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Hi Oh,
Here's some promised detailed pictures of the first bonecutter prototype, which I'ved dubbed "Super-CAK", as it's more of an CAK (chiruwa ang khola) design, than the bonecutter, but it's not *exactly* a typical CAK either.
Here's the prior thread for you bookmarking junkies:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=542155
The main details, for a 20 inch khukri like this, is that it has an usually slender waist, and a thinner spine. it's a bit more sleek. The longer handle as well, counter balances the forward weight nicely. It's VERY fast and neutral in the hand. The handle feels great. It reminds me greatly of a Jange, but MUCH tougher I bet.
The most important detail, as I think part of the kami's thought process (sgt khadka, you can tell by the style alone) was that they went for a *bone cutting* model, rather than duplicating the pictures per se. As such, the eye will draw to the 5mm (or so) edge profile with high resulting angle. I imagine this thing has amazing ability to chop things, like bone. The typical CAK edge is about double this, and is still very rugged and choppy. Oddly, the bonecutter models we refer to have a 20-25mm edge, are somewhat thin, and chop like the dickens. I hope for a fine day shortly in order to test this 5mm profile and see how it does. I'm guessing it's overall penetration depth won't be as much as a 10mm profile, but it shouldn't stick as much either. As well, the edge on this thing can only be imagined, it's really seriously sharp out of the box. Wow. The Sgt crafted a fine blade here.
On to some pictures then. I waited for a good day, overcast just so, and opted for reflected light in the corner of my porch. The camera is somewhat new to me still after 6-9 months, more use last Fall than over Winter. I'm working on my process and all. "Getting There"... My main goal was to attempt to show the depth and lustre of the fullers and every little curve
The gallery of these photo starts here:
http://perspicuityphotos.smugmug.com/gallery/4281206_E6WJf/3/272528097_y5HFC#272528097
for the high rez stuff I took today. The larger pictures will show amazing (scary!) details.
Here then are the medium shots. They're effectively thumbnails compared to the large originals:
cont...
Here's some promised detailed pictures of the first bonecutter prototype, which I'ved dubbed "Super-CAK", as it's more of an CAK (chiruwa ang khola) design, than the bonecutter, but it's not *exactly* a typical CAK either.
Here's the prior thread for you bookmarking junkies:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=542155
The main details, for a 20 inch khukri like this, is that it has an usually slender waist, and a thinner spine. it's a bit more sleek. The longer handle as well, counter balances the forward weight nicely. It's VERY fast and neutral in the hand. The handle feels great. It reminds me greatly of a Jange, but MUCH tougher I bet.
The most important detail, as I think part of the kami's thought process (sgt khadka, you can tell by the style alone) was that they went for a *bone cutting* model, rather than duplicating the pictures per se. As such, the eye will draw to the 5mm (or so) edge profile with high resulting angle. I imagine this thing has amazing ability to chop things, like bone. The typical CAK edge is about double this, and is still very rugged and choppy. Oddly, the bonecutter models we refer to have a 20-25mm edge, are somewhat thin, and chop like the dickens. I hope for a fine day shortly in order to test this 5mm profile and see how it does. I'm guessing it's overall penetration depth won't be as much as a 10mm profile, but it shouldn't stick as much either. As well, the edge on this thing can only be imagined, it's really seriously sharp out of the box. Wow. The Sgt crafted a fine blade here.
On to some pictures then. I waited for a good day, overcast just so, and opted for reflected light in the corner of my porch. The camera is somewhat new to me still after 6-9 months, more use last Fall than over Winter. I'm working on my process and all. "Getting There"... My main goal was to attempt to show the depth and lustre of the fullers and every little curve
The gallery of these photo starts here:
http://perspicuityphotos.smugmug.com/gallery/4281206_E6WJf/3/272528097_y5HFC#272528097
for the high rez stuff I took today. The larger pictures will show amazing (scary!) details.
Here then are the medium shots. They're effectively thumbnails compared to the large originals:
cont...
