Better Pictures of my HI Stuff

[Ankerson]

25" Siru
21" Chitlangi
20" GS
20" Siru
20" AK

 

[Ankerson]

18" AK
18" GS
18" WWII
18" Siru

 

[Ankerson]

16.5" Chiruwa AK
15" AK
15" BAS
Silver Mounted Engraved AK

 

[Ankerson]

35.5" Tarwar

 

[Bill Martino]

Blades are nicely polished. I can see blue sky and tree limbs reflected.

 

[Ankerson]

Originally posted by Bill Martino
Blades are nicely polished. I can see blue sky and tree limbs reflected.

Renaissance Wax does a nice job of shinning them up and keeping them from rusting.

 

[beoram]

Thanks Ank. Nice photos!

 

[32055]

Thanks for the great pics.

 

[Ankerson]

Thanks guys..

The weather finally was nice enough to take everything outside on one of my days off. So I could take some pictures outside in better light.

 

[Ferrous Wheel]

collection, man.

Keith

 

[Pappy]

Thank you much for sharing with us.

 

[ed tank]

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever."

 

[Ankerson]

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[Eikerværing]

Thank you Ankerson for posting this. I am looking for a new blade and I have been tinking about chitlangi or gelbu special in the range of 18-21 inches. Pictures like this makes it a whole lot easier to evaluate how they are compared to eachother.

Lovely blade collection you have!

 

[Ankerson]

Originally posted by Eikerværing
Pictures like this makes it a whole lot easier to evaluate how they are compared to eachother.

Lovely blade collection you have!

Thanks.

That's why I post them the way I do, to help out as much as I can.

 

[Eikerværing]

Ankerson

Do you have some opinions?

I am basically looking for a knife for backpacking where only cutting some firewood for the evening will be needed, no heavy chopping. Possibly building a shelter from some young trees if the tent breaks. But I prefer it to be good for self defence also as I am going to backpack as a gringo in South America soon and that might lead me to get robbed.

Which one of the Gelbu Special and the Chitlangi are more on the weapon side?

Is 18 or 21 inches best? Distance to enemy would be great to have but does a 21 inch become unwieldly? My 25 Kobra is too uncontrollable for an average sized guy like me.

Are my eyes viewing correctly? Is it so that the Chitlangi is slightly more massive than the Gelbu Special? I must say I like the looks of the Chitlangi. Can I go wrong with a Chitlangi?

 

[Ankerson]

Originally posted by Eikerværing
Ankerson

Do you have some opinions?

I am basically looking for a knife for backpacking where only cutting some firewood for the evening will be needed, no heavy chopping. Possibly building a shelter from some young trees if the tent breaks. But I prefer it to be good for self defence also as I am going to backpack as a gringo in South America soon and that might lead me to get robbed.

Which one of the Gelbu Special and the Chitlangi are more on the weapon side?

Is 18 or 21 inches best? Distance to enemy would be great to have but does a 21 inch become unwieldly? My 25 Kobra is too uncontrollable for an average sized guy like me.

Are my eyes viewing correctly? Is it so that the Chitlangi is slightly more massive than the Gelbu Special? I must say I like the looks of the Chitlangi. Can I go wrong with a Chitlangi?

I would take a 20" GS or Siru for what you want. The 21" Chitlangi is alot heavier than either one of them.

Yes the Chitlangi is bigger and thicker and heavier than the GS.

The 20" Siru and GS are easy to handle, they are very fast.

And I am Average at 5'10".

 

[Ankerson]

The 21" Chitlangi has that AK feel to it, it's a monster and it looks like it can split firewood with the AK's.

 

[Eikerværing]

Thanks for your advices. I am of the same size as you with my 5' 11" so you make a good advicer.

Looks like there will be a 20" Gelbu Special for me. I'll just hang on to the thought for a while just to make up my mind for sure.

 

[Ankerson]

Originally posted by Eikerværing
Thanks for your advices. I am of the same size as you with my 5' 11" so you make a good advicer.

Looks like there will be a 20" Gelbu Special for me. I'll just hang on to the thought for a while just to make up my mind for sure.

Don't get me wrong The 21" Chitlangi is an awesome Khuk, no doubt, but for what you want the GS is a better choice.