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J W Bensinger said:
All three of the non-longleaf old khukuri I have owned were well under the ounce-per-inch ratio-maybe because I tend to snag the more weaponized ones. This one is 16.5" and twelve ounces-deep fuller and 1/4"+ a little spine.
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Kronck, that is a fascinating khuk.
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This sounds great. 12oz at 16.5" can't wait to see it.
Weaponized ones are more interesting to me too. Even the longleaf looks much heavier than it is.

I wish they would have had better steel back then. The traditional 100 year old victorian ones appear quite soft. I have no idea how they fought and cut wood with it. Maybe the sweetspots where tiny and sharpened away over the years?
 
the balance point on mine is 3.5 in. in front of the grip. :)

the steel may be laminated. it shows a fairly jagged 'hamon' line from the cho to the tip about a half inch or so from the edge on both sides. either a harder steel insert or differentially hardened. will etch, hopefully this weekend. anyway, touching up the edge, it 'feels' hard & is taking some effort to put an edge on it. (dull is not allowed in this house. even my butter knife is sharpened.;))
 
J W Bensinger said:
All three of the non-longleaf old khukuri I have owned were well under the ounce-per-inch ratio-maybe because I tend to snag the more weaponized ones. This one is 16.5" and twelve ounces-deep fuller and 1/4"+ a little spine.

Kronck, that is a fascinating khuk.
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Nice looking kukri, but very much younger than the Nepalese army Longleafs & bhojpores I think?
 
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