Salyan Style Khukri

foxjaw

foxjaw

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Can anyone give me more information on the Salyan stlye Khukri. I saw a picture of it but no accompanying explanations. :confused:

Thanks

Foxjaw
 
Foxjaw, I too love the Salyan and I have one on order to my specs. The style is more shorter and stout shape and makes for a very strong blade. Uncle Bill thinks they are stubby and ugly! I and a few other forumites have what is called the Super Salyan which is a HUGE version and which weighs something like 5lbs if I remember right and is close to 1 inch thick!!!! Do a search on Super Salyan and you will find a picture of it, if I knew how, I would post it for you! The Salyan doesn't seem to be to popular but is deffinetly worthy of your concideration. The HI "mascot" khukuri is a Salyan.
 
Sorry, I don't have any information on the standard Salyan model. I have the following on the Mega Salyan.

I was originally looking for a felling khukuri and thought the Mega Salyan would fit the bill. I was wrong. It is too thick. It makes a better splitting and bashing khukuri.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=126379

Here is another thread concerning the Mega Salyan and perhaps a picture.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=126087


You can see me or my sister holding the Mega Salyan at.

http://communities.msn.ca/WillKwansInterestingPictures/visitorpictures.msnw

I am using only one hand my sister is not! The Mega Salyan looks short and stuby. In the picture I look short and stuby so the knife looks like it belongs. What the picture does not show is that it weights 5.65 LB. It is very similar to sledge hammer that just happens to be razor sharp. I have blasted through 2x2’s with a single blow. I don’t know where they went but I posted the damage that the Mega Salyan can inflict and more specifications. The handle is quite large and scaled to the knife. While I do not have a problem gripping the knife a lot of people will.

Will
 
I had a large Salyan, I recall impressive chopping performance. The handle suited me fine. The problem with mine was the edge was a bit too soft. It held up on clear woods fine, but I didn't want to try it on knots with full force chopping as there was too great a chance it would ripple the edge. It does have the ideal blade profile for a felling khukuri, the AK's are a bit too flat, you want a greater radius of curvature like on the Salyan. More on this in about a week, I am doing an extended comparison between my 18" AK and the Wildlife Hatchet from Gransfors Bruks. I have about another weekend of chopping to do and then I'll have enough data collected.

Off topic, Will, that Model 2 by Brend is an impressive knife, could do without the double guards though. Did you ever get a chance to try out a decent hatchet, I recall discussing this with you awhile ago? If not then I'll send you the Wettering one I described here :

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=171759

after xmas. I want to try it out on some knotty wood when the temp dips down to below -20 or so.

-Cliff
 
Yeah, it gets colder, but I have to start to wear gloves then, and I prefer chopping without them. The khukuris are good for this with the wooden handles, any knives with metal in the grips become nonfunctional much faster because of the extreme heat conduction through the metal.

-Cliff
 
You don't wear gloves at -20? Well, I guess I'm not really surprised. I never saw a Yeti wearing gloves no matter how cold.
 
I wear a glove on my left hand to protect against glances, my right hand is free. The chopping I do for comparison runs is always small wood, 6" or so and under. The wood around here is all soft as well like Pine, so this can be cut through in about 15 - 25 chops depending on how clean the lines are followed and how clear the wood. The chopping doesn't therefore take very long and I will put a glove on inbetween runs.

-Cliff
 
Cliff,

I have the Gransfors Bruk Wildlife hatchet. Great review on the hatchet. The heavier khukuri such as the 22" Ang Khola or 22" GRS for the chopping are better suited to me and the chopping that I do. Thanks for the offer though.

Too be honest I used the Brend on anything challenging, it is too expensive. The black knife is the older A2 version. It was not very sharp when I got it, but was very easy to sharpen.

I forgot to mention that the Mega Salyan is the only khukuri I can use with two hands and full power blows. The hand holding the butt of the khukuri gets subjected to severe vibration. Either I am not swing the Mega Salyan fast enough or it has too much mass to vibrate enough to cause pain.

Will
 
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