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Hollowdeweller, the chiruwa style fits in with the current trend towards full tang "super knives". It seems that all the biggies make them to suit the "need"?(two exceptions are SOG and Fallkniven). Personal experience shows that the standard handles (rat tail tang) are plenty strong and are more comfortable. The handle materails (horn or wood) will tend to shrink over time and expose more of the steel tang on the chiruwa model. You will have to live with it or file down the excess as time goes on. The other side effect of the chiruwa style is more shock transmitted to the hand when chopping hard. The handle material horn or wood can dampen out some of the shock.
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hoghead, my experience was actually the exact opposite. In that link I tested a chiruwa Ang Khola and a rat tail Ang Khola side by side and the chiruwa AK was much, much more comfortable. The rat tail's handle vibrated so much that I could barely chop with it at all. It wasn't uncomfortable, it was painful. I'm starting to wonder if the increased comfort wasn't due partly to the finger grooves, since they kept my hand from sliding back on the handle. All I know for sure is that I certainly won't be avoiding chiruwa handles anymore, in fact this experience has just made me want even more of them.
Roadrunner,
Hey no problem. That's the nice thing about these khuks or knives in general. The same khuk will probably feel different to each person. The kamis can vary alot on a particular model too. This can make it hit and miss as to whether a khuk fits or not. I like the chiruwas too, but find I like the rat tails more. There has to be a reason that the full tang tacticals sell so well. Very popular. Most of the good companies like Busse and TOPS to name a few stay real busy making chiruwa style knives.
Hey no problem. That's the nice thing about these khuks or knives in general. The same khuk will probably feel different to each person. The kamis can vary alot on a particular model too. This can make it hit and miss as to whether a khuk fits or not. I like the chiruwas too, but find I like the rat tails more. There has to be a reason that the full tang tacticals sell so well. Very popular. Most of the good companies like Busse and TOPS to name a few stay real busy making chiruwa style knives.
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Hi HollowDweller. Welcome to the Psycho Ward, otherwise known as the Cantina.
Wuzn't reel sure ya wuz reelly reel at 1st cause I s'pect a reel Hollerdwellah would've spelt his/her name as I did.
I got kin in Arkansas that still swings in and outta their holler on grapevines.
I loved going there as a kid, but stopped playing when the game became..... to see which one could get his/her foot in the goose shlt after the goose done shlt. :barf:
Wuzn't reel sure ya wuz reelly reel at 1st cause I s'pect a reel Hollerdwellah would've spelt his/her name as I did.
I got kin in Arkansas that still swings in and outta their holler on grapevines.
I loved going there as a kid, but stopped playing when the game became..... to see which one could get his/her foot in the goose shlt after the goose done shlt.
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Yvsa,
"Holler" is more the normal pronunciation 'round here. I must be partially gentrified
I'm familiar with the goose droppings. Used to have geese but moved to a place without a pond. I did babysit(goosesat?) some of my friends geese when he had heart surgery a year or so ago. Was cool to be able to experience the goose consciousness again but not have to deal with them messing up my porch on a regular basis.
At our old place if we didn't feed them they would come 150 yards across the field from the pond to the house. You'd hear something on the porch and the big gander would be staring at you through the screen door. Then you'd feed them and he would hiss, just cussing you for not doing it sooner.
I just have chickens, guineas, and muscovy ducks now. The muscovies can get by with just a creek and aren't as prone to raid the house. They mainly subsist on spilled goat feed and feed they can steal from the livestock guardian dogs.
"Holler" is more the normal pronunciation 'round here. I must be partially gentrified
I'm familiar with the goose droppings. Used to have geese but moved to a place without a pond. I did babysit(goosesat?) some of my friends geese when he had heart surgery a year or so ago. Was cool to be able to experience the goose consciousness again but not have to deal with them messing up my porch on a regular basis.
At our old place if we didn't feed them they would come 150 yards across the field from the pond to the house. You'd hear something on the porch and the big gander would be staring at you through the screen door. Then you'd feed them and he would hiss, just cussing you for not doing it sooner.
I just have chickens, guineas, and muscovy ducks now. The muscovies can get by with just a creek and aren't as prone to raid the house. They mainly subsist on spilled goat feed and feed they can steal from the livestock guardian dogs.