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My first introduction to the wonderful world of kukris was when my GF/Soon to be fiancee, soon to be Spouse bought me one of the Atlanta Cutlery Kukris.
I live in central Oklahoma and the family has a small ranch. That Kukri became my almost regular carry item when I was on the family property doing all sorts of things the adult offspring are called to do from time to time by the parental units
It saw some pretty rough use on occasion. i have used it from dropping small saplings, when I didn't have anything else, to slicing ham with it
Well I picked her up a kukri from a nepalese dealer at the local state fair when our daughter was about 4 months old (more on her below) . She tends to use it as an oversized kitchen knife so it doesn't get anywhere the abuse I put my other one through.
Never had a problem with mine. Liked it so much I picked up a pair of the smaller "Officer" ones. One for me for when the bigger one may be too much blade and one for my now 9yo daughter. ( BTW she has a wicked swing with it) [I caught her unsheathing my Kukri correctly and trying to swing it with both her hands..... and decided she might need one more her size to learn how to use it correctly]
I started doing some research into the actual history of the Kukri and found the HI website and about choked when I saw the prices.
A couple of online forums later and I started to get the impression that HI is one of the top end Kukris. But with me being a graduate student just couldn't afford the prices. [ No problem there either quality is expensive but when the choice is fuel, food or new blade well you can figure which one loses, especially when the spouse has one of her own ]
Well I graduated last weekend and my graduation present to myself was a BAS and a M-43. I'm a big fan of the military knives. I can't wait and see how they handle and see just what they are capable of doing .
So does the family that Kuk togather stay togather ????
Marc Adkins
I live in central Oklahoma and the family has a small ranch. That Kukri became my almost regular carry item when I was on the family property doing all sorts of things the adult offspring are called to do from time to time by the parental units
It saw some pretty rough use on occasion. i have used it from dropping small saplings, when I didn't have anything else, to slicing ham with itWell I picked her up a kukri from a nepalese dealer at the local state fair when our daughter was about 4 months old (more on her below) . She tends to use it as an oversized kitchen knife so it doesn't get anywhere the abuse I put my other one through.
Never had a problem with mine. Liked it so much I picked up a pair of the smaller "Officer" ones. One for me for when the bigger one may be too much blade and one for my now 9yo daughter. ( BTW she has a wicked swing with it) [I caught her unsheathing my Kukri correctly and trying to swing it with both her hands..... and decided she might need one more her size to learn how to use it correctly]
I started doing some research into the actual history of the Kukri and found the HI website and about choked when I saw the prices.
A couple of online forums later and I started to get the impression that HI is one of the top end Kukris. But with me being a graduate student just couldn't afford the prices. [ No problem there either quality is expensive but when the choice is fuel, food or new blade well you can figure which one loses, especially when the spouse has one of her own ]
Well I graduated last weekend and my graduation present to myself was a BAS and a M-43. I'm a big fan of the military knives. I can't wait and see how they handle and see just what they are capable of doing .
So does the family that Kuk togather stay togather ????
Marc Adkins
( Thats the one they dug up in the shop right ?), the 18" WWII and then any Nepalese hand tools the Kamis come up with. if they ever do another one of those 18th Century blades on the special run section of the HI webpage I might pick one of those up as well mainly for presentation.
