Kukri Fighter Custom Piece

Archer Here

Archer Here

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Kukri Fighter Custom Piece:

Hi guys. Finished this custom piece for a customer this week. I’ll be adding it to the web site in a few days. Hope you like it.

Just Released our Video on the Kukri & our Eli Sword With Demos. Thought I’d add it to the Thread:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJKQjcThsCI

History of the Kukri
The Kukri was issued to the Gurkha Officers in India and regularly trained in its use. The weapon was
used in combat in both World War I and World War II, where it earned a deadly reputation among enemy
forces. The Greek kings in Afghanistan and India in later centuries who had relation with Mediterranean
culture (after the time of Julius Caesar and Roman merchants, who had a huge commercial presence in
India) seem to have used tools similar to kukri, and possibly were promoters of it..

Steel = 5160
Total Length = 18 ¾ ”
Blade Length = 13 ¾ “
Blade Width = 2 5/8 “ widest point
Blade Thickness = 1/4 “
Handle Length = 5 “
Handle Width = ¾ “
Handle: Teak Wood.
Weight = 2 lbs 8 oz

Black Leather Hand Stitched Sheath

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Thanks guys. I'm pretty sure the guys was going to put it to use. He wanted it made out of 1/4 " steel.
 
I based this off of a customers specs. It’s not as shallow as you might think. It’s more of a 22 ½ degree angle. But I’m basing that just off sight. It could be off a little one way or the other. I tested it on a jug full of water and it sliced so cleanly. You didn’t feel a thing. But most important, my customer loves it.
 
I don't care much for your site(but I've seen plenty worse since I started practicing web design), but I've always loved what you turn out.
 
Not an easy knife to grind. Are you saying the primary grind is 22 1/2 per side or is that the combined angle with each side being around 11 1/4 degrees?

Fred
 
Thank you.

The way I see it, if you do a straight line down the center of the spine all the way to the edge, each bevel right and left would be about 22 1/2 off the center line. It could probably be more, but it cut pretty darn good.
 
Archer Here said:
Thank you.

The way I see it, if you do a straight line down the center of the spine all the way to the edge, each bevel right and left would be about 22 1/2 off the center line. It could probably be more, but it cut pretty darn good.
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When I grind false edges using the bubble jig they can be as steep as what you ground on this blade and I agree they can be extremely sharp, the only drawback I see with this wide an angle is there is hardly any way to sharpen using what would be considered a common sharpening angle such as 12 degrees. I have found with the false edges it actually dulls the edge. The only way I have found to keep them at that same degree of sharp is to do the same primary grind on them.

The false edge on this blade is ground at a 20 degrees a side with no secondary grind it to say it is sharp would be an understatement.

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Fred
 
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