Old favorite

[Cpl Punishment]

Just figured I'd post a link to one of my favorite reviewers, former member Cliff Stamp.

Especially the new guys, check out the kukri section:

http://www.cutleryscience.com/reviews/reviews.html

One of my favorite lines from the 20" review:

Bending it to failure was pretty much not a reality as the amount of force required to do so was excessive. Any piece of wood that the khukuri was lodged in would split long before the khukuri would show any visible flex let alone come close to taking a permanent bend. Since even the smaller Ang Kholas are regularly used for heavy prying with no problems, this large model effectively ignores such applications. It would split fence posts and thick pieces of wood with no problems.

 

[Roger Smith]

I don't know what happened to CS, but it was his testing that lead me here. I couldn't believe a knife could withstand such abuse. He does the kind of testing that is actual, not test to failure with hammers. I read and re-read those tests until my khuk arrived.

Got my first HI khuk from ebay ( supposed to be Sher's 3rd khuk for HI, from a fellow named Otto IIRC) and the rest was history.

 

[Wolf_1989]

I know for a fact that an H.I. Ang Khola is nigh indestructible.

Especially after the six consecutive days of hard use mine has seen this week.