand. Until you pick up a lighter khuk, that is.
I decided that today would be a good day for a workout for both me and a few khukris. I grabbed, along with the new one, an 18 ½ inch, 32.6 ounce CAK by Sher, a 17 inch, 26.8 ounce CAK by Kumar, and a 12 inch, 12 ounce villager AK by Amtrac that lives in my car trunk. I need to do this more often. I put each one through some chopping, and after the third one, was getting tired. The 12 in AK got used to make some small kindling strips.
The Amar Sing Thapa is a serious chopper! It chops better than the 18 ½ inch CAK. If I need some chopping done this blade will do it nicely. It handles slightly better than either of the CAKs, due, I think, to the handle shape. I did swing the tip accidentally through the dirt and some small rocks. That was the only damage done to any of the blades. It did not damage it as much as I expected, and will sharpen out fairly easily. It split sections of wood that I had to baton the CAKs through. Due to different blade geometry and of course the extra weight.
And now the pics:
All in all a good day!
Bill
I decided that today would be a good day for a workout for both me and a few khukris. I grabbed, along with the new one, an 18 ½ inch, 32.6 ounce CAK by Sher, a 17 inch, 26.8 ounce CAK by Kumar, and a 12 inch, 12 ounce villager AK by Amtrac that lives in my car trunk. I need to do this more often. I put each one through some chopping, and after the third one, was getting tired. The 12 in AK got used to make some small kindling strips.
The Amar Sing Thapa is a serious chopper! It chops better than the 18 ½ inch CAK. If I need some chopping done this blade will do it nicely. It handles slightly better than either of the CAKs, due, I think, to the handle shape. I did swing the tip accidentally through the dirt and some small rocks. That was the only damage done to any of the blades. It did not damage it as much as I expected, and will sharpen out fairly easily. It split sections of wood that I had to baton the CAKs through. Due to different blade geometry and of course the extra weight.
And now the pics:
All in all a good day!
Bill
