Deals for 6/2 --Pix, Blems, Project Knife and Big Savings

warty said:
Heck if I get some sun tomorrow, I may post a review as I have a pair of UBEs.
The bigger one spends most of its time in the garden and the smaller one has been on kitchen duty since I got it.
The little one is easily the best kitchen knife I have and I really need to than Steely Guns again for it.
It is the best thing for slicing up meat, cheese and veggies I have, but then I am not very well equipped in the kitchen.
I can cook really well but I never have gotten around to getting myself anything too fancy for knives and such.
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I use my kukri for cooking too - specifically, the 13" AK I picked up from this DotD practically lives in the kitchen. It's downright amazing for hacking through meat, chicken bones, and certain veggies, though the thicker edge does hamper it for certain tasks (mostly carrots, though there are other that just aren't coming to mind right now).

As for the topic of kitchen knives, I personally got annoyed with the generic stainless steel knives we had in the kitchen when I got into cooking for the family a few years back. Sure, they didn't stain, but they hardly held any sort of edge for long. The answer? I kept an eye out for any blades with a decent patina during my outings to garage sales - they're almost always ridiculously cheap (scored a few Old Hickories for <$1) as people don't seem to understand that patina is not grime, let alone that high-carbon knives > stainless unless you're willing to dole out $50+ for a kitchen knife ;).
 
Peak_Oil said:
Is that experimental khukri indicative of the tang of all your khukris?
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No, the experimental was partial tang due to the horn handle. All H.I. khukuri normally have Thru tangs that are peened at the buttcap as well as glued in with Laha.
 
Karda said:
No, the experimental was partial tang due to the horn handle. All H.I. khukuri normally have Thru tangs that are peened at the buttcap as well as glued in with Laha.
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...except for the full-tang models that are riveted/glued with Laha (as with the m-43 in this DotD). As a general rule of thumb, if it has a metal buttcap, it's a full through-tang peened at the buttcap. If you can see rivets/pins, it is chiruwa (or full tang) with handle scales.
It's actually very rare to see partial tangs on HI kukris - such designs are generally reserved for very small khukris like the paper cutters as well as more decorative (but still quite functional) khukris such the hanuman and the experimental handle models that have been popping up:

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I wish I'd jumped on that project Khuk. I've got some Mahogany and epoxy just waiting to be made into a handle for something like that. Maybe even red cedar. I have a nice chunk of that I'm going to use for a knife handle.
Would make a great kitchen chopper.

I've been looking at bamboo cutting boards lately and been thinking of cutting one up to make knife handles. Something about it speaks to me.
Also saw a nice Brazilian cherry cutting board that was the perfect thickness for handle scales.
Then there's the THICK Brazilian cherry cutting/chopping board I saw. Just what I need for chopping food with the Tamang. If it gets too ugly from chopping, I can run it through the planer, and then sand/oil it until it gets too thin. Should get many years of use from it before I have to make knife handles out of it.
 

The partial tang that comes to my mind (IIRC) is the Jange. Usually around 20-22" and a couple pounds, it came with a partial tang. Sure would like to find one.

I know the Hanuman is partial but the one that I got has a big pin-3/8-5/16"- through it a couple inches behind the bolster. :thumbup:A great chopper.
 
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