Chitlangi Question

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I'm not a big fan of the narrow blades, but I've always wanted one of these. Especially a villager.

I notice a lot of 20" and above.

Do they ever make them in the 16 or 18" incarnations? If they do and anyone has one what do they weigh. They appear a bit heavier than a kobra or sirupate? I can only remember handling Roadrunners at the Khonvention and that's been a while.

Somebody should move this. Iput it in the wrong folder--
 
hollowdweller said:
I'm not a big fan of the narrow blades, but I've always wanted one of these. Especially a villager.

I notice a lot of 20" and above.

Do they ever make them in the 16 or 18" incarnations?

Somebody should move this. Iput it in the wrong folder--
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Will do Hollow.
I have a 21"+ that I like really well. Mine is lighter than the Chainpuri or Sirupati.:thumbup: :D
 
Yeah, this thread's in the wrong place alright.

Good thread though.



munk
 
Hi Hollow,

The HI website lists an 18" and 22" chitlangi.
I've got 2 - 22" chits:
an old Durba Chitlangi that's light at 1 lb -8 oz
and a newer Kumar that weighs 2 lbs.
Big difference!:eek:

I posted about them in this old thread.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=258633&highlight=chitlangi

I have a 21" Gelbu that's 1 lb-10 oz
a 20" Kobra that's 1 lb-4 oz
a 25" Sirupati that's 2 lb-1 oz
and a 25" "kobra weight" Sirupati that's 1 lb -12 oz.

Hope this helps,
Steve

Edit: Darn, now you've got me wanting an 18" Chit. I'll bet it would be awesome!
 
It's very easy to catch Chit Fever.

Something about the Chitlangi.



munk
 
Good to see Steve posting hope you're OK. I've got Chit fever bad right now. I don't have any of the long narrow blades, and the chits int the DOTD are burning my insides. I don't wish I was rich, I just simply don't want to do my job anymore, and I want to buy hundreds of HI blades and just hang out with them all day. Do I need a therapist or what?
 
hollowdweller said:
I'm not a big fan of the narrow blades, but I've always wanted one of these. Especially a villager.

I notice a lot of 20" and above.

Do they ever make them in the 16 or 18" incarnations? If they do and anyone has one what do they weigh. They appear a bit heavier than a kobra or sirupate? I can only remember handling Roadrunners at the Khonvention and that's been a while.

Somebody should move this. Iput it in the wrong folder--
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Hollow the Chitlangi's I have in that range are:

an 18" 22 oz. horn,
20" 28 oz. horn,
21" 29 oz. satisal wood,
25" 34 oz. neem wood,
and 26" 37 oz. satisal wood.

IMO the 24 oz. one that Steve has is exceptionally light and must be a joy to hold. Most are nearer 2 pounds. Steve, I just checked out the pic of your Durba and it's a beauty all right. BTW, I wish I could get my horn handles to look like that.

The 21" one in satisal is by Amtrak, and was my very first HI knife and still my favorite. It just balances so beautifully that it feels like part of your hand. I liked it so much that I got the 20" one on horn by Kumar, and it is nice but as close as it is to the same length /weight ratio doesn't have quite the same magic.

Same with the 18". It is a much handier size and very useful but to me just doesn't shout "weapon!" in quite the same manner.

The larger 25"-26" models are very well made, but obviously are going to be more forward blade heavy.

It's funny that you mention this today, because this morning as I was reading a review of the new 15" pen knife, if occurred to me that a Chitlangi in the 15" size would be a nice addition and good niche-filler between the 12" and 18" models that we have seen.

Norm
 
munk said:
I didn't see it coming- 11000 posts, much of it malarky.



munk
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I'll say! :D ;)

Seriously, you're too hard on yourself Munk. It's all good stuff to us, and all serves a purpose. Thanks for being so prolific! I hope I can say the same in another 8900 posts.

Norm
 
Yea Munk. People are learning from those posts. Given freely. Congrats.
 
I have two, a smaller 18-1/2" at almost 22 oz, and a larger one - 21-1/2" and about 30 oz. Both are by Kumar and both have wood handles. They are my favorite Hi blades.

I greatly prefer the smaller one. It chops as deeply as my Bura 17" GRS (24 oz), but feels like a feather in my hand.

The larger one just seems a bit heavy. I don't plan on chopping any trees down, but you could do a lot with the smaller blade if you needed to.

It is a great knife....beautiful blade.
 
18" and 22 oz sounds good. 15" and 22 oz would be even cooler.

IMO that type of handle is even more conducive to chopping than the ones on what we consider the chopper models.
 
HD, here are some 25" stats: know you don't want a 25" Chit, but the weight on the one the other day put it heavier than Kobra, lighter than GS. AITIRC. Says something about the class. I was surprised.

25” Kobra, 1 lb., 15.8 oz. - 25.5”

25” Gelbu Special, 2 lb., 0.7 oz.- 25”

25” Malla, 2 lb., 7.6 oz. - 25.75”

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11,000 posts... And how many keyboards, munk?

:eek: :thumbup: Congrats


Mike
 
I have 2 Chits an 18", 22 ounce, Horn handle and a 22" 27 ounce which feels heavier with a "Nice" wood handle.

The 18" chitlangi has more weight in the front end than the 18" Sirupati that I had for awhile. The Chitlangi feels like the better chopper of the narrow blades I've tried out so far. I want a Gelbu next to see how it feels.

The 18" Chitlangi's handle fits my medium sized hand much better than the monster handle on the 22" Chitlangi. The 22" is awesome and I can almost get a 2 handed grip on it. It really feels like it can remove Zombie limbs without much effort :eek: :eek: :thumbup:

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Here's the 18" Sirpati top with wood handle and the 18" Chitlangi with Horn handle on the bottom. You can see that the Chitlangi has a better "Belly" for chopping.

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22" Chitlangi on top with the 18" Chitlangi just below it.
Then the 18" Sher 'Attitude' Special and 12" Sirpati on the bottom.

Got to admit the Chitlangi is one beautiful blade :D :thumbup:
 
Ooops.....re-light my fire for a chit.......

Heard before that the chit has a large sweet spot. is that true ?
 
Wonderful photos. It's interesting to see the different blades alongside one another- they have distinct characters.

My own Chitlangi is 19.5" long and weighs 25 ounces.



munk
 
They definitely each have their own character. For fighting speed the 18" Chit and Sher 'Attitude' are my favorites each very different.

The 22" isn't a fighting Khuk it's an Obliterating Khuk more like a WMD.....LOL!!!
 
Nice pix ALBPM!:thumbup: :cool: The nice thing and what I really like about the Chitlangi is that they cut like a much heavier khukuri and even with mine being so long it is great for swinging in tight areas because of that. I chopped into the side and middle of a small Bradford Pear, maybe 4'-5' in diameter on the low growing limbs that I could reach and wreaked havoc on the 1/2"-1" branches. I was extremely surprised at the amount of damage it created with such limited movements!!!!:thumbup: :D :cool:
 
I dunno what it is but the Chits have something over the Sirups....next week I go to get mine sure looked great on the DOTD so I'm prepaired to be bowled over,and they chop to boot!

And then this......
ALBPM said:
They definitely each have their own character. For fighting speed the 18" Chit and Sher 'Attitude' are my favorites each very different.

The 22" isn't a fighting Khuk it's an Obliterating Khuk more like a WMD.....LOL!!!
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so I'm guessing I've got a real God-smashing pontential with my 25" Chit?? LOL! :D
 
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