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Length: 16 3/4"
Weight: 22oz
It's not really called Pala's Army Knife but that is what I keep calling it. Seems like there is not a lot of info on this knife yet. I'd been dying to get my hands on one. Luckily, destiny (and a triangle box) brought me one.
Picture of the knife in the hand helps to get a good idea of the size.
Wind has been bad this summer and I needed to cut another branch.
My neighbors always give strange looks when I climb up trees with a knife.
This branch must have been breaking for a while and had become very dry and hard.
Here is the knife and branch for size comparison
3 or 4 chops dropped the branch.
Here a photo to show the depth of one cut. Almost all the way through. I was surprised it didn't cut all the way through and at first I thought maybe it was a problem with the sharpness or knife design. Later I realized it was the incredibly hard and dry wood.
I went over and cut some green wood and it cut with great ease. Then I came back to the hard wood and was actually very impressed realizing how well it cut VERY hard wood.
I decided to chop a bigger piece.
I must be honest, I hit this blade very hard several times at bad angles. I was sure that the edge would be damaged.
But it was not damaged at all. This is a super strong and resilient blade.
And very sharp. Sharp enough to easily slice a melon even after cutting some hard wood.
My wife is almost never interested in my knives. I will ask her to see the new models, or ask her if she notices anything different about me when I have a huge khuk on my belt. She usually just rolls her eyes.
However, to my surprise, she said this one was unique and she really liked the looks of it. I have some other very extravagant ones that she never pays attention to, but for some reason this one, which I thought looked very simple, really appealed to her. I guess simplicity is a beautiful thing.
I'm a big fan of the sheath. I love the brown leather look. There are no pockets for Chakma and Karda. That makes for a very slim sheath which is something to be appreciated.
Aside from my Foxy Folly, this knife is the only khukuri I have that makes a ringing noise when you flick the blade. I'm not sure if that is because of the blade shape, or the hardness, but I like it. It literally sings. I had my brother check the edge hardness with his Rockwell Hardness files. It is at least 65 hardness on the chopping edge and gets softer toward the handle.
Picture of the tang and the spine thickness.
Here is the handle my wife found so pretty. It is nice to look at.
My impression of Pala's knife:
It is very different than what I am used to. I have grown accustomed to hidden tang khukuris. The weight in the handle from the chirruwa style tang was different for me. I have had a couple CAKs but they ended up in the hands of friends and relatives. The only big knife I have with the Chirruwa style handle is my AK bowie but it has a monster blade and a skinny handle so the weight is still very far forward. When cutting the small branches I struggled at first. After a short while using this knife it seemed to whisper to me "I am a weapon." At that point I started treating it as a martial arts blade like a katana. I slowed down, envisioned the cut, swung with follow-thru, and gave a flick of the wrist. The limbs began to bow before it. This knife is a good worker and an even better teacher. I feel like after 30 minutes with this knife I was better than I was before. Good knife. Hard worker. Swift weapon. Wise teacher.
I am new to this model and this is just my first impression. I would love to hear what other people think of theirs.
Weight: 22oz
It's not really called Pala's Army Knife but that is what I keep calling it. Seems like there is not a lot of info on this knife yet. I'd been dying to get my hands on one. Luckily, destiny (and a triangle box) brought me one.
Picture of the knife in the hand helps to get a good idea of the size.
Wind has been bad this summer and I needed to cut another branch.
My neighbors always give strange looks when I climb up trees with a knife.
This branch must have been breaking for a while and had become very dry and hard.
Here is the knife and branch for size comparison
3 or 4 chops dropped the branch.
Here a photo to show the depth of one cut. Almost all the way through. I was surprised it didn't cut all the way through and at first I thought maybe it was a problem with the sharpness or knife design. Later I realized it was the incredibly hard and dry wood.
I went over and cut some green wood and it cut with great ease. Then I came back to the hard wood and was actually very impressed realizing how well it cut VERY hard wood.
I decided to chop a bigger piece.
I must be honest, I hit this blade very hard several times at bad angles. I was sure that the edge would be damaged.
But it was not damaged at all. This is a super strong and resilient blade.
And very sharp. Sharp enough to easily slice a melon even after cutting some hard wood.
My wife is almost never interested in my knives. I will ask her to see the new models, or ask her if she notices anything different about me when I have a huge khuk on my belt. She usually just rolls her eyes.
However, to my surprise, she said this one was unique and she really liked the looks of it. I have some other very extravagant ones that she never pays attention to, but for some reason this one, which I thought looked very simple, really appealed to her. I guess simplicity is a beautiful thing.
I'm a big fan of the sheath. I love the brown leather look. There are no pockets for Chakma and Karda. That makes for a very slim sheath which is something to be appreciated.
Aside from my Foxy Folly, this knife is the only khukuri I have that makes a ringing noise when you flick the blade. I'm not sure if that is because of the blade shape, or the hardness, but I like it. It literally sings. I had my brother check the edge hardness with his Rockwell Hardness files. It is at least 65 hardness on the chopping edge and gets softer toward the handle.
Picture of the tang and the spine thickness.
Here is the handle my wife found so pretty. It is nice to look at.
My impression of Pala's knife:
It is very different than what I am used to. I have grown accustomed to hidden tang khukuris. The weight in the handle from the chirruwa style tang was different for me. I have had a couple CAKs but they ended up in the hands of friends and relatives. The only big knife I have with the Chirruwa style handle is my AK bowie but it has a monster blade and a skinny handle so the weight is still very far forward. When cutting the small branches I struggled at first. After a short while using this knife it seemed to whisper to me "I am a weapon." At that point I started treating it as a martial arts blade like a katana. I slowed down, envisioned the cut, swung with follow-thru, and gave a flick of the wrist. The limbs began to bow before it. This knife is a good worker and an even better teacher. I feel like after 30 minutes with this knife I was better than I was before. Good knife. Hard worker. Swift weapon. Wise teacher.
I am new to this model and this is just my first impression. I would love to hear what other people think of theirs.
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