Ergonomic Kukri recommendation

[Knifeclerk]

As far as I've been able to see it hasn't been a problem of depth. Many other Condor models like the Viking (which I've used and abused for years--and it's stainless, no less!) are thinner at the base of the blade than the Kukri Machete is. The ones I've seen have been the result of bad heat treatment, and they naturally broke at their narrowest spot. They had a couple bad runs of them a year or two ago. Haven't seen any recent problems, though please correct me if I'm wrong.

I saw three consecutive returns in my store back in 2010. All three broke right at that deep kaudi. Could the issue have been the heat treatment? It's possible. But the design remains unchanged. Looking at the thin stock, and the deeply cut notch, I still believe these will break with an unchecked cut on a hard/semi-hard surface. The newer "Heavy Kukri" they have planned should fair MUCH better. I love Condor, and I own three of their machetes. They make a fantastic product. I just think that this current model is a lemon.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

I saw three consecutive returns in my store back in 2010. All three broke right at that deep kaudi. Could the issue have been the heat treatment? It's possible. But the design remains unchanged. Looking at the thin stock, and the deeply cut notch, I still believe these will break with an unchecked cut on a hard/semi-hard surface. The newer "Heavy Kukri" they have planned should fair MUCH better. I love Condor, and I own three of their machetes. They make a fantastic product. I just think that this current model is a lemon.

2010 was when they had the bad batch or two. Your three likely came from it. The early production models also had very hard-angled transitions along the geometry of the kaudi which caused stress points. They no longer grind the interior of it like they did on those early ones. If they really broke as often as that they would have changed it by now--not only do they listen and respond to their customers, but they'd be losing money big time through their warranty process if they kept producing a product that consistently failed.