I love the fullers !

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Dun own no khuk before..........but I just think the fullers are the engineering supreme of blade design.............. :o
 
I very much agree with that!



and would like to clarify it as "khukuri fullers"...becuase when I talk about "fullers" to other knifemakers/knifeknuts....they think "blood grooves"....:(
 
Daniel Koster said:
I very much agree with that!



and would like to clarify it as "khukuri fullers"...becuase when I talk about "fullers" to other knifemakers/knifeknuts....they think "blood grooves"....:(
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:o

I think blood grooves may have a little practical uses as that the blade does not draw a vacuum which is harder as you pulls the blade out of a human body............... :barf:

And when somebody does that it puts air inside the body which is harder to heal............

But I think the most practical reasons for the blade to have fullers is to achieve the perfect balance................ :)
 
Which one of the Fuller girls do you like, Skinny, Mesomorph, or Fatty? (We already know which one Bruise likes.)
 
Actually, on a standard knife blood grooves just serve to weaken the blade IMO. That body vacuum thing is a myth I think. One of the great design flaws of the Marine Ka-Bar. But for lightening a khuk blade while still giving plenty of useful edge, they are a great addition. Plus they look great. (-:

Norm
 
I think lightening while maintaining strength is probably it. And balance too.




munk
 
Svashtar said:
Actually, on a standard knife blood grooves just serve to weaken the blade IMO. That body vacuum thing is a myth I think. One of the great design flaws of the Marine Ka-Bar. But for lightening a khuk blade while still giving plenty of useful edge, they are a great addition. Plus they look great. (-:

Norm
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The 'Blood Groove' on the Ka-Bar is to LIGHTEN the blade, while maintaing strength, or increase strength while maintaing weight...I do not think that real designers(even back then) bought into the whole 'body vacuum' thing...
 
I have always laughed at the "Blood Groove" title. The "Fuller" is named after the gent that designed the tool that makes the fuler. IIRC So fuller is the term and it's purpose has always been to lighten the blade while still maintaining the blades strength. Like an I beam. I think fullers were first worked into swords for the balance/weight issue. But this is all going on my bad memory. :o
Fullered khukuris are my favorites that is for sure!! :cool:
 
To full, or fuller, actually is related to the word "to pleat", like pleats in clothing. That, my dear friends, is the true etymolygy of the word. In all my time smithing, and researching such, I have heard nary a word of this man "Fuller". If now we were discussing household brushes that might be different. :D

Humbly trying to help in Beoram's absence,
stevo the ex-ironmonger
 
i thought it was an accent word. Ya know, like fuller in body and taste;)

Jake
 
Svashtar said:
That body vacuum thing is a myth I think.
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I've heard the same. The limited experimentation that I've done supports this. Fullers are normally a good thing for a variety of reasons but I don't believe that this is one of them.
 
Satori said:
I've heard the same. The limited experimentation that I've done supports this. Fullers are normally a good thing for a variety of reasons but I don't believe that this is one of them.
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Well if I was to be stabbed with a knife...........without fullers........muscles tensed to be tightened up and constracted.......and that fullered blade with that iregularity on its side profile........may.......may caused less resisitant in drawing out..... :o
 
And my 1st khuk shall be a BAS or Ang khola...........??

One thing I also noticed is that YBB or blems.........and the villigars are all model (almost) lighter than standard HI website ones............. :confused:
 
These days pretty much all of the HI models are lighter than advertised on the HI website. IIRC this is due to a combination of the kamis making their steel supplies longer and customer wishes for lighter khukuris.

Bob
 
Hmm... I've been planning to get a full-weight Chiruwa Ang Khola as my "Signature" model... I'd kind of thought the lighter models were just for the specials... If this is right, is there any way to say I want an advertised Chiruwa Ang Khola big, fat, thick model?
 
SASSAS,
Yangdu is great about picking out the khuk that you want. Just send her a friendly e-mail stating that you would like a beefy "X" model. Explain that you want a very thick edge and blade, and she'll send you the thickest one she has in stock. I used to send Uncle Bill e-mails like that all the time. I have since found that thinner edges are more to my liking, but that has to do with my technique improving and maturing over 3 years. I think i'm finally getting that "industructable knife" horse hooey out of my head that was beaten into it by years of advertising and media. Properly sharpened, i wouldn't feel over equiped to survive with just a 22" GRS, sarge knife, and a good hard chakma. Heavy khuks with thin edges make me smile:)

Jake
 
But how does a thick blade on the back.........but with deep recessed fullers handle........in term of feel and strength...........?
Will the blade edge benifit as well since the full mass is still there ? Since it may still be keetle hardened deeper ?

:o
 
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