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siguy is the next person and I emailed Cshepherd his addy:thumbup:
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Okay, I'm finally back.
I do apologize for such a long absence. It's been one thing after another around here.
Anyway, got a chance a couple of weeks ago to give the khukri a good workout cutting some walking sticks for a friends kids as we went for a short hike around the lake behind the house. This thing chops like a dream.
At first I was worried that it was a bit heavy and would be cumbersome to use for the usual tasks I find myself doing in the woods, chopping wood 2" diamater or less. I was wrong. It balanced nicely in the hand and required very little effort to use. Small sapplings, hiking staff thickness would only take one or two chops to cut cleanly. Where the curve in the blade is worked beautifully for cutting off the small branches and smoothing over bumps and knots to make some nice hiking staffs.
I also chopped on some very dry, hard wood, roughly 5-6" in diamater that had been sitting outside for a year or more. While there was noticeable difference in chopping green wood compared to this dry aged stuff, it still took out nice chunks. One thing that impressed me was that the khukri wasn't prone to roll or twist in my hand while chopping. I have a Khukri, slightly bigger with less curve that I picked up and modified the handle on. It rolls pretty bad, or more properly put, likes to glance when chopping due to the thick edge geometry. This Boomerang didn't do that at all.
My only two complaints were as follows, the sheath is quite thick making me unlikely to carry it in the current sheath and the handle gave me one hotspot while using. The sheath problem is due to the traditional smaller knife and conditioning steel. To be honest, if I won this, I would carry it in a different, bit lower profile sheath, and I would round the top part of the butt of the handle. It is there that I was getting a hotspot. Where it curves up to an almost point it would hit the base of my hand while choppping. I don't believe it would take much reshaping to do away with this though. Otherwise the handle fit nicely and was quite comfortable and secure, not what I expected from a fairly round handle.
Here is a pic of it in my hand and you can see where it touches. Not a big deal since it's an easy fix.
Thanks to everyone for their patience with my personal problems at home (illness, leaky roofs and such) and thanks for the oppurtunity to participate in this. I really like this knife and would be delighted if my name was drawn to win it. The trees around me would be in so much trouble.
Charlie
I do apologize for such a long absence. It's been one thing after another around here.
Anyway, got a chance a couple of weeks ago to give the khukri a good workout cutting some walking sticks for a friends kids as we went for a short hike around the lake behind the house. This thing chops like a dream.
At first I was worried that it was a bit heavy and would be cumbersome to use for the usual tasks I find myself doing in the woods, chopping wood 2" diamater or less. I was wrong. It balanced nicely in the hand and required very little effort to use. Small sapplings, hiking staff thickness would only take one or two chops to cut cleanly. Where the curve in the blade is worked beautifully for cutting off the small branches and smoothing over bumps and knots to make some nice hiking staffs.
I also chopped on some very dry, hard wood, roughly 5-6" in diamater that had been sitting outside for a year or more. While there was noticeable difference in chopping green wood compared to this dry aged stuff, it still took out nice chunks. One thing that impressed me was that the khukri wasn't prone to roll or twist in my hand while chopping. I have a Khukri, slightly bigger with less curve that I picked up and modified the handle on. It rolls pretty bad, or more properly put, likes to glance when chopping due to the thick edge geometry. This Boomerang didn't do that at all.
My only two complaints were as follows, the sheath is quite thick making me unlikely to carry it in the current sheath and the handle gave me one hotspot while using. The sheath problem is due to the traditional smaller knife and conditioning steel. To be honest, if I won this, I would carry it in a different, bit lower profile sheath, and I would round the top part of the butt of the handle. It is there that I was getting a hotspot. Where it curves up to an almost point it would hit the base of my hand while choppping. I don't believe it would take much reshaping to do away with this though. Otherwise the handle fit nicely and was quite comfortable and secure, not what I expected from a fairly round handle.
Here is a pic of it in my hand and you can see where it touches. Not a big deal since it's an easy fix.
Thanks to everyone for their patience with my personal problems at home (illness, leaky roofs and such) and thanks for the oppurtunity to participate in this. I really like this knife and would be delighted if my name was drawn to win it. The trees around me would be in so much trouble.
Charlie
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Good to see that guy getting some good use.
What was the weight on this one HD? I have seen a lot of variance on the weights. The most recent one was only 17 ounces with 26 being the heaviest.
Another option for the sheath is to remove the loops that hold the karda and chakma. I did this to one of mine this weekend. I can post pictures of it later.
Dave Rishar has a good tutorial that shows how easy it is to dismantle a HI sheath.
http://www.daverishar.com/Rehandle/Rehandle.html
What was the weight on this one HD? I have seen a lot of variance on the weights. The most recent one was only 17 ounces with 26 being the heaviest.
Another option for the sheath is to remove the loops that hold the karda and chakma. I did this to one of mine this weekend. I can post pictures of it later.
Dave Rishar has a good tutorial that shows how easy it is to dismantle a HI sheath.
http://www.daverishar.com/Rehandle/Rehandle.html
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Not sure Bruche. Maybe somebody will weigh it?
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Thanks for reminding me HD.
If you open up the back of the sheath and remove the loops for the karda and chakma and just keep the wedge it makes the sheath a lot slimmer. I could have removed the wedge also, but keeping it in lets the frog ride higher without having to adjust it. I just closed it up again with superglue.
If you open up the back of the sheath and remove the loops for the karda and chakma and just keep the wedge it makes the sheath a lot slimmer. I could have removed the wedge also, but keeping it in lets the frog ride higher without having to adjust it. I just closed it up again with superglue.
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Nice pic! Great review!
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Bruche, my main user khuk I removed the wedge and all that. It still sets off my hip far enough but I don't use the K/CH much on a khuk anyway.:thumbup:
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CShepherd? You ever send them on?
Siguy? Did you ever receive it?
Siguy? Did you ever receive it?
alright here we go, my review:
i took the khuk out with my other choppers to see how it stacked up against what i normally use.
when it arrived, it was what i consider a little bit dull. i took it to an approx 300-400 grit belt finish and hit it with a powerstrop. the resulting edge was a tad toothy to shave, but very sharp. before i sharpened it though, i took it outback and did a couple of chops just to get a feel for it.
the grip is very secure, but caused a couple of different hot spots from my axe, perhaps because all of the vibration is in one hand or perhaps because of the full tang. i was able to use a pretty relaxed grip though due to the great retention.
i chopped on a log of old black birch. the outside was rotted, but the core was still plenty hard to give me a workout. i took times and pictures for each tool, to compare. i also used them in the order that they are put here, so take into account a few seconds variance perhaps for getting tired as the testing went on.
first, the lineup;
the khuk, 3 minutes;
the axe, 45 seconds;
lathing hatchet, 3.5 minutes;
hatchet, 1 minute;
khuk, 4 minutes;
the khuk performed about how i expected it to in relation to the other tools. it chopped pretty well.
i also took the kukri and my machete to some small saplings. the machete did better shearing through them due to the thinner blade. the khuk wedged too much. a second swing and it cut through just fine though.
i then took the khuk to some sticks and made a figure four deadfall. this was challenging, but it worked fine.
note that i only used the khuk on this, not the small knife.
the log was about 30-40 pounds i would guess at the business end. the trap was a bit insensitive, but it worked for the test.
i took a maple log and split it up into boards for a camp table or some other such projects. i used the khukri and a baton. the knife split the wood just fine, the edge stuck well and the thick blade wedged well.
i mostly carried it in my bag, but i did strap it on to my belt for a while one of the times i took it out. it was a bit cumbersome and i couldn't really find a good place for it to ride that wasn't either in the way or akward to draw and sheath. so i just left it in my bag or in my hand.
i also played with the little knife some, and decided that the edge on that is a big thick next to my normal preference, but it still cut fine. the handle is a bit small to be comfortable, but it was fine.
all in all, i would say that the khukri was a bit thicker than i am used to, so it glanced on the first few blows when i was chopping. it is a very strong, sturdy, bomb proof feeling blade.
just one question...what is the bit of scotch tape for? it was there when it arrived, and i dind't know what it was for, so i just left it.
once i get the address, i will send it out today or on monday to tarmix.
i took the khuk out with my other choppers to see how it stacked up against what i normally use.
when it arrived, it was what i consider a little bit dull. i took it to an approx 300-400 grit belt finish and hit it with a powerstrop. the resulting edge was a tad toothy to shave, but very sharp. before i sharpened it though, i took it outback and did a couple of chops just to get a feel for it.
the grip is very secure, but caused a couple of different hot spots from my axe, perhaps because all of the vibration is in one hand or perhaps because of the full tang. i was able to use a pretty relaxed grip though due to the great retention.
i chopped on a log of old black birch. the outside was rotted, but the core was still plenty hard to give me a workout. i took times and pictures for each tool, to compare. i also used them in the order that they are put here, so take into account a few seconds variance perhaps for getting tired as the testing went on.
first, the lineup;
the khuk, 3 minutes;
the axe, 45 seconds;
lathing hatchet, 3.5 minutes;
hatchet, 1 minute;
khuk, 4 minutes;
the khuk performed about how i expected it to in relation to the other tools. it chopped pretty well.
i also took the kukri and my machete to some small saplings. the machete did better shearing through them due to the thinner blade. the khuk wedged too much. a second swing and it cut through just fine though.
i then took the khuk to some sticks and made a figure four deadfall. this was challenging, but it worked fine.
note that i only used the khuk on this, not the small knife.
the log was about 30-40 pounds i would guess at the business end. the trap was a bit insensitive, but it worked for the test.
i took a maple log and split it up into boards for a camp table or some other such projects. i used the khukri and a baton. the knife split the wood just fine, the edge stuck well and the thick blade wedged well.
i mostly carried it in my bag, but i did strap it on to my belt for a while one of the times i took it out. it was a bit cumbersome and i couldn't really find a good place for it to ride that wasn't either in the way or akward to draw and sheath. so i just left it in my bag or in my hand.
i also played with the little knife some, and decided that the edge on that is a big thick next to my normal preference, but it still cut fine. the handle is a bit small to be comfortable, but it was fine.
all in all, i would say that the khukri was a bit thicker than i am used to, so it glanced on the first few blows when i was chopping. it is a very strong, sturdy, bomb proof feeling blade.
just one question...what is the bit of scotch tape for? it was there when it arrived, and i dind't know what it was for, so i just left it.
once i get the address, i will send it out today or on monday to tarmix.
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Wow Killer review Siguy. Who's got it now?
IMO pound for pound a hatchet will nearly always outchop a khuk but the khuk is dual purpose more.:thumbup:
IMO pound for pound a hatchet will nearly always outchop a khuk but the khuk is dual purpose more.:thumbup:
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Just picked it up from the PO yesterday.
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Great!:thumbup:
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I have been using it for carving, and a few other things. Just took some pics Friday and Saturday. I'll post them up soon. I'll have them mailed out today, or tomorrow morning.
Sent AJCZ an emai for his address.
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