Introduction and questions.

[TIERRAVENTURA]

Hello gents,

I´m a recurrent character in bladeforums, but, I have never had in my hands and "original"-non factory produced one... Well, yesterday I got my first Himalayan Imports m43!!...It will take a while before the knife reaches my hands, because I am in South America at the moment, but I know my new m43 will feel at home in the tropic as well.

Some mandatory questions for the more seasoned members to answer.

After I purchased, I went into the HI website and read some history about the knives, and hey!...I love more than one (that should be a recurren illness for most of the people around here), I found a couple of them to be of my interest, but the different blade angles and handle angles only made my doubt of my knowledge about knives.

¿Can anyone segregate the groups/models according to their intended purpose?.

I purchased the m43 as a Camping tool, but after that, I found about the salyan that looked more like a chopper to me.

thanks

 

[Steve Tall]

Welcome to the forum. Here is a basic guide to HI knives, dividing them into "Light Utility Models", "Basic Models", and "Specialty Models":
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/601448-First-Khukuri-Recommendations-and-Reasons

Here's the HI links library, with lots of reviews of different models:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/719860-New-Members-Please-take-time-to-Read-the-Himalayan-Imports-Link-Library

This thread looks at the different shapes of various models, with analysis about the "effective striking angle" for each of these khukuris:

http://www.himalayan-imports.com/Khukuri_Dynamics.html

 

[Yangdu]

Warm welcome to the HI and Forum