Need Machete substuite

cliff355 said:
I got one of those, but mine weighs 32 oz and its virtue does not lie in its light weight. If the brush is very thick and limbs are big and dry, the heavy GS is just the thing. On days when there is less wood to remove, a 17" GRS is easier to carry, and usually that is what I have on me - still makes the chips fly if need be.
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The GS I have is on the light side; it doesn't feel heavier than 25 oz, but with its balance and my brawn I can't be sure. The variance in weight between khuks of the same model can be almost amazing. If Phiber does go with a certain style khuk, he might want to email Yangdu and have her pick out one at a certain weight.

mrd, thanks for the link.

Bob
 
Josh Feltman said:
My good friend Yerik always says, "If you hunt moose and squirrel on same trip, you need more than one gun." I think it applies here.
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I may not be a Kuhk Knut (yet), so I cannot recomend any specific styles. But I have to agree with Josh on this one. A blade for the thin/green stuff, and another for the thick stuff.

What sort Machete are you currently using?
 
Wow lots of advice thanks guys. With all the stuff i have to lug into the field two blades seems a bit much, normally I carry my machette on by back attached to my field vest with a couple of carabiner clips. Somtimes Ill be in the woods with not alot of vines or blackberry bushes then a good ax does the job fine and if im working solely in blackberry bushes then a good machette (i dont know who makes it in my expierence machettes are machettes unless their realy bad pices of junk I normally go through a machette a year) does the job, this is rerely the case though often the two enviroments come togather in what makes somthing of a jungle to work through, the ax is next to useless on black berrys and the mechette lacks the weight to cut biger tree branches. Normaly i make one of my chain men carry a saw :) somtimes to their dismay, for cuting down trees that are gonna be on our line that we need to shoot (using a Lica EDM that uses a laser get distance from a prisiam the chain man has). the main reason it has to be long (20 to 24 inches or so) is to get high branches. the 25 inch sirupati looks to be what im looking for, im in fairly good shape from the nature of my work so swinging it shouldent be a prolbem espicially if it gets the job done it a couple wacks, i dont know if it would be overkill on blackberrys though. Im thinking i might get a smaller khukuri for slashing through blackberrys. on an average day i clear about half a mile of line plus lots of other choping so i can see and get a read on my chain men. Once again thanks for all the advice
 
Cool Im from Montana to born in Butte and raised in the gallatian vally i spent a lot of summers in the bitterroot vally where my grandma lives flyfishing. i left montana to go to school in WA I wanted to get away from montana really bad I thought I hated small town rural stuff but after 6 months away from montana I missed the seceney and mountians realy bad so now i have to come back at least twice a year or i get realy homesick.
 
If you're looking at a Sirupate I believe that a 21" Chitlangi would be a better all around blackberry and wood chopper from the results I got when I tested mine. YMMV.
 
PhiberOptik said:
the main reason it has to be long (20 to 24 inches or so) is to get high branches. the 25 inch sirupati looks to be what im looking for,
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:eek:

! you're swinging at braches over your ahead !

:eek:

somebody could shorten a pole-saw (or branch snipper)
to a long walking-stick
& you'd all be safer.


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I had a longish (almost 19") chitlangi that I used in the field while I was in WA state, in the Tacoma area. I wrapped the handle with black grip tape, which I think helped grip and cushion a bit. I used this kuk in WA, and even more when I came back to GA, and was clearing brush on hunting land. I say "brush", but that includes small trees, though it did take a while on the 6" diameter pin oak!

I have a 21" Chitlangi that is another story, altogether. The 21" is a short sword, and fairly heavy. Here is a pic of me & friends. 2nd from left is holding the smaller chit- bad angle for pic- but you can tell it's a light blade. You can probably tell from my chit at right that it's quite a blade.

Welcome to the HI forum, btw! :) Your posting style looks familiar- is there another UBB I would've seen you on?

John
 
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