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SASSAS

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After lurking for quite a while, I just bought my first kukhri (20 inch 37 ounce Chiruwa horn handle WWII by Sher with all usual Sher features. Perfect rig for $145 YBB++ from 8/16)... Is it normal to be really close to buying another one before seeing the first? Close as in waiting for the next post of a specific size/model/handle/Kami combination...

I haven't found many references to Sher in comments, Is there anything notable/different in the blades? What are the "usual Sher features"?

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SASSAS said:
After lurking for quite a while, I just bought my first kukhri (20 inch 37 ounce Chiruwa horn handle WWII by Sher with all usual Sher features. Perfect rig for $145 YBB++ from 8/16)... Is it normal to be really close to buying another one before seeing the first? Close as in waiting for the next post of a specific size/model/handle/Kami combination...

I haven't found many references to Sher in comments, Is there anything notable/different in the blades? What are the "usual Sher features"?

:confused:
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hehehe...I mean "No"...none of us has ever done that, have never heard of it before.

Yeah...it was the same for me and a bunch of other guys. There are those who succumb to HIKV (Himalayan Import Khukuri Virus) slowly, one khukuri at a time. Others of us catch the more virulent strain and react the same way you are now.

Sher features are familiar to those who have a bunch of these...I basically expect a well executed blade, a generous size handle and excellent heat treat. Others will have their own favorite features...

You got a good one...

BTW...Welcome to the Cantina and please don't spit on the stove.

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When metal was more easily obtainable Sher was well known for making strong blades, heavy, thickly reinforced at critical areas. Today he still makes tough blades. He's probably my favorite, but ...you know how that goes. His brother Kumar makes finely executed khuks as well.

I generally feel if it's a Sher I have that extra margin.


munk
 
I had the same feeling when I got my Chiruwa WWII. The next day there were a bunch of beautiful Baby GRS khuks up and I had to talk myself out of getting one, even though I had the very first one in the mail.

And welcome to the Cantina, although I too just arrived ;)

-Tycho-
 
Nasty said:
hehehe...I mean "No"...none of us has ever done that, have never heard of it before . . .

BTW...Welcome to the Cantina and please don't spit on the stove.
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Your pants on fire, Nasty?

SASSAS: Another welcome, and feel free to take off your mukluks and park them over by the cellophane.

Noah
 
Welcome SASSAS, you picked a great knife to start out with. The 20" WWII is rare, and I don't know if I've seen a chiruwa one before. The chiruwa handle should make it balance very well, more neutral than you might expect a 20" blade to be. I thought the Sher features included a partially-convex edge too, but every knife is different.
 
Welcome SASSAS.

Buy as many knives as you like. You will appreciate them, if not give them away to someone who does. And not only that, but you help keep families alive on the other side of the world, which is a good thing.

Don't pay any mind to munk and his 'margins.' He's a little extra nuts. Making him a moderator was done for his own safety. Its complicated.

Again, welcome.

Bamboo
 
SASSAS said:
After lurking for quite a while, I just bought my first kukhri (20 inch 37 ounce Chiruwa horn handle WWII by Sher...
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Welcome SASSAS and that is a BEAST of a first khukuri, capable of taking out trees, bears & sharks with a swipe. Zombies & terrorists too, depending on where you live.

I've a 20" AK, 25" Malla and a 36 oz. YCS, and I can tell you, that's a big khuk. Rare one too. Long, heavy blade, get it going & it won't want to stop.

Great choice. You'll see.


Ad Astra
 
Can't beat the delivery time with a stick... Not that I'll need to beat anything with a stick anymore...

The lines of the blade are absolutely perfect and the balance of the blade feels dead on - the center of balance is about an inch to an inch and a half behind the shoulder. The handle has a nice thickness - any bigger and it would probably be too thick for me (I have small hands). It doesn't feel anywhere near as heavy as it is. I can get a nice wrist snap with it and it pulls back from full extension really lightly (it's like the feeling you get when you balance a baseball bat or a bar stool in one hand and get to the point where it weighs nothing for almost the entire motion back).

It's not what I'd call a display model, but fit and finish is solid - discoloration along the top of the bolster and a little scuffing on the handle that looks like it's from the same thing). The scabbard is excellent and the accessories are solid.

There are a couple of what I've seen described as forging flaws in the on one side of the blade in the center above the cho and a few more in the center of the blade on the chirra just past the shoulder. On the other side, there's one a little more than a half-inch from the edge about two inches from the tip. A couple pits - one near the cho and one 1/4" from the edge about three inches from the tip close to the sweet spot. The forging flaws look like they wouldn't even show if another 64th of an inch were taken off...one of them is partially ground/buffed/polished out already.

Now I just need to find some lumber and a tree to pick a fight with for some serious testing. This may be the first time I've ever gone looking for yard work.
 
SASSAS said:
Can't beat the delivery time with a stick... Not that I'll need to beat anything with a stick anymore...

The lines of the blade are absolutely perfect and the balance of the blade feels dead on - the center of balance is about an inch to an inch and a half behind the shoulder. The handle has a nice thickness - any bigger and it would probably be too thick for me (I have small hands). It doesn't feel anywhere near as heavy as it is. I can get a nice wrist snap with it and it pulls back from full extension really lightly (it's like the feeling you get when you balance a baseball bat or a bar stool in one hand and get to the point where it weighs nothing for almost the entire motion back).

It's not what I'd call a display model, but fit and finish is solid - discoloration along the top of the bolster and a little scuffing on the handle that looks like it's from the same thing). The scabbard is excellent and the accessories are solid.

There are a couple of what I've seen described as forging flaws in the on one side of the blade in the center above the cho and a few more in the center of the blade on the chirra just past the shoulder. On the other side, there's one a little more than a half-inch from the edge about two inches from the tip. A couple pits - one near the cho and one 1/4" from the edge about three inches from the tip close to the sweet spot. The forging flaws look like they wouldn't even show if another 64th of an inch were taken off...one of them is partially ground/buffed/polished out already.

Now I just need to find some lumber and a tree to pick a fight with for some serious testing. This may be the first time I've ever gone looking for yard work.
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Welcome SASSAS! Along with George in Greece, your first khuk was a rare one that most of us would have loved to have snagged. The discoloration on the top of the bolster is pretty common, and is where the Kami joined the bolster together,

Welcome to the Cantina! Due to the one-of-a-kind nature of these blades, stopping at just one is darned nigh impossible. :D

Just let us know if you have any questions.

Are you a single-action shooter perchance? Just wondering about the name.

Regards,

Norm
 
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