Chiruwa Bending !!

Originally posted by Sylvrfalcn
Many of the knives carried by Native Americans, fur trappers, and mountain men in America's "Frontier Period" were not much more than butcher knives, with blades right around 1/8" thick. Survival was not a "what if" to them, it was an everyday reality. So, yup, Kis has a very good point, knives are for cutting. Khuks combine the qualities of a knife and an axe with their chopping power, but I still don't view their inherent sturdiness as an invitation to abuse. Besides, the first time one does "let go" in close proximity to a human body, the results could be disastrous.:eek:

Sarge

Yes it's documented that the real frontiersmen carried "thin" knives like butcher knives. Guess even the famous "Bowie" was really a butcher knife (they figure). Was this because they didn't have anything different or because they used their knives for what knives are for? HI khuks are definitely "over engineered" but they still cut good. Depends on what your cutting. I wouldn't want to use one as a scalpel although they can be sharpened as such. But I don't want to use a scalpel to cut down a tree either.
Guess all this comes around to user preference and I prefer a good khuk(HI).
 
Originally posted by Sylvrfalcn
Many of the knives carried by Native Americans, were not much more than butcher knives, with blades right around 1/8" thick. Survival was not a "what if" to them, it was an everyday reality.

Sarge

The trouble with them damned Native Americans is that they're gonna wind up gettin' a bunch of us dayumed NDNs killed with their stupid political Correctness!!!:rolleyes: :p

We're NDNs and WE Discovered Comumbus!!!!:p :rolleyes: :p :D

Should'na have let the dayumed little Eyetaliawacker leave this country to go back to his own. Who knows, maybe we would've developed Compound Bows on our own and then where would y'all have been with your stinkin little one shot muskets?:rolleyes: :p :D
 
" Who knows, maybe we would've developed Compound Bows on our own and then where would y'all have been with your stinkin little one shot muskets?"

The Europeans would have been air conditioned.

My family was still back in the Russian Empire or where ever we were before that.
 
The whole deal is that it doesn't matter whether the AK is a Chiruwa or not. You're still not gonna bend the dayumed thang!!!!:D
I don't know what it is that causes people to think the Chiruwas are any stronger than the regular AKs.
As most folks know the Chiruwa style is an inferior design as far as I'concerned.:rolleyes: :p

I think Bill offers the "break one and get two free" teaser is an ulterior method of unloading the dayumed things.:p :D
 
Uncle, I do like the chiruwa khuks/swords that I have. The "full" tang is a popular item in the tactical knife market. More hype than reality. Because of the steel to hand contact, the user gets more shock to the hand when used hard. Can't avoid this and it doesn't bother some people. Have used my chiruwa hard and find no fault in it but the regular AK is more comfortable.
Whether or not your "unloading" these chiruwas the buyer still gets a good khuk.
 
To chiruwa, or not to chiruwa, that is the question. The answer is whatever floats your boat Skippy. I'm glad Uncle offers them, and apparently folks like them, as witnessed by how quickly they get snapped up when one comes up on a special.

However, I'm in Yvsa's camp on handle construction preference. The old tried and true "enclosed tang" looks better to me, feels better, is IMHO every bit as strong, and there's no exposed steel in the handle for sweaty hands to rust up. Each to their own, I just think riveted slabs belong on kitchen knives.;)

Sarge
 
Originally posted by hoghead
Yes it's documented that the real frontiersmen carried "thin" knives like butcher knives. Guess even the famous "Bowie" was really a butcher knife (they figure). Was this because they didn't have anything different or because they used their knives for what knives are for? HI khuks are definitely "over engineered" but they still cut good. Depends on what your cutting. I wouldn't want to use one as a scalpel although they can be sharpened as such. But I don't want to use a scalpel to cut down a tree either. Guess all this comes around to user preference and I prefer a good khuk(HI).

Okie, so the typical frountiersmen's survival knife was thin. But wasn't that also due, in part at least, to the fact that they carried 'Hawks (Tomahawks) or similar hatchets for chopping use? And prying would be done with a sturdy branch cut from a tree with such a 'Hawk/Hatchet?
 
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