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.![]()
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).