Kuk for Grassy, sapling, and small woods cleaing?

[bikerector]

Hello all, I was out behind my new property clearing out a path to a creek I knew was there but couldn't get to with my condor golok. As I got closer to the creek the area got a lot more grassy with more wetlands vegetation and I realized the 14" blade was a pain to use for mowing grass at my height as I had to bend a lot to get down to shin height or so where the stems were firm to cut. I was also thinking the forward curve of a kuhkri would help "real in the weeds" as the trailing point on the golok did a lot of pushing and not as much cutting as I was hoping (it was dull when I got home and the grass was the last part I worked on so hoping it was that had some effect).

So I see some that have a more aggressive curve like a cobra and lighter ones like the sirupati, would these work well for something like this? I would still want to chop sapling and some trees about 1" in diameter or so (green) and thinking I could get away with just one blade for the task that would be nice. The golok did really well in the woods and bushes but not so good in the grass. So I'm either thinking I "need" a long, lightweight kuhkri or to get a cheap latin machete and carry it with the golok.

Feel free to post pics of something you have used for such a task, because who doesn't love seen a kuhkri in use.

 

[Bawanna]

Your thinking correctly. Longer and lighter helps keep you from having to bend so much but this also puts you at a not ideal angle to the grass. A sythe applied properly works well for that chore.
Depending on how far you have to go and how big an area you want to clear there comes a time when a gas powered weed eater wins the day.

I of course always try to go with a khuk first but sometimes technology wins the day.

As you mention a machete is good for the thin stuff but lacks a bit when you get to the small trees etc.
A Sirupati or Kobra but keep going ( with in reason).

A jungle knife I recently did some work on for Yangdu might work but again might lack a bit when you get to the trees..

The jungle knife and a CAK as a team would probably do it all.

 

[bikerector]

I picked up this beast, 19 inch 44 ounce Char Chirra by Ram Kumar. Grain mark on handle and rusty blade, in the deals section early and it just arrived today so I can handle some heavy stuff if I need to get something lighter. I was really trying to get something that can handle it all but master at nothing. For more info on my specific situation, I have to travel through about 200 meters of dense hardwood forest in wetlands, it's actually a public park with a big marsh and pond in the middle, but along the creek it's very grassy. I wanted to work some of the shoreline to possibly find a fishing hole.

I have several axes to handle harder wood, though I think that's probably too much land alteration than the land manager's would allow, and the golok and char chirra should handle most of the samples and downed trees, depending on size. I can always grab my hudson bay axe to clean up something too big or grab a hand saw. So the big hole in having everything for the situation is when I get to the big meadow around the creek banks it's a lot of work to reach down with what I have to get the grass cleared up.

I guess before I snag up a 22" or so machete, thought I would get opinions on lightweight kuhkri. I know the char chirra will be too much to swing a lot as the golok was getting a bit much after an hour or so yesterday. With a long blade I'm hoping to have to bend less and chop more with less swings. I don't think a weed whacker is the direction i want to go as it could be clumsy getting it back their but I do have a small batter powder weed whacker to give that a try.

Appreciate the feedback Bawanna. It's been raining like crazy all day so I'm sitting around checking things out on the internet to see what I can purchase to make the task easier... or give myself the excuse for another edged tool.

 

[Steely_Gunz]

The siru would probably do the trick, but once you get above 20" they tend to become monsters in order to hold up to the stress. I have a 32oz 25 kobra.

It's probably good for cleaving orcs clad in chainmail, but it'll tucker you out.

I usually keep a mid size khuk for smaller stuff and a 21" GRS for big stuff and a 22" machete for the springy stuff and for times when I'm chopping into the dirt.

Love my khuks...LOVE them. However, I prefer buggering up a 19 dollar machete and sharpening it with a file if I'm doing abusive work.