Best Kukri for pine/hardwood areas, that is backpackable?

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looking for my next kukri that will handle the woods of Charlotte,NC. we have a lot of pine/hardwood trees.

the kukri needs to be able to process this wood into shelter, firewood( complete) not just fuel sticks/logs., process game like deer,fish like largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, pike, ect. and it needs to fit into a 50l pack as to avoid the weather. trying to keep my pack under 40lbs for 3day trips. could a 12in AK work? or is the blade too meaty at the spine.

I take it y'all will be recommending a wood handle over the horn for a user.

any recommendations? and reason for the recommendation.

thanks.
 
Looks like the need is very various, and from one end of the use spectrum to the other, I think a Khukuri in the middle of the chopper/weapon class. I agree that a wood handle would be best. Size wise, 15" would probably be the best compromise for enough weight to be a chopper, and not too large for the other tasks, such as preparing meals etc...

An AK would be nice, but I think a BAS, WWII, ASTK, or similar, would be along the lines of what you want the Khukuri to ba able to do.

Others probably will have much more insight, and better suggestions than my humble choices.
 
I think you nailed it cul. I second that suggestion! Dont know what a 50l pack measures but id definitely try to cram a 15" into it! Gelbu Special also comes to mind.
cul4u01 said:
Looks like the need is very various, and from one end of the use spectrum to the other, I think a Khukuri in the middle of the chopper/weapon class. I agree that a wood handle would be best. Size wise, 15" would probably be the best compromise for enough weight to be a chopper, and not too large for the other tasks, such as preparing meals etc...

An AK would be nice, but I think a BAS, WWII, ASTK, or similar, would be along the lines of what you want the Khukuri to ba able to do.

Others probably will have much more insight, and better suggestions than my humble choices.
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i have a klvuk, it is no good at skinning even large bass, i need something that balances chopping/slicing. and is robust enough for batoning, use against hardwood, and backpackable in a 12" tall pack, i go out in all weather.
 
Actually that's a fine idea philllll (5 L's check). That's the only thing I can think of that would remotely work as a light chopper and still be able to do anything with a fish. Bass require a decent knife, a little flex and scary sharp.
Chopping and fish cleaning is a tough combo.
 
I can't think of any knife that's gonna work for both chopping firewood and filleting a bass. Get an ak for choppping and use the karda to clean the fish, maybe skin a deer if you can put a nice edge on it.

But I've explored and asked around about a khuk that could potentially fillet a fish here before and the bashpati looks like the only thing that comes close. Most khuks are just too darn thick.

I now await all the BS'ers who will claim to have filleted a thousand fish with their 22" ganga ram...
 
LoL, CrystalEyes, actually you CAN fillet a fish with a ganga ram... if you are REALLY desparate and don't even have a sharp rock that would probably work better to use. (Though I make no guarantees about the "quality" of the end result) but yes, a much much thinner and more flexible knife is always going to work better. as you and Bawanna have pointed out cleaning fish and chopping wood are about the 2 total opposite qualities in a knife I don't think any blade of any sort would handle both well.
 
If I smack a bass hard enough with the side of my 22" ganga ram the fillets just pop right out the back, easy peasy.
 
I think of a khukuri as a Jack-of-all-trades. It may not be the absolute best tool for any given job, but with a bit of skill and practice it can do amazing things.

Veggies at first, the fish comes later in the video.

[video=youtube;0DHGlhFJH0g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=0DHGlhFJH0g[/video]

I'll put this in the Cookbook too. Should have been there long ago. It's from this old thread.
 
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Howard Wallace said:
I think of a khukuri as a Jack-of-all-trades. It may not be the absolute best tool for any given job, but with a bit of skill and practice it can do amazing things.

Veggies at first, the fish comes later in the video.

[video=youtube;0DHGlhFJH0g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=0DHGlhFJH0g[/video]

I'll put this in the Cookbook too. Should have been there long ago. It's from this old thread.
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OK...WOW :eek:, and that's that's all folks!
 
You can skin a bass with any flat part of any blade! Ganga ram no problem. That big Kumar kard would be great! I could do it with a Katana! no BS. Make your tail cut . Hold the skin of the bass firmly with the blade at at the appropriate angle where the edge is remotely close to parallel with the surface the fish is laying on and pull the skin holding the knife still firmly with the tip hard up against the cutting surface. You can do it with a machette if you wanted. Good video Howard! You dont have to have a bunch of rules to skin a fish neither do you need a filet knife. You can do it with a piece of blunt sheet metal if you can hold the skin. Big Ganga ram would work fine! I eat the skin too so dont really matter to me.
 
I did a deer start to finish one year with a 12" parang, to see if it could be done. I won't do it again willingly, but it worked.
A khuk woulda been easier since it actually has a working point...
 
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