I dont understand the difference in these three models... please advise

Snarlin Stef, it depends on your skills.

Speed: Light blades swing fast to a certain limitation for most of us. A blade doesn't swing any faster beyond that limitation, just wobbles. Some trained swordsmen who know how-to, and well trainded in such a manner, can swing fast beyond the limitation.

Strength: We usually think a blade is tough when it well resists lateral strength = miss hits. Training can reduce such needs. If there are two swords with same weight, thinner and wider blade penetrates deeper. Do you call it weak or strong...

I know me, is an Ang Khola type.
GS is my limitation of light weight. BGRS fits my hand best for now.
Hope my training can allow me swing Cobra with sure someday.
 
I certainly wouldn't worry about the kobra being a "weak" blade. I regularly use the 18" kobra pictured above to clear trail, cutting saplings up to 4" diameter.

My best advice for you: choose your model based on the desired length and personal aesthetics - looks count. Then decide how light or heavy you want it to be and let Uncle Bill know what you want. There's enough variability among the lot that he should be able to pick you a winner. :)
 
Kobras, Gelbus or Sirupatis. They are all great khuks. Alot depends on the kami. Some Kobras are thicker than some Sirupatis of the same length. Some Gelbus have deeper fullers than others. But the bottom line, they all tend to be lighter khuks than the AKs, GRS, etc.
 
I'm beginning to think that few conclusions can be drawn from what a khuk weighs. Every time I pick up my 18" AK it feels huge, and recently I've been thinking I need a lighter one because it would weigh down my belt too much. However, today I did some comparative weighing on a postal scale and it appears the 18" has been deceiving me.

It weighs 1/2 to 3/4 pounds less than a 1911 pistol with ammo, and a full pound less than my old service revolver does empty so I can't very well complain about it dragging down my belt. If the khuk is held in one hand and gun in the other, the khuk still feels heavier though, and it does not revert back to being a light weight impliment until it returns to the scabbard.

On the other hand, my 12" AK has seemed like a little toy khuk since it came out of the box, in spite of the major horticultural tasks it has performed for me in the past week. So, I compared it side by side with the biggest knife I have, which is a bowie I made several years ago with a Solingen blade. The Bowie looks huge and feels huge but is only 1" longer than the khuk and their weight is identical. In spite of this, when the khuk is in one hand and bowie in the other, the khuk still seems small as though it won't admit to how big it is either in or out of the scabbard.

The kamis must forge some kind of mental kung fu into these things when they make them. In any case, it is starting to seem to me that the only way to tell what a particular khuk is good for is to get your hands on it and see what it feels like and what it will do.
 
Well said! As we are different size, different khuks will fit us all differently. Even a heavy AK will swing well if it fits your hand. Some khuks feel like a magic light saber in my hand. Gelbus are one of the favs here.
 
of my 18" Ak and my 21" GS, and they weighed about the same, jsut under 2 pounds. The GS felt lighter and quicker, for some reason. the AK felt more unstoppable and solid, tho. The GS floats, the AK plows.

Keith
 
Buy both today with Bill's special deal...:D
 
Ferrous:

By 21" GS I hope you mean Gelbu Special. Uncle Bill had one on hand, so I should be armed with same by the end of the week. They look interesting, and I can't wait to find out how much whacking can be done with one.
 
Originally posted by Snarlin Stef
ok this might sound a little bit gory but bare with me... if the blade is too light... it wont be able to chop through clothes and flesh... technically speaking right?
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The Shamshir, light Persian Sword, will go through clothes and flesh the same as a 20" AK will.
 
21" gelbu special. You won't be disappointed. It is nice n' speedy with good reach, ideal for brush clearing but it willl sail thru tougher stuff as well. I wouldn't chop big logs with it, tho. It's like the parang or pinuti of the khuk world, machete like or wakizashi like, definitely not to be used as a prybar.

Keith
 
Using the words "lightweight" or "small" when describing a khukuri is always misleading, because they're relative terms. A kobra is "lightweight" when compared to an Ang Khola, but it is by no means a lightweight knife as the term is usually understood. I think that khuk users tend to get very skewed senses of scale when it comes to knives. When you become used to an average khuk dimensions of about 20" in length and a pound or two in weight, most other "big" knives become comparitively very, very small. So, no, I wouldn't worry much about a Kobra being too small or light to cut flesh and bone.
 
depends on what yer frame of ref was b4 owning khuks. I'm a sword, axe, and spear collector/practitioner, so anything under 30 inches is cute, in my book. The thing that made be go khuk was that you could have a sword- or axe- weight knife in a smaller package, with the same devastating power.

My 18" AK weighs close to my 34" viking sword, or my bearded axe, or my lugged war spear. It totally blows away my 100+ year old African Spear and sword in the wreight category. seems many African weapons were light (tho not often compact) of continuous carry across long distances. They used midribs and opposing angular bends (with the same intent as fullerinng) in their construction to mae sturdy but light weaposn for hunting and war.

Keith
 
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