Can a HI khukuri be special ordered with a full tang?

Drdan

Drdan

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I've gleaned a lot of information on the HI website and on this forum pertaining to the size, weight, and blade geometry of the various khukuris offered for sale, but found no information about special orders. Thanks for your responses!
 
Almost all except the Garuda, Hanuman, Snow lion, specially carved handles, etc. are full tang, either hidden and peened at the butt, or exposed and slabs riveted through.

The hidden tangs are better desctibe not as "rat-tailed" but as alligator or kangaroo tailed.
 
Your explanation that the HI khukuris have an "alligator tail" or "kangaroo tail" tang explains how they pass the various published torture tests unscathed. I would feel hesitant doing some heavy chopping or prying if I thought that a rat tail tang was absorbing all the shock... I'm waiting for a reply from Uncle Bill so that I can order my first khukuri. The HI site is excellent, and I am very happy that the entire staff of HI are treated with such high esteem and respect. When employees are paid better than their peers, and are made part of the corporate family as it were, the owners too greatly benefit. I read the entire website, and was left with wonderful feelings about the the "suits" at HI, the craftsmen employed, the HI business philosophy and the Nepalese people themselves. Wonderful stuff... Thanks again!
 
The Chiruwa is a full tang.

Just a remmeber that a full tang isgonna transger ever bit of the shock of chopping back to your hand
 
Originally posted by etp777
The Chiruwa is a full tang.

Just a remmeber that a full tang isgonna transger ever bit of the shock of chopping back to your hand
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Let me translate... ;)

Just a reminder that a full tang is gonna transfer every bit of the shock of chopping back to your hand. :)
 
Originally posted by BruiseLeee
Just a reminder that a full tang is gonna transfer every bit of the shock of chopping back to your hand. :)
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I have always heard that too. However my favorite user is a chiruwa AK in 16.5". If you hit in the "sweet spot" you get very little shock. If you miss the sweet spot, you get immediate tactile feedback that you're not doing it right.

Thanks for the translation Bruise.:) and happy holidays to you bud.

Steve
 
Originally posted by ferguson
However my favorite user is a chiruwa AK in 16.5". If you hit in the "sweet spot" you get very little shock. If you miss the sweet spot, you get immediate tactile feedback that you're not doing it right.
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Where is the sweet spot on the Chiruwa?
 
Originally posted by GYMBOOEE
Where is the sweet spot on the Chiruwa?
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I'm getting way over my head here, so somebody jump in. The sweet spot is a common name for the center of percussion. A definition I found on the web is:

Center of percussion, that point in a body moving about a
fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without
communicating a shock to the axis.

Here's another one Sweet Spot

On mine, and for most khuks I would think, it's in the belly ( the widest part of the blade). When chopping, if you work too close to the tip, or too close to the recurve, it just doesn't "feel" right. Like many have said, just listen to the khukuri when using it.

Khukuri Construction

Steve
 
No thread on tangs can be considered complete unless YVSA weighs in.

Rest assured, HI khuks have more tang than the 'full' tangs of most advertised 'full' tanged knives.


munk
 
Originally posted by munk
No thread on tangs can be considered complete unless YVSA weighs in.

munk
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I'm being nice today.:D So far.:p Besides it looks like the subject has been covered well.:yawn:
 
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