Do you guys constantly think about what will be your next khukri ?

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Astrodada

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Well I do. :o

I have got two 12 inchers. One 15 inch Bura special, and a 19inch Malla.

So I think my next ones will be between these sizes. I am thinking about a 14" BDC. And the 17"BGRS and 17" Foxy Folly is definitely in the list too. :)
 
I've got two on the list and a tentative third. Decided to stop thinking about it since I realized that even affording the first one will be a trick. Been spending too much lately. :o

1. 12" PK villager
2. 18" WWII villager
3? 17" FF
 
Do you guys constantly think about what will be your next khukri ?

Uh, no, being a single guy, my idle musings are focused elsewhere. ;)

However, next time one of those 15" Pen Knives pops up with a wood handle on it, they's a'gonna be a race. :D

Sarge
 
Yeah - I'm still thinking about my Sirupati... just saving the pennies (or selling off other bits in the collection!)
 
I'm half seriously thinking about getting a special Foxy Folly made.:rolleyes: ;) :D :cool:
 
Astrodada said:
Let me guess.......18" 28 oz.....smaller diameter chandon wood 'curved' handle ?? :)
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You're close my friend. But no more than 17" and no Chandan but definitely the 28 ounces + a couple and - none.;)
 
Mine is real light and fast at 24oz. I could have gone for a few more ounces. I wish the handle had more curve. It REALLY needs lots of work. So pretty though. So pretty.

Not thinking of my next one yet. For the first time since I got HIKV I'm kind of satiated.:p
 
I mulled over what the next one I was going to get for awhile. After about 20 or 25, I started to hold back and pick and choose:D

Right now, I'm holding out for a few things. I have enough of the normal run to get me through whatever task I might have at hand. Actually, after a Christmas full of tools and leather I'm getting to go back, retool things like handles and scabbards, and really get to tailor some old friends so that they can be rotated in a little more often:)
Right now I'm holding out for a falcatia or a Munk cleaver or something extra special that pops up on the DOTD. I might be swayed to splurge if a 15" Siru comes along. I've been thinking about getting one of those for..oh 3 years now.
I don't shark nearly as many as I used to. Mainly because I let my wife handle the money, but that's a double edged sword. I don't have to deal with the headache, but i also don't know if i have it to spend:D

Jake
 
Steely_Gunz said:
I mulled over what the next one I was going to get for awhile. After about 20 or 25, I started to hold back and pick and choose:D

Right now, I'm holding out for a few things. I have enough of the normal run to get me through whatever task I might have at hand. ...snip... I might be swayed to splurge if a 15" Siru comes along. I've been thinking about getting one of those for..oh 3 years now.
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...snip... but that's a double edged sword.
Jake
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25 eh? is that enough? definite bargain for the tremendous value considering the cost of some blades i've beheld and worked with.

yah, holding back - even though there's things like goloks and the becker patrol machete that aren't so $$$, i'm waiting on things more and more lately. things have to be users or special or just too tasty to ignore. mabye in a few months or so, i'll indulge a lot more at the kukri fountain :> for you the siru (those DO look yummy), me? a bit of a ranging taste. wouldn't mind a whole lot of large blades and small. mostly fixed too.

an ah, it's a doubled edge sword you be wanting. i see. :)

wow, january thaw, a bright 45 degrees out, maybe i should go for a walk with mr villager into the shiny woods and harvet some poplar :)

bladite
 
I got my first one last week and I'm up to 3 now (15" pen, BAS, 20" Sirupati). I know typing this is probably akin to blasphmey, but I can't really imagine needing too many more khuks (I could probably do 95% of everything I'll ever use them for with the 15" pen.)

Anyhow, the ones I'm looking forward to are the smaller knives offered by HI.
 
waterhouse said:
I know typing this is probably akin to blasphmey, but I can't really imagine needing too many more khuks

Anyhow, the ones I'm looking forward to are the smaller knives offered by HI.
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That's how they do it in Nepal. They don't have a trunk full of khuks, probably just one or two good blades lying around that get used for everything. It would pain me, but I suppose I COULD get along with just one khuk. Honestly, you can get an awful lot of work done with a plain ol' 15" AK. I'm spoiled now, of course. I wouldn't think twice of picking up my YCS over the little AK to go chop wood. Furthermore, the full size GRS is absolutely needed to process wood over 7" thick;) Defend myself with a GRS? I think not. No there is a Rose, or a Sher Attitude, or a cleaving 25" kobra for that.

As far as the smaller knives go, they are probably the best bang for the buck out of anything HI offers. Khuks are great, but i cut stuff a lot more often than I chop it. For the smallest of the bunch, check out the biltons or the JKMs. Great all around work knives. Also, the Sarge is a knife near and dear to me. Great design for an EDC.

Jake
 
nope...no thinking needed.


Samsher - period.
 
Well...I jumped all over that 25' Chitlang last week (will be going into town on the 25th :D ) but I've this list

19' Mulla

20' Sirupati

Kumar Kadar

Tarwar sword

some kind of 18' "practical" khuk (I'm thinking a 18' AK with a kydex scabbard by Daniel;dulled-blued blade...:D )

all....for now!
 
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