Mail carrier brougt a long brown box!!

MauiRob

MauiRob

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Heard the dog going crazy downstairs and I ran down to find my mailcarrier holding a very long and LIGHT box! I signed a heiroglyphic(sp?)version of my signature and ran up to my office---careful to avoid my wife who has no idea I bought this:D

20" Kesar Kobra:

First impressions:

Light! Even in the scabbard.

Scabbard: Excellent! Best I own without a doubt.

Kobra: Very nice! Slight wave to the edge line--invisible to the eye, but can feel if you rub thumb and forefinger pinched, down both sides of edge. Doesn't make any difference to me still FINE piece of work.

Blade Finish: very close to perfect with some very small abrasion marks, but nothing you wouldn't expect from handmade. Besides it will be a user and will aquire much worse first time out.:)

Handle: Very well done.

Bolster: nicely fitted. Weld clearly visible on TOP of handle. Again, I don't care, but wonder why they didn't do it on the bottom where it would be hidden.

Karda and Chakma: Nice! Karda appears to be from a different piece of the same wood that the Kobra handle and chakma are made from, but both are nicely done. Chakma even has a graceful curve similiar to Kobra.

Buttcap is well done. only has one VERY small gap(.5mm between brass and wood, doesn't need fixing and if it did one small hammer tap would do it.

OVERALL: Excellent!! POB is 3 inches from front of Habaki bolster but feels like 1"-1 1/2". Handle is comfortable and long (the way I like em!):D Any above criticisms are VERY nitpicky. Uncle Bill's assessment of this rig was accurate.

BTW, this is my first Light-weight khukuri and I LOVE IT! MAN, IT IS FAST:eek: Got the edge to hair popping sharp with a few passes of my favorite chakma (from my 20" AK) that is hard as hell.

Thanks Uncle Bill and Pala! This knife is worth MUCH MUCH more than the $75.00 I paid for it:)

Can't wait to go to the grocery store to get some produce:D Maybe a nice half a watermelon, or a squash....
 
Whoops!:o It's a 20" Kesar Kobra. I added that to my post--it DOES help to know what kind of khuk it is doesn't it:D
 
Sorry to add even more to my review, but something must be said about the Kobra's fit in its scabbard. Its amazing, there is no tension or contact with the blade at all. The habaki bolster firmly holds the blade in, and the slightest tug and the Kobra comes "hissing" out to bite! .:eek: I can't help but think of tugging on a real Cobra's tail and having it come speeding out after me.:eek:

This is a serious "weapons grade" knife, a fighter, that I would not want to be on the recieving end of. The reach is tremendous and the curve of the blade--wicked. The quickness and agility are amazing. This is one Kobra you wouldn't want to be bitten by. (Then again what the Heck Cobra WOULD you want to be bitten by?!);)

If you want a quick,agile and deadly bedside protector buy a Kobra!:)
 
5/8" or 8-8.5mm for you Canadian fellers:D

Measurements done with normal ruler--no calipers at my house;)
 
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