Besides CPK knives, whaddaya like?

Looks great for what my use for it would be. Solid all-around belt knife and a good game processor. Is the sheath good or would you prefer something else?
 
ManOfSteel89 said:
Looks great for what my use for it would be. Solid all-around belt knife and a good game processor. Is the sheath good or would you prefer something else?
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It's done in the style I like, same as my Sagewood belt style where the handle is exposed. He's willing to work with the buyer. He did nearly every little thing I asked and you guys all know how picky I am. I mean, Nathan actually mentioned it in a sales thread one time. That's pretty bad.
 
JustinFournier said:
A hunter I ordered a little while ago is ready. 3V goodness.

Hand rubbed satin taken to .0009", 4.5" blade, 9" OAL. Nargusta Burl, black micarta bolster, grey micarta spacer and stripe.

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Robert is one of my favorite custom knife makers. Everything he does is flawless and will go out of his way to make you happy. I've got several of his knives.
 
12" Sirupana Khukuri from Nepal. It's one fine hand forged blade.

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I will be all over it if one day CPK decided to release a Khukuri in D3V.
 
That's just a kukri, that's how they're done. I know it looks like a stress riser, but the blade is often 3/8" thick there. I think it's supposed to symbolize a cow foot or teat or something, but functionally it might prevent shmoo from running down the blade and wetting your hand?

It looks like a terrible idea doesn't it? But I've never heard of one failing there.
 
ATJ999 said:
Just got my Gollik knives not long ago. Man, he makes a great blade at a great price!! Holds a great edge and very easy to get scary sharp! The pry bar on the bottom of the handle is nice to have as well.
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Got one of his as well. It's my deer season knife. Great, great blade.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
That's just a kukri, that's how they're done. I know it looks like a stress riser, but the blade is often 3/8" thick there. I think it's supposed to symbolize a cow foot or teat or something, but functionally it might prevent shmoo from running down the blade and wetting your hand?

It looks like a terrible idea doesn't it? But I've never heard of one failing there.
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I know what you mean about it looking like an intended failure point or at minimum a stress riser, but I've never understood it. I've seen various versions of it as well.

I've never owned or ever seen someone using one in person, and while I understand the principle of the curve of the blade, weight at the end and the chopping utility/weapon design, I've never got to ask a person who is into them. Don tends to be very knowledgeable about his blades and in Asia so I figured he may know more.

Would it prevent sap/blood from running onto ones hand? Maybe it's something akin to a 'blood line'. Misunderstood by many?

Cow foot or something, what would be the significance in a knife though? I know it's a sacred animal in the region is some religions and most Nepalese people would identify as Hindu or Buddhist so is it like, symbols about killing cows?

For the record we had a regiment of Ghurkas in the ME and none of them had a traditional knife with them.
 
JustinFournier said:
I know what you mean about it looking like an intended failure point or at minimum a stress riser, but I've never understood it. I've seen various versions of it as well.

I've never owned or ever seen someone using one in person, and while I understand the principle of the curve of the blade, weight at the end and the chopping utility/weapon design, I've never got to ask a person who is into them. Don tends to be very knowledgeable about his blades and in Asia so I figured he may know more.

Would it prevent sap/blood from running onto ones hand? Maybe it's something akin to a 'blood line'. Misunderstood by many?

Cow foot or something, what would be the significance in a knife though? I know it's a sacred animal in the region is some religions and most Nepalese people would identify as Hindu or Buddhist so is it like, symbols about killing cows?

For the record we had a regiment of Ghurkas in the ME and none of them had a traditional knife with them.
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I have had some experience with ethnic style knives (Warenski improved on many of the designs), enough to have learned that, much like Bowies (the American ethnic style), the ethnic designs only stick around because of ethnic pride, not so much because there is great offensive or defensive value to design components.

One can attribute certain moves, stances, stabs or slices to some of the features one sees in some ethnic blades, but all suffer from lack of current technological developments that cause new designs to be more efficient at what they do.

That being said, I think that little doohickey on the kukri might need only a minor tweak to make it an excellent beer bottle opener.
 
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khukuris are prominent where sacrificing animals has a lot of relevance. The cho directs blood on the blade away from the handle, which is important when there are heads to be cut off, and due to that, is a natural spot for a bit of symbolism. That's my understanding of it anyway

here's one I designed, (the Lorlem) made by Salem Straub. It's hands down the most effective cutter of this size I've used in the bush, and I've used the shit out of it


another design I came up with, kind of a steampunk inspired design, (the Khukarang) made by Keith Fludder in Australia. Never got to see this one first hand, but there's a thread around here somewhere if you care to search it out, showing how it was made


Big khukuri fan, here- I've had literally dozens of them pass through my hands as a distributor for Khukuri House khukuris in Canada. Believe me, I would jump at the chance to design a khuk for CPK
 
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I too have heard many different stories about what the cho is for. The newest being a stress reliever. I was told it helps reduce vibrations and prevent the differcially heat treated blade from breaking during hard chopping. The second is going to be a hard one for me to verify.

I did a quick test this morning and it did chopped with no vibration but I don't do crazy things on my blades to stress test them.

Don
 
ATJ999 said:
Just got my Gollik knives not long ago. Man, he makes a great blade at a great price!! Holds a great edge and very easy to get scary sharp! The pry bar on the bottom of the handle is nice to have as well.
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His designs look great, feel great and just plain work. I really like the steel too, made me a fan! Great knives for a great price!
 
donscpoo said:
I too have heard many different stories about what the cho is for. The newest being a stress reliever. I was told it helps reduce vibrations and prevent the differcially heat treated blade from breaking during hard chopping. The second is going to be a hard one for me to verify.

I did a quick test this morning and it did chopped with no vibration but I don't do crazy things on my blades to stress test them.

Don
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those Nepalese khuks are probably in the 54-56 range and the spines are always tempered way back, so they deaden vibration pretty well due to that. In my experience, when they break, it's at the bolster, (if hidden tang)
I like the theory you mentioned, because it can be tested scientifically. Probably will never happen, but it could. Maybe it has?

here's another one I drew up, (the Stukuri) that Stuart Branson made
 
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