Little Big Knives.

[Cpl Punishment]

20" Ang Khola!

Er, wait, you said under 1/4" not over 1/2". . .

Cherokee Rose?

.3" Damn. . .

Kumar Karda?

.24" Is that under by enough?

Panjabi Churi

.23"

RAT-7 (stock photo)

.187"

Jarvenpaa Leuku and puukko

Leuku a little over 1/8"

 

[koyote]

The Jarvenpaa Leuku is a nice one.

KGD, a bit of flex is a good thing unless you are prybarring

Barberphobic: I'm making more, this one is going to go up once I finish file work and get Sierra on the sheath.

tonym: I'm gonna make more. I find I like the long clip point with the thumb ramp a lot.

I'm glad we got a lot of pictures on the thread, that's what I was hoping for. That brush hook mod was cool.

 

[mapper66]

Forgive the little guy in there:

3/16" thick
Steel - O1
OAL - 13 1/8"
Cutting edge length - 8"
Spine to edge at widest - 2 1/8"
Handle - Desert camo paracord

 

[barrabas74]

I have one of the old Becker Khukri's thats pretty thin and is a cutting machine.

Illbruche I sent you a message on your farmer.

 

[siguy]

barrabas, thanks for reminding me...

my CS kukri (i think its an LTC) is only 1/8" thick, but its a real chopper. a few weeks ago i took down a 5 inch maple no problem. from start to finish, including limbing, it took about 15 minutes. it almost counts as a machete though since it is pretty long...

sorry, no action pics...

 

[koyote]

That's not a machete.

I wonder where you do draw the line, though. When I get an 11 inch longknife done, as a narrow belly leuku, is it a machete?

 

[siguy]

i think that machete has almost as much to do with materials and price point as it does size.

that's one of the reasons i wondered if a 12" machete made with high quality steel with fine micarta handles could still be called a machete with a price point around 100 bucks...

but yeah i don't know, its all fuzzy...like the difference between a bowie and a fighter...