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Kuhkuri for camping and maybe hiking?
- Thread starter Rangerxanatos
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Yep. I've eaten that stuff too. Another thing that is everywhere in that area is wild mustard. Both of them can be pretty tasty.
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Ok I'll have to be the only negative opinion I guess......
I personally don't dig Khukris for camping, though I do own a few (everyone should).
My hope with a khuk was that it would replace my axe and medium fixed blade.
What I found was that it was too large to replace my medium fixed blade, so now it was just replacing the axe, and it didn't chop as well as the axe. Also, I carry the medium fixed blade everywhere in the woods, but only bring out the axe when I'm collecting wood or building a shelter, etc... If I replaced the medium fixed blade and axe with the khuk, then I would have to always carry the khuk, which gets really heavy after awhile.
Don't get me wrong, there is nothing at all wrong with a khuk. I just personally don't prefer them, and would rather stick with my fixed on belt, and my axe in the pack. I know a dude that hikes with a 12" CAK and loves it. The shorter 12" makes up for the CAK being the beefiest Khuk. You could go with a slightly longer Ganga Ram, WWII, or M43. Like others have said, if you pick one up and like it, you'll end up with a stable of them anyway
I personally don't dig Khukris for camping, though I do own a few (everyone should).
My hope with a khuk was that it would replace my axe and medium fixed blade.
What I found was that it was too large to replace my medium fixed blade, so now it was just replacing the axe, and it didn't chop as well as the axe. Also, I carry the medium fixed blade everywhere in the woods, but only bring out the axe when I'm collecting wood or building a shelter, etc... If I replaced the medium fixed blade and axe with the khuk, then I would have to always carry the khuk, which gets really heavy after awhile.
Don't get me wrong, there is nothing at all wrong with a khuk. I just personally don't prefer them, and would rather stick with my fixed on belt, and my axe in the pack. I know a dude that hikes with a 12" CAK and loves it. The shorter 12" makes up for the CAK being the beefiest Khuk. You could go with a slightly longer Ganga Ram, WWII, or M43. Like others have said, if you pick one up and like it, you'll end up with a stable of them anyway
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I will agree that you'll probably need a long khuk in that area with the type of foliage if you want to be able to move through draws relatively easily. It will act more like a machete and less like trying to clear vines with an axe.
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I've used machetes many times. That's how I used to cut down everything including trees with a 4 in diameter. Gotten many blisters from that though. But now if I have to chop and cut quite a bit to get through a piece, I just move around it and save time and my arm. If It's not that dense, then I just walk through it without disturbing it. As for the khuk being heavy, I can still carry my other stuff with me while I'm camping. Then weight wouldn't be much of an issue, because I can put it down and go back and get it when I need to. But as for hiking, that has really got me to thinking if it wouldn't do all that good of a job since I can't just drop it and go back. I guess I'll just have to try it a couple of times and see if it's too much for me.
Noshtero, even though your thoughts were negative, that is still what I'm looking for. This is a learning experiance, so I want everyone's imput, whether it be good or bad.
Noshtero, even though your thoughts were negative, that is still what I'm looking for. This is a learning experiance, so I want everyone's imput, whether it be good or bad.