bkduckworth
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Hey folks! I’ve acquired a few knives here over the past couple of months and thought it was only fitting that I post some pictures. The Bowie was generously gifted to me by Rotte in the “name that beer” contest. I received the Leuku from RescueRiley in the “giveaway giveaway” and I snagged the 12” Kukri a couple of weeks ago in the HI form as a Deal of The Day.
I thought it would be interesting to use these “medium” sized blades from different cultures back to back to see how they compared so I used them to work up some peppers. Now, granted these peppers were not the hardest thing to slice. My wife did use the leuku to dice some tomatoes (which it excelled at!), but I failed to get a photo of that.
All of the blades did fine, with, (no surprise) the leuku being the best kitchen knife. I was surprised to find that the bowie and the kukri were both more than at home with this type of task. The bowie with its distally tapered, flat ground blade worked great as long as I kept the cutting board to the edge of the counter so the guard didn’t get in the way too much. The kukri’s curved blade almost acted like a dropped blade on a chef’s knife. It was kind of like using a really mean looking cleaver.
I think the conclusion of this comparison speaks to the heritage of these blades. The leuku is pure utility and it shows. My wife wasn’t even scared of it. The bowie and the kukri both fill the weapon/tool role and do it quite well (but quite differently), but also are surprisingly effective in more utilitarian roles.
Brandon
I thought it would be interesting to use these “medium” sized blades from different cultures back to back to see how they compared so I used them to work up some peppers. Now, granted these peppers were not the hardest thing to slice. My wife did use the leuku to dice some tomatoes (which it excelled at!), but I failed to get a photo of that.
All of the blades did fine, with, (no surprise) the leuku being the best kitchen knife. I was surprised to find that the bowie and the kukri were both more than at home with this type of task. The bowie with its distally tapered, flat ground blade worked great as long as I kept the cutting board to the edge of the counter so the guard didn’t get in the way too much. The kukri’s curved blade almost acted like a dropped blade on a chef’s knife. It was kind of like using a really mean looking cleaver.
I think the conclusion of this comparison speaks to the heritage of these blades. The leuku is pure utility and it shows. My wife wasn’t even scared of it. The bowie and the kukri both fill the weapon/tool role and do it quite well (but quite differently), but also are surprisingly effective in more utilitarian roles.
Brandon
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