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Today, no. 3 made it's appearance. 18", 18 oz., fragrant Neem handle. Curviest one in the pic, lightest too.... but this thing is unlike anything else. What was Sher thinking? The answer is in the knife...
Attached is a pic of the 18", 18 oz. Neem SAS, along with a beautiful hanshee I picked up, to demonstrate the aggressive curve angle, as ddean pointed out. A big honkin' 20" villager shows scale. (sorry, pic could be better)
Chainpuri handle. A good thing, although my chainpuri is a lot straighter than this.
Nice checkering and white metal non-habaki bolster. 2 more things I like.
The grip.... I find myself taking an "M-43" grip with this... where it's more centered in your hand than to the left side next to the thumb. It's a secure but different grip than usual- trigger finger forward, wraps around bolster. Feels good.
About this 2" space... this is key. Sher has indeed "eliminated the cho, and the ground it walked on", as brother munk pointed out. There has to be a reason...
First off, it allows you to choke up. I tried wrapping it with paracord, but I'm not sure that's what he intended. Choking up, you can make fine cuts, like sharpening a pencil or something. This sucker came somewhat sharp :foot: except the first couple inches.
When choking up, the balance obviously shifts and it feels a lot different in hand. This reminds me of the choil/choke up area on Swamp Rat Knives... I have 2 I really like, Bandicoot and the SAR model. They feel great in the hand for that reason- almost like a different knife, depending on the grip one chooses. This has that going on.
Also, the kamis know we have bigger hands than we do. You can stretch fingers forward into that area... you could have 2 finger choils there, I just checked. It should be checkered or something... No, maybe leather, like those hand-and-a-half swords... Maybe not. Think I like it smooth.
The design threw off the sarkis, I'd say. Sheath, lil too tight, and the cho-less bottom edge tends to pull the leather tucked inside, out. Easy fixes.
All in all, some mysteries remain. It's not a khuk, but you can chop wood with it. Lighter, flatter khuks cut brush for me usually, not curvy ones. You could thrust with it, and I can easily see a long, wicked false edge. Quite possibly a fighter. The striking spot/sweet spot seems way forward.
Think I will just use it, and see what it does best. The design secrets will reveal themselves.
Oh, yeah. I like it. Many thanks, Yangdu!
Ad Astra
Attached is a pic of the 18", 18 oz. Neem SAS, along with a beautiful hanshee I picked up, to demonstrate the aggressive curve angle, as ddean pointed out. A big honkin' 20" villager shows scale. (sorry, pic could be better)
Chainpuri handle. A good thing, although my chainpuri is a lot straighter than this.
Nice checkering and white metal non-habaki bolster. 2 more things I like.
The grip.... I find myself taking an "M-43" grip with this... where it's more centered in your hand than to the left side next to the thumb. It's a secure but different grip than usual- trigger finger forward, wraps around bolster. Feels good.
About this 2" space... this is key. Sher has indeed "eliminated the cho, and the ground it walked on", as brother munk pointed out. There has to be a reason...
First off, it allows you to choke up. I tried wrapping it with paracord, but I'm not sure that's what he intended. Choking up, you can make fine cuts, like sharpening a pencil or something. This sucker came somewhat sharp :foot: except the first couple inches.
When choking up, the balance obviously shifts and it feels a lot different in hand. This reminds me of the choil/choke up area on Swamp Rat Knives... I have 2 I really like, Bandicoot and the SAR model. They feel great in the hand for that reason- almost like a different knife, depending on the grip one chooses. This has that going on.
Also, the kamis know we have bigger hands than we do. You can stretch fingers forward into that area... you could have 2 finger choils there, I just checked. It should be checkered or something... No, maybe leather, like those hand-and-a-half swords... Maybe not. Think I like it smooth.
The design threw off the sarkis, I'd say. Sheath, lil too tight, and the cho-less bottom edge tends to pull the leather tucked inside, out. Easy fixes.
All in all, some mysteries remain. It's not a khuk, but you can chop wood with it. Lighter, flatter khuks cut brush for me usually, not curvy ones. You could thrust with it, and I can easily see a long, wicked false edge. Quite possibly a fighter. The striking spot/sweet spot seems way forward.
Think I will just use it, and see what it does best. The design secrets will reveal themselves.
Oh, yeah. I like it. Many thanks, Yangdu!
Ad Astra
