Most-used HI blades....

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Ugly Duck

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So I have all these great HI blades - gorgeous, beautiful & elegant. Most of 'em hang on the wall & impress friends. But which ones do I use the most? The simple ones, the ugly grunts. I picked the three most-used blades... almost picked the pen knife & a nearly used-up bilton, but here are the tuff-as-nails work horses... the common CAK, the HI cleaver & the R-10.

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Bill, I'm sure that if you contact Yangdu she'll be able to give you an ETA as to when/if she expects some. The R-series is a pretty easy build, I would guess. Certainly not the most laborious of HI's lineup, so I wouldn't think it would be much of an issue.

Great pics, Duck:)

My most used HI products are the simple R-series of knives I have (The R-6 being my fav). Of my choppers, the tried and true 15" Villager (my first khuk) gets used an awful lot. I've also really grown the love the AK boomerang and the ASTK:thumbup:
 
My most used:
CAK and R-10.
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I'd also like the R-6 a lot more if they moved the part where the clip point starts forward (I cut the crap out of my thumb with it), or eliminate it, and make it more of an upswept skinner type.

The kerambit was fast becoming one of my most used knives until the sheath fell apart on me.
 
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(T->B) Tarwar-V, ASTK-V, UBE, R-10. R-3, Gool​

I use my little UBE, Gool, & R's-3&10 in the kitchen and around the house. The UBE is one of the best pizza cutters I have ever used! (Thanks Steely!) The R-10 has also done some camping with me but I don't camp much anymore since I hurt my back. I did a whole review on how well the R-3 opens Blu-ray packages and removes all the annoying tags and RFID crap. Everyone should have some manner of wharncliffe blade in the kitchen...

ASTK for chopping and such and the Tarwar is the absolute best at trimming branches and also machete type stuff.
 
Is there a reason why I don't see many Villager lovin' threads? I've been considering one of these for a while now and it seems as though they get bought up fast but don't appear in many suggestions and using threads.
 
PayetteRucker said:
Is there a reason why I don't see many Villager lovin' threads? I've been considering one of these for a while now and it seems as though they get bought up fast but don't appear in many suggestions and using threads.
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Villager just refers to the finish usually. The satin look instead of the high shine. All the blades can come in a villager finish.
 
PayetteRucker said:
Is there a reason why I don't see many Villager lovin' threads? I've been considering one of these for a while now and it seems as though they get bought up fast but don't appear in many suggestions and using threads.
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Some of my "users" are Villagers, hence the "V" after their initials.
I prefer the matte finish myself, easier to take care of and it hides the scratches of use.
 
My most used are my 18" M-43 by Bura (Which was a villager I believe) and my R-10.

The R-10 makes a fantastic companion blade to the larger kukri.
 
7rip the 12" AK is probably the most underrated survival knife I've seen.

While I'm not real impressed with it's chgopping ability (having been utterly spoiled by my M-43 in that respect) It is a very versatile outdoors blade with much more capability than it's size would indicate. Truly a great knife.
 
My most used at the moment is this BGRS -
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I need an updated pic, as it has seen a lot more use since this one was taken. Right now I need to take it home and put it to my belt grinder to de-serrate the last 2-3" of the edge towards the tip where I managed to get it (repeatedly!) into some rocks while cutting back some cedar saplings around the work site.

Andy
 
Andrew Colglazier said:
My most used at the moment is this BGRS -
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I need an updated pic, as it has seen a lot more use since this one was taken. Right now I need to take it home and put it to my belt grinder to de-serrate the last 2-3" of the edge towards the tip where I managed to get it (repeatedly!) into some rocks while cutting back some cedar saplings around the work site.

Andy
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How well do these blades usually hold up to hitting something as hard as rock?
 
How well do these blades usually hold up to hitting something as hard as rock?
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For a blade designed to cut wood, vegetation, and as a weapon...depends on where on the blade you hit the rock/metal/etc.

Differentially tempered means the sweet spot is harder and more brittle and will be prone to chipping on rock etc. The tip and rest of the blade is not treated to such a high rockwell rating, and MAY bend or roll upon hitting such a dense material. The chakma was designed by primitive folks to be used to freshen the edge of khuks in the field...and that means for all the life maintenance work, not just battle. It can push the softer metal back in place in some/many cases.

I chipped one by swinging mightily at a deer foreleg. Brought it back to the regular contour eventually. I salvaged another that some idjit wrecked and returned to Bill Martino. It being the THIRD such event for the person, it began the limitation of HI's warranty, and Bill wouldn't sell him any more khuks.

Think "Rock, paper, scissors." Rock breaks scissors. :)
 
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