Kukri I picked up at a flea market for 40$

WillyD

WillyD

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Hey people,

Just wanna have your opinions on this Kukri, sorry 'bout the bad pic quality. I think it's spring steel recycled from an old car. I cleaned it using some flitz and Ballistol and put a new edge on it. I think it's a nice deal no ? I added the sigarettes for size reference

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It looks like some of the cheaper models I have seen. The critical point would be the hardening which you can check with a file or on some harder woods. I would also recommend you ask in the HI forum.

-Cliff
 
Thanx for the response guys I just was so happy with it I felt like sharing the pics :) I don't have any illusion about this being a great kukri and I mainly bought it for the challenge of restoring it. This was a rusted piece of steel before I got it and I practiced my sharpening skills on it. I just wanna know how you guys like it, the looks etc as it is mainly intended to be a decorative piece and not a heavy user
 
Not sure if it was a good deal or not. From what I can make out it looks to be an ok Kuk.

I would also like to know how thick it is at the spine.
 
Willy,

1) Are there any marking on the blade? (Is it marked "India")
2) How is the pommel decorated? (Is that a lion's head)

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yup, it's a lion's head and there are no markings on the blade. The handle seems to be sturdy as a rock, I could sharpen it quite easily and it seems to be no problem to chop some wood with it. I wanna use it as a "beater" when it's not sittin in it's sheath being pretty :)
 
Well as I said on average it gets thicker near the middle and it's somewhat thinner near the tip and handle it about 0.7 at it's thickest
 
There are ~1/4" khukuris offered by Himalayn Imports, but they are made for generally lighter tasks. Most working models of that type are about ~3/8" at maximum, for the 15" models. I would bet heavily that khukuri is what Bill would call a "meet cutter" and that you can easily bend it double with little effort.

-Cliff
 
Sorry I'm not very knowledgable about kukris but would that make them extremely heavy Cliff ?? Do they fix that weight thing with what some mistakenly call a "bloodgroove" ? I might be me but it's allready hard on my wrist when a wield it for half an hour intensely.
 
They are not light, yes there are usually some measures of a hollow relief, but they are usually still far heavier in hand than a machete or large bowie. There are lighter models though that are much slimmer and for more machete / brush type work such as the Sirupati or Kobra.

-Cliff
 
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