Deals for 7/9--Pix Cherokee Rose, Bancharo, Katar and Awesome buys

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Yangdu

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Beautifully done 19.5 inch 30 ounce Cherokee Rose by Kumar. Red satisal wood handle. Leather sheath. $275.

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17 inch 31 ounce villager Farm Knife by Kumar. Satisal wood handle. Leather sheath. Awesome choppers at $199. *SOLD*

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Bancharo by Ram Kumar

Overall length --15''
Blade length --3 1/4''
Weight --19 oz
Sandan wood handle
Leather sheath
$185

12 1/4 inch 12 ounce YCS Karda by Kumar. Chiruwa style red satisal wood handle. Leather sheath. $95. *SOLD*

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17.5 inch 36 ounce HI Katar by Kumar. Leather sheath. This is the last one in stock!
Add to your collection at $245. *SOLD*

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15 inch 23 ounce M-43 by Kumar. White metal fittings. Satisal wood handle. Leather sheath. Nice rig at $165. *SOLD*

15 inch 19 ounce villager Utility Knife by Ram Kumar. Sandan wood handle. Natural leather sheath. Bonus buy at $100 even. *SOLD*

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8.5 inch 4 ounce gentleman belt knife by Kumar. Satisal wood handle. Leather sheath.
$48. *SOLD*

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That katar is a stone cold stunner!
EMS on that devilishly beautiful white metal M-43, the handle and simple shape is calling to me. It is really hard resisting these.
That VUK handle is amazing too.
 
The Banchero, Farm Knife, and VUK are the "get me's" on this round.

I've got several of each, banchero and farm knives are beasts, and the VUK is a user/beater.
 
Ok my thoughts and conversations with Ms Yangdu about the Farm Knife. For the longest I overlooked the FK probably because of the black scale. I’m not real sure but I’d continue to pass it up. That was a very bad decision. Finally because of boredom because “they all started looking alike” but in some varying sizes, shapes, details..still a season of boredom. I finally pulled the trigger on a Farm Knife!
It became a refreshing delight to experience the new shape, design and not as polished like the Tamang so many talk about as their “go to” Knife! This has become my “go to”!
Talking to several people on the forum which gave me a world of info about the edge profile of the Farm Knife and asking “will it chop like an AK?” The answers were unanimous that the blade profile was too thin for extreme chopping!
Still my curiosity was pushing my thoughts as to why such a large knife that’s shaped like a massive meat cleaver can’t chop??

Being exposed to a lot of ABS knifemakers in the region where I live, the Holy Grail of the perfect Knife was to get the perfect convex edge mated with the perfect temper to produce the perfect chopping fighter, all around so called Bowie “Fighter”!
Anyway that was my 1980’s intro into the ABS!

So I asked Ms Yangdu a question?
Can the Farm Knife chop as good as an AK? Her response was, “I saw some people chopping limbs in Nepal effortlessly! It not only will chop as good but maybe better!”
I’ve definitely experienced the “better” and deeper penetration of the blade but if the temper wasn’t there, I can definitely understand the problems it could cause with the thinner blade edge!

This is my selling point for the Farm Knife!
If there are any typos, I didn’t proofread what I just wrote!
You won’t be disappointed with a Farm Knife!!
My 2 cents!!

Edit: I have 4 Farm Knives now! Does that say anything about it?
 
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cul4u01 said:
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That is NO thin spine, believe that!
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I totally agree Cul! The spine on my 4 are very thick! The edge was always the directive that was always brought to my attention. But my attention has always been the temper of the edge. I’ve always thought this edge, if tempered properly should bit deeply into whatever it was directed into!! Not the blades fault, but the temper!
I’ve heard some complain about their edge rolling from something they chopped into with an AK or a Gelbu special!
Just saying
 
cul4u01 said:
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That is NO thin spine, believe that!
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The farm knife is plenty stout. The Farmcatta and Tamang do suffer from a light spine in my opinion. And yes, the heat treat is the culprit in edge failures. Just want to state that for the record. BTW-The farm knife by Kumar shouldn't still be here-as Bawanna says "knives should live in pairs" (my paraphrase..), so I will attempt to have it join my Tirtha made, buffalo horn hafted Farm knife. EMS. And DD.
 
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