Sell me an HI Chiruwa Please!!!!

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Montgomery

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Ok....I keep going back and forth on what to buy......

An H&B Forge Tomahawk or an HI 16.5" Chiruwa Ang Khola Khukri......I need a tool to chop, quarter game, build shelters, chop firewood when camping....and a multitude of other items.

From what I have read.....the Khukri runs neck & neck with a belt hatchet or tomahawk until you get to larger 6"+ diameter wood.....but honestly...in a camping or survival situation, it's VERY doubtful that I will need to split wood that large.....and a full size axe is the only way to go with wood that large.

I have ALWAYS wanted a high quality khukri....but the CS seem toooo souless and all the others I have seen have been CHEAP!

I have fallen in love with the HI khukris......but I still need to be sold......

I need something to complete my kits for extended hikes/hunts/trips, whre I hike in with all my gear for a 3-5 day hunt for both small and large game.

I will also be carrying a Grohmann Survival with the 5.5" blade.....will the khukri replace a belt axe or hatchet or should I just buy a tomhawk from Ragnar or H&B Forge?
 
AK
18"
or the chiruwa you mention.

Chop, chop, chop.
Timber.......................

:D
 
Originally posted by Montgomery
will the khukri replace a belt axe or hatchet or should I just buy a tomhawk from Ragnar or H&B Forge?
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From the HI website,

The unique curve of the khukuri makes it excellent both for chopping wood and for hacking through dense jungles and forests - serving as a combination of an axe and a machete - and anything else requiring a good knife. This makes it a particularly ideal item for the outdoorsman, hunter, hiker or explorer--or anyone who needs a rugged multi-functional blade.
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Good luck!:)
 
Your comments suggest that you may have done this, but if not: use "search" feature on Blade Forums to look for "khukuri OR khukri OR kukri" with "Cliff stamp" entered in the user box to the right.

You will find that Cliff has tested HI khukukris vs axes and, sure enough, the khukuri is superior at all sizes of wood that one is likely to need to cut in hunting, camping, backpacking, or survival situations.

Add a folding pruning saw and a SAK or multitool, and you're set.:)

Do we have a sale?
 
There's a reason the 15 inch AK is the best seller.

And, of course, you only need one khukuri.:rolleyes:
 
Montgomery, Welcome to the Cantina and Bladeforums. :)

I have a 15" AK that's on the heavy side and now I don't even use my Hatchets any more. Last fall, I went camping with some College budies and some Oriental students. The Oriental students saw the AK as some sort of Large Bowie knife. I told them a little about it and then proceded to show them how well it chopped by chopping down a dead tree. This tree was 8" thick or more. Didn't take me long to limb it and fell it. You should have seen the look on their faces.:eek::eek::D They were greatly impressed.

And you can't have just one.;) I've had 16 over the years and love em. I have the 15" AK for heavy chopping, a 20" Sirupati for brush work, 12" AK as my camp knife and a 16.5" WWII for when I don't know what I'll need.

I'd recommend that you get a 15"+ AK or 16.5" WWII. That, a knife and Ax will do just about everything you'll ever need on a campout or survival situation. If I could only carry one large knife on a trip, it would be one of those two and I've owned a lot of Khukuris.

Hope that helps,

Heber
 
All good advice and true. You can't go wrong with your original plan to get a 16.5" chiruwa AK. It was my first and favorite all round khuk. Many like the WWII, and it's very very good. I just have a special liking for the chiruwa. I've never asked anything of it that it couldn't handle.

Steve
 
Used to have a Chiruwa AK. Was my first HI. Somebody else wanted it and now its gone! Wouldn't hurt to try one, you might just like it.
 
If I were you I'd buy that Ganga Ram Uncle Bill has on special today. I have one and it is 3 times the chopper that my 18" AK is. Plus it is light enough to use as a machete too.
 
Overall I would consider the multifunction use of a Kuhkri over an axe or bowie.
I have used mine to top cut, bottom cut, trim, end cut and then as a draw knife to make square ends for fitting joinery. I have used it to make grade stakes and I have the prettiest walking stick I made for my wife on the Jordon Pond trail in Acadia National park from a small sapling they had set aside from trail making. It is carved and rubbed/sanded on the local rock for a finish and looks like something from middle earth hobbit land. Try that with an axe.
Add to that the ability to fulfil the funtion as an ordinary knife as well as bing just plain pretty, exotic and helping another culture and you pretty much have the best of all worlds.
My knife is a rather small 15' handforged copy of a hundred year old Dui chirra a friend of mine bought in Nepal years back. I borrowed it and made a copy. It is a rather serpantined dropped handled model. Sometime soon I will be making a larger version from sword steel with nickle bearing meteorite forged in with our own blood (silly as it vaporizes but we use a high carbon insert for a dark layer) for my son and I.

cheers
Dan
 
Dan, like you, I feel the spirit in these blades -- so unlike the factory-made, however good they are objectively.
 
Originally posted by Thomas Linton
Dan, like you, I feel the spirit in these blades -- so unlike the factory-made, however good they are objectively.
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Yeah and Amen
I consider them the finest overall blades in the world!

Dan
 
Originally posted by Dan Harden
My knife is a rather small 15' handforged copy of a hundred year old Dui chirra a friend of mine bought in Nepal years back. I borrowed it and made a copy.
cheers
Dan
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Wow. Sounds neat. You got a picture of it you can post??
 
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