The Sher 'attitude' Special

The entire knife is gently curving. The handle is curved with the blade. On my Chitlangi, handle and first half of blade come out straight, and then the rest of the blade sharply angles down. The tips of these two arrive at the same place, same overall angle, but take different paths. The balance cannot possibly be the same, even if they were equal length and weight.



munk
 
namaarie said:
Man, the more I look at it, the more I like it.
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Me too. It's really nice looking after you get used to it. :)

That nice handle just begs for some Tru-Oil. :D
 
Pretty, and interesting.

But it will never keep an edge without a cho.

Whatever are the kamis up to...?

With that brass trident thingy a few weeks ago, and a falcata the other day, there's no guessing...


Ad Astra :foot:
 
The ?smatchet? from a recent deal of the day was pretty cool also.

I like the looks of the "attitude special" any idea what the price might be if/when they become available?
 
munk said:
Thanks, Yangdu. !!

Norm, Yangdu sent it to me to test. I had no idea what was coming.
It really does look like a giant straight razor that's been bent and a point added. The balance is slightly different. As I said; you want to chop. It wants to move. I really like it. It is different from my 19" Chitlangi, and come to think of it, that is what I should have been comparing it to. Too much going on today.


It's going to take a little longer then time spent on a wood pile to get to know it.

The Chitangi is 25 oz, and 19.5" . The wood portion of the handle, and that doesn't include the end cap or long habaki bolster, is 5 1/4" long. The 'Razor' is 4 1/4" long. So the chitlangi is going to balance different. The actual blade on the Razor is 13"; on the Chit, 12"

I hope this helps.

munk
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Thanks very much for the info Munk.

You know, we are all going to have to do a better job in naming these new models. I refuse to call the couple that came to Dean and myself a few weeks ago "Sher specials." It is just too non-descriptive. So "live on the wildside" me just calls them "Sher Special Hanshees" because they are very close to the original Rod Allen Hanshee in design.

We have been kind of copping out calling anything new outside the standard HI catalog a "special", so let's come up with a name for this model. The Bob White Bolo and the Smatchet pretty much name themselves, but this guy is a whole 'nother animal.

What do you say? Does anyone have a name for this one?

I've been trying to think of something along the lines of "Chitlangi Cutter?" What about "Montana Scythe?" "Mini Scythe?" "Sharecropper?" (SherCropper! (-: ) Endless possibilities.

I know, some of those are pretty lame, but we can try. In any case, I hope this becomes a regular model, and with the white metal fittings to boot.

Norm
 
Himalayan Razor.
Attitude Special.
( I put that in there because I found out Sher...is...a ....little proud of his work.)

Norm's right, we can't keep calling all these knives Specials, we've too many, and it too generic anyway.

btw; shercropper is pretty damn funny, but does lack a little dignity....



munk
 
It is about time that Sher makes something that he can say it's his.

Like Kumar had the Kobra and the K karda...........
 
Well, we never had a Kesar Khuk, a Murali khuk, Sanu khuk....
The Kobra just fit. The name should just fit, whatever it is.

You know, like Special number 2, Special number 3, .......?
NO.


munk
 
Back to the top.

The more I carry this blade, the more I like it. It's really starting to connect with me.
Nasty will notice that I place this blade by my bedside for protection. (by my word on this screen) It is by the computer as I type. I almost took it to the Halloween Party at the school today, but remembered I'd be arrested and jailed.

I want Yangdu to sell these, and make some money.

>>>>>>>

Couple notes: The sheath has a rib around it- inside in the construction, about 3 inches from the sheath mouth. This rib stops the knife from sliding out of the Frog. Anyone seen this before?

Other thing- without the cho, and the simple flat of metal before the edge starts, this blade should be able to be made faster and more economically.


munk
 
Yes! Here I am talking to Myself again!!

I took this blade hiking today. It was wonderful to carry a light blade. The slender, tooless sheath helped with the overall weight too. It was not in the way and I hardly noticed the weight. That doesn't happen when I carry 28oz khuks; I notice. This entire rig only weighs 28 0z.

I can't wait to compare this blade to a WWll 18" I gave all mine away so that comparison will have to wait.

For those of you who hang the khuk on your pants belt; a khukuri of any real size deserves it's own belt. There is a reason for this. There are blades that otherwise would be a problem to carry, with shafing and the sheath rubbing aganst a leg. This is often solved by a seperate belt.

A belt for the khuk allows the knife more versatility in how it is carried. If you haven't tried this, please do. And use a real belt, substancial and leather. If you use a weave belt made of poly fibers or whatever it will not do the job as well. I use the fiber belt for my trousers. The light weight helps.


munk
 
Man I really like that. The tip in in line with the handle and wrist, great shape and handle. Wow.

Munk my old K.K. has that rib, it works so well I'm thinking of trying something like it in the sheath I'm getting ready to make.

I think Sher's Yeti Shaver is a damn fine name. That's what I'm calling it.

- D
 
Great review. Thanks to munk.
 
You mean one actually connected to the belt around your trousers? Because that seems like a neat idea and I haven't tried it. But if you mean a shoulder belt and the khuk is hanging about hip height I've done that.


Edit; This blade's been on my writing desk ever since I got it, and does guard duty by the bedside at night. I just realized that it may be the perfect Pappy Snake Killer. I had a 20" Kobra once and it never quite balanced for me. Pappy was always on the alert for snakes in his part of Texas. He'd tried the Gelbu's I think, and the Sirupates. He said if the snake is poisenious he wanted the extra length of the 20" vs the 18" The 18" of course was a little lighter and handled beter.


munk
 
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