How tough ARE khuks, anyway?

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This is of course a rather silly question, but it's one I've fallen to wondering about.

Looking at some of the AK's and other thick khuks which have 3/8"+ of thickness, I can't help but wonder...

How well would a Khuk stop a bullet? :eek:

Of course, it would be a real waste to damage a khuk by testing this out, but I still find myself curious. Discuss!:)
 
Depends on the bullet. I have some that would splatter harmlessly on the blade. I have some that would pass through it like butter.

There is a reason they do not make bullet resistant vests out of Khuks.
 
Who is going to stand there with knife in their hand while I shoot at them ....oops I mean at their kukuuri ! L:O:L
 
It may also depend on where the bullet hits.

Andy
 
DO NOT let Astrodada read this thread!


I can see him now: "Well, Khukurihand, do you want a blindfold? I have long awaited this moment of justice."
 
Kaz,
An 18" thick dirt berm in front of your fighting position will do a good job stopping small arms rounds, so there's no real need to draw your khuk and play tennis with AK bullets.

Kis, I think Astro's learned his lesson. It's hard to hold a drawn khuk and not want to swing it at something. All Astro needs is a woodpile or an overgrown trail that needs clearing.:D

Sarge
 
don't know about bullets yet , still working on deflecting arrows fired at me.
check back with me in a few months ;)
 
yusta know a man who would set up an axe edge-on & shoot at it with a .22 & break 2 bottles on either side with one shot.

of course i used to know a cajun with a 12 bore two hole shootsgun who would routinely kill 27 geese with a load of #4 buck. one day i watched him get 26 & asked why he missed one, he said wait a minute, and shore 'nuff her comes a goose duckin' & divin' trying to get away from that last beebee & finally it hits and ol' tom hebert (pronounced ay-bear), he's got no. 27.

them old timers worked too hard for their money to miss with any of their shots. he was a darn good reloader too. (he didn't use bird shot 'cause he didn't want to carry all that many birds back) he naturally would extract the beebee's from all the birds and re-use them next time.
 
stevomiller said:
Kronk, jues no englander manboy! You dun tells dem story tales like a cajun!
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this ol' alabama redneck was stationed in norlins fo' three years & as i was in the uscg marine safety office, got to go out in the contry with a lot of good ol' cajuns to inspect offshore rigs and crew boats, etc. first year i was suspect, second year they started talkin, last year there was real fine & had a lot of fun. great party people & food to die for.

after i got out of the service, worked on a construction project in texas with tom hebert, the cajun in question, he's the one who told me the two hole shootsgun story & more. more good parties in baytown.

looks like i don't want to go to nola any more tho after what the welfare generation's done to it. might try redstick tho, not bad up north there....
 
Bamboo said:
Where's Satori? We need Satori on this one....
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I'm lurking. This thread is giving me ideas and none of them are good.

Shooting at khukuris seems like a bad idea, but the story about splitting 22's with the edge of an axe got me to thinking...
 
I'm from Rayne Louisianna yea, an my momo (dads mom) still lives in Eunice. Dem places are close to Lafayette yea. I knew me some Heberts, and some Richards (reeshards) too. Many in my class in Rayne quit school at 16, got married, and shipped out to the oil fields. The promise of a 10 year career, a big settlement, and paryting themselves into an early grave was too much. Since I've left I've never met a group of people like them again. When I was ~12 we went to a wedding. Weddings in Louisianna are hardcore. I watched my 75 year old momo stop dancing and swagger to a trashcan where she puked several times. Then she rejoined my pawpaw and continued dancing and drinking for the rest of the night! Of course I miss the food too.

Dave, don't shoot your tools.

Andy
 
Dave Rishar said:
I'm lurking. This thread is giving me ideas and none of them are good.

Shooting at khukuris seems like a bad idea, but the story about splitting 22's with the edge of an axe got me to thinking...
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the axe story was true, the cajun story was just slightly exaggerated for effect (he only wounded the 27th & had to run across the bayou on the backs of 5 alligators to catch & dispatch the recalcetrant bird, he had more trouble with the 'gators on the way back tho & almost didn't make it, i of course held his beloved shootsgun while he reclaimed the bird, or he may not have been able to do it. fine gun, almost seemed alive)

the axeman used 22 shorts in a rifle and could hit the edge about 1 in 3 shots, he was about 5 yards from the axe & wore safety goggles, and had a good berm behind the axe to catch the projectiles. he had two steel plate circles, 'bout 3" dia. connected by a bar with a pivot on a metal L-shaped stake such that they were balanced and free to spin vertically when hit, one on either side of the axe head so you could see when the .22 became a .11, if he missed either side only one would spin (or none). this probably falls under the category of "y'all don't try this at home, folkes". body armour & kevlar helmets wi. face shields highly reccommended for all in the neighborhood.

if you do try it, please video tape post here & send in to www.stupidvideos.com, they may pay for it to help cover the hospital bill &/or funeral.
 
The variation of this trick (and it is indeed a trick) that I saw goes like this:

You have the blade (an axe in this case) with a metal plate behind it. Secured to the plate, on either side of the blade, is a clay pigeon. A heavy lead slug in a large caliber - say, .45 ACP or .44 Special - is used. The marksman hits the blade, the bullet splits in half, and two clays are broken in one shot...or not.

The trick in this case is that if any part(s) of the bullet hit the metal plate, both pigeons will be broken by the vibration, whether the bullet was split or not. Or course, the marksman doesn't bring that to the audience's attention. ;)

Because we're using soft, unjacketed bullets at comparatively low speeds, this particular trick is safe. The steel plate is angled and the bullets tend to splash and fall rather than skip.

Would the edge of a khuk withstand a hit from a bullet without failing? That depends on a lot of factors. I would say yes, with some qualifications. I'm not presently willing to put my opinion to the test on the range, however.
 
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