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OK, It is 16&1/2 inches long by 2&1/8 inches wide and just over 3/16 thick. I'm not sure it's weight but even for a thinner blade it is VERY blade heavy! The balance point is past the elbow. It has a full tang and a wood handle with 2 brass rings along side the wood rings in the middle of the handle. The handle also has brass rivits with a small amount of steel in the centers and are flush with the wood. The bolster is steel and the butt cap is brass. The blade seems to be almost as hard as some of my H.I.'s and the edge is in very good shape and should sharpen up with no trouble.
I have not been able to chop anything with it yet to see how it hold's it's edge but I was able to do the "vice" test. I put the blade in my vice at different lengths of the blade and flexed the blade almost as hard as I could. I got it to flex several degrees and it returned to true, a very springey blade! I then put a rag down over the vice and struck it with the back of the blade several times on the corner of the vice with moderit swings. When I inspected the blade it did have a few "lines" on it where it edge of the vice met the blade but they are not very deep.
Overall I think this khukuri that looks like a cross between a BAS and a WWII will prove to be a great camp knife! If this is one of John's "junk" khuks I'd love to see his good knives! I was expecting one of those crome plated lion head butt caped pieces of junk!!
Thank you again John you made my day!!
Where do you find all of these things and do you have anymore history on this perticular khukuri? It certainly has some character to it!!
P.S. The sheath is junk! It has seen it's better days and is very beat up. It is split down the bottom and is useless. When I get my Christmas bills paid I think I will have Terry make me a sheath for it!
I have not been able to chop anything with it yet to see how it hold's it's edge but I was able to do the "vice" test. I put the blade in my vice at different lengths of the blade and flexed the blade almost as hard as I could. I got it to flex several degrees and it returned to true, a very springey blade! I then put a rag down over the vice and struck it with the back of the blade several times on the corner of the vice with moderit swings. When I inspected the blade it did have a few "lines" on it where it edge of the vice met the blade but they are not very deep.
Overall I think this khukuri that looks like a cross between a BAS and a WWII will prove to be a great camp knife! If this is one of John's "junk" khuks I'd love to see his good knives! I was expecting one of those crome plated lion head butt caped pieces of junk!!
Thank you again John you made my day!!
Where do you find all of these things and do you have anymore history on this perticular khukuri? It certainly has some character to it!!P.S. The sheath is junk! It has seen it's better days and is very beat up. It is split down the bottom and is useless. When I get my Christmas bills paid I think I will have Terry make me a sheath for it!
But I think I'm leaving the planet next week!
