Junglas design question

Gray Ghost

Gray Ghost

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Why are there no thumb groves on the back of the Junglas blade?

I am very much a novice when it comes to knives; so if this is a stupid question please be patient with me.
 
It is not normally a kinfe you would choke up on a bit and use with the thumb on the spine. That is usually relagted to smaller knives you would do more meticulous work with. Mike
 
I don't think jimping on the spine would really help anything. If I am going to be doing finer tasks, I will certainly have another knife with me.
 
Would love to see it added, but that completely makes sense.

So is the Junglas kind of an instead of, relative to, the ESEE Lite Machete or a compliment too? Would someone hit the trails with a battery of say Izula Neck knife, RC-3, RC-6, Junglas, and a ESEE Lite?

I will end up buying both, cause I have become a RAT Cutlery addict, but just curious about the relationship between the two.
 
Gray Ghost said:
Would someone hit the trails with a battery of say Izula Neck knife, RC-3, RC-6, Junglas, and a ESEE Lite?
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That's a lot of steel to carry...

And you can add your own jimping to the Junglas if you like the feel of it.:thumbup:
 
the lite machete is a collaboration between RAT and Imacasa. the Junglas is the chopper we've been hounding Jeff & crew about forever.
 
DH1 said:
And you can add your own jimping to the Junglas if you like the feel of it.:thumbup:
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Very true and I am considering it. Will of course play with it for a little while before doing this. Squared and polished a small portion of the back of my RC-3 to make it a better magnesium block scraper instead of using the blade, but only after a month of consideration.
 
MikePerrin said:
It is not normally a kinfe you would choke up on a bit and use with the thumb on the spine. That is usually relagted to smaller knives you would do more meticulous work with. Mike
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I'd love to see an index groove on that one though, for when you want to carry only a big knife.
 
The Junglas is going to be perfect as designed.
I can't wait to buy a crate of them.


Oh, and a crate of new 'chetes.
I'm changing my name to Jason Voorhees. ;)
 
The discussion of "jimping vs. no jimping" has been going on for a long time. I don't mind it on my knives, but honestly, it's not as necessary as some would have you believe.

It's a matter of opinion and experience, but most of all personal preference.

For what I use my knives for and (more importantly) HOW I use my knives (ie. "technique") jimping is just not that important.

Case in point... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s16uOV1IsV4
 
Ed Shemp puts it as he prefers to form the handle so jumping is not needed than to just put a lot of jimping to make up for a bad design.

Note: This is a paraphrase not a quote.
 
I personally find that jimping tends to irritate my thumb with extended use. The only thing it's actually good for is to anchor the thumb via friction. If the knife has good ergos then it's totally unnecessary. At least the RA--er I mean ESEE Knives jimping isn't overly aggressive so it doesn't cause irritation. :)
 
I don't have a problem with jimping, but I think it's for using a knife in a specific way. I only brought it up because someone was wishing there was jimping on a machete and I'm very curious why it's so important to them.

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Joe Fowler said:
I'm very curious why it's so important to them.

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Ok, I have thought about this for a while before I sounded anymore like "that guy". My interest in jimping on a knife of this size was more along the lines of I normally wouldn't use it in this manner, but if it was the only knife I had on me it would be nice to have.
 
I just wish the Jungalas had a choil. I just don't get why it doesn't. The RTAK II does and it actually works really well for such a huge knife IMO...
 
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