André van Straaten VS Kukri

[bigfish]

Ordered today by André van Straaten of Johannesburg S.A. ; the VS Kukri.
5160 carbon steel with fuller and guthook, black/brown G10 handle, brown leather sheath, 16.9” total length.

 

[The Shatz]

Beautiful knife but I think your in the wrong section

 

[afishhunter]

Beautiful knife but I think your in the wrong section

I dunno .. The Kurki is a traditional fixed blade/sheath knife.

bigfish A fine looking knife.
Is that a gut hook on the spine?
What's the blade thickness?

 

[bigfish]

Yes, that is a guthook, blade thickness i don’t know, will get back on that once i have it.

My idea also, the Kukri is an old traditional fixed blade used by the Gurkha’s. Did a search on “Kukri” in the search engine, most threads about Kukri’s are placed in this section. That made me place it here.

 

[abcdef]

Definitely post the vid when you use it. That will be spectacular.

 

[bigfish]

Just asked Andre the thickness; 6 mm. (0.23”)

 

[BrianZA]

And, how's the Kukri? Did you receive it yet?