well my new toys have arrived, along with a third oddball knife i sniped as well. looks like a javanese knife of some sort, wood is fantastic, damascus pattern (pamour) is great. the 10.5 in. blade is sharp along the top false edge just ahead of all the decorative perforations & all the way around the knife from point to the hand side of the strange hump near the ricasso area. i'm assuming this not only acts as a finger guard, locks the blade in the scabbard, but also is sharp enough to be used as a secondary chopping or cutting area. blade has a square curved tang that is slid into the handle & can be removed. blade is almost 1/2 thick near grip. saw some similar knives on valiants site last nite (site was up for a while, can't connect now tho).
the small 'parang' has an 11.5 in. blade, 3.5" handle & is sharp as a razor, sits well in the hand, but only 1st three fingers, pinky falls comfortably in the notch at the handle end. looks to me like a childs model, but all non-kukhri knives look small to me.
the kukhri is 18 in. loa, 2 in. at widest part of blade, handle is 4 in. from steel bolster to the steel butt cap. it is a chiruwa type full tang, wood scales & steel pins, ending in two small protrusions which have been peened over to hold the butt cap, similar to the three on my HI Kobra, but without the middle one, the cap is not marked. the bolster appears to be forged along with the blade and does not appear to have any lines indicating it is a seperate piece either at top or bottom, except there is a distinct line (& crevice) where the blade sides meet the bolster which is full of gunk. handle is very comfortable & appears to have been made for me personally, it fits so well in the hand.
the spine is v-shaped, there are two substantial v-shaped grooves from the bolster out about 5 in. along the top of the blades sides. substantial cho is 0.5 in. from the bolster.
blade appears flat forward of the grooving, but when felt has a distinct thickening of the spine starting about 1/4 in below it, so blade is just slightly thinner that distance from spine. blade is then flat to the edge.
tip has a distinct rise in the last 1/4 in. or so, but this may be the result of the tip having been damage in a fall & re-set with a hammer, the edge is symmetrical from above or below, so any damage is not apparent.
the blade has a curved mark just above the cho, mirroring it, including a small blob i cant quite make out. see pics.
blade thickness is just over 1/4 in. & total wight is 500 grams, or 1.2 lbs.
all in all a nice days shopping at ebay!
