My village khukuri arrived in a small box, relatively speaking. The dimensions are: 4 wood portion of the handle, 9.25 blade , blade thickness for most of its spine is about 3/8, and 13.75 overall. The village khukuri is very small compared to the
Ang Kholas or WWII models that I typically use. I often have to set it beside my Trail Master to remind myself to is really a large knife.
I took measurements of the handle after playing with it for a while. I found the handle to be comfortable and the grip solid. I had no problems with my hand sliding forward or the khukuri slipping out after doing a bit of stabbing and pecking on wood. I was quite surprised to find that it is only 4 long.
The blade came with a rough edge that acted like dull serrations. It will saw through paper and para cord but does not cut effectively. Grind marks are quite severe on the blade till about 1.5 from the brass bolster, and about 0.5 all along the edge. This does not bother me. The rest of the blade is reasonable well polished. The left side of the blade has a good finish. The right side of the blade has a .25x.125x.0625 chunk missing out of the spine. All things considered I would rate this as a good finish.
I used my Spyderco sharpmaker sticks to put a razor sharp edge on the blade with no problems. The blade feels to be about as hard as my 16.5 WWII model. I pecked at a maple dowel and found that it chopped pieces off quite effectively. There was no damage to the edge at all. A knife usually does not chip out on wood by I have had a few that did that cost more than the Village khukuri. This small amount of wood did not significantly dull the blade.
Next I stabbed the khukuri into a 2x4 and twisted the handle to enlarge the hole and bore with the khukuri a bit. After five holes the tip was still undamaged. The grind starts about 0.5 from the tip making the tip slender, so I expected some damage. Maybe harder wood will give the tip some trouble with this test.
The scabbard is excellent. The leather is thick and seams to be good quality. It did smell very similar to the Cystern khukuri scabbard. Perhaps the water buffalo is from the same area. The stitching was very consistent and heavy string is used.
My initial impressions are this is a very good knife that puts performance before appearance. After using khukuris for a while I have to periodically remind myself this is really a big knife (about the size of a 9 bowie) around other people.
Will
Ang Kholas or WWII models that I typically use. I often have to set it beside my Trail Master to remind myself to is really a large knife.
I took measurements of the handle after playing with it for a while. I found the handle to be comfortable and the grip solid. I had no problems with my hand sliding forward or the khukuri slipping out after doing a bit of stabbing and pecking on wood. I was quite surprised to find that it is only 4 long.
The blade came with a rough edge that acted like dull serrations. It will saw through paper and para cord but does not cut effectively. Grind marks are quite severe on the blade till about 1.5 from the brass bolster, and about 0.5 all along the edge. This does not bother me. The rest of the blade is reasonable well polished. The left side of the blade has a good finish. The right side of the blade has a .25x.125x.0625 chunk missing out of the spine. All things considered I would rate this as a good finish.
I used my Spyderco sharpmaker sticks to put a razor sharp edge on the blade with no problems. The blade feels to be about as hard as my 16.5 WWII model. I pecked at a maple dowel and found that it chopped pieces off quite effectively. There was no damage to the edge at all. A knife usually does not chip out on wood by I have had a few that did that cost more than the Village khukuri. This small amount of wood did not significantly dull the blade.
Next I stabbed the khukuri into a 2x4 and twisted the handle to enlarge the hole and bore with the khukuri a bit. After five holes the tip was still undamaged. The grind starts about 0.5 from the tip making the tip slender, so I expected some damage. Maybe harder wood will give the tip some trouble with this test.
The scabbard is excellent. The leather is thick and seams to be good quality. It did smell very similar to the Cystern khukuri scabbard. Perhaps the water buffalo is from the same area. The stitching was very consistent and heavy string is used.
My initial impressions are this is a very good knife that puts performance before appearance. After using khukuris for a while I have to periodically remind myself this is really a big knife (about the size of a 9 bowie) around other people.
Will
