BudK Kukri or CS Kukri machete?

TXoutback

TXoutback

Joined
Apr 17, 2010
Messages
120
I've been looking around for a good beater knife I can use in the yard, and I was just about settled on the CS Kukri Machete, when I found this:

http://budk.com/Knives/Genuine-Gurkha-Kukri

One reviewer on Amazon says he thinks its 1050 or 1055, which could be nice.

Anyone heard anything about this or how it would stack up to the CS beater for some extreme brush-clearing and fire-building?
 
Light weight springy stuff you would normally use a machete on? Go with the CS Khukuri shaped machete. Heavier stuff and you have a belt sander go with the BudK offering. The beltsander comment was made because the edges on the"sub-$20 Khukuri's" run from about non-existent to maybe butter knife good 90% certain you will need to put a real edge on it. At least the CS will come with a good working edge and take a beating.
 
Look at the Condor Kukri. I got one a few months back for that same price, it has been beaten up pretty good at work and it holds up. I've heard that the Cold Steel one is decent too but I don't have one. In any case, I'd avoid BudK like the plague.
 
If you want lite duty then a Cold Steel khuk machete is fine...I have used the crud out of mine and it works just fine

For a GENUINE Khuk? Himilayan imports BAS or M43 Or AK
 
Looks like the generic Windlass kukri at Budk. Pretty much any export kukri from India is made from old scrap metal leaf srpings....from the $20 ones to the $100+ ones.
You will need a belt sander to sharpen it as already mentioned. The CS ones are much thinner and are more of a machete in that sense, while most genuine kukri vary slightly, they hover around 1/4".
I have a couple from Windlass and they are solid and well built, cheap, and readily available here in Canada. I've looked at kukri house and HI, but I can't justify the total price with shipping from India for basically the same quality of materials as the Windlass stuff. Sure they will be better finished, but I chop trees with them, not much for putting knives in cases on display.
I have the CS kukri as well, and it works better on the small stuff, the Windlass ones work more like an axe.
 
I need a good one for pretty much destroying, and it sounds like the CS is the most recommended one for that. Thanks!
 
Hitzy, lay into a tree with a HI M43 or better yet 18 to 20" CAK and you'll see the difference. The fresh set of Kami's that just came on board are doing some down right awesome pieces! The older Kami's aren't slouches either. Both knives I mentioned can, with patience, be found on the HI DOTD's for under $100 each.
 
oldschool do yo have the specs on the m43, how about weight on the 18" cak??

OP;: I have a CS Khukri I've beaten to death for over a year, I have not chipped the blade, it has slammed into rocks, dirt and whatever else was in the way of destruction... This blade just takes it like crazy, otoh I used my marbles and tramotina and both chipped on Saturday with limited low to ground work..

Go with the CS.. you won't regret it .. I promise..

btw, I did put a convex edge on it after I received it..

or you could get this
IMG_1872.jpg
 
Last edited:
TheLastDaze, standard M43 and 18" CAK are both going to be about 18 to 19" overall length and somewhere in the mid 30 ounces range on weight. You'll get some variation due to difference in the Kami's making them because they are not pre-cut from sheets. Might or might not be worth looking for a blade by a specific Kami (old) Sher was know for making some overbuilt knives while Sgt Khada makes heavy blades with a more acute edge and I find Murali has a real pronounced convex grind (i.e., forget sticking in a cut it will just about throw it back out at you).
If you go to my post #4 in this thread http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=769256 the pdf I have sitting there is close to the exact blade profile for my M43 and 20" AK being a pdf what you see is exactly what I traced from the blades.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top