Two for One Extreme Testing Review is up

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Here's my contribution to the two for one testing deal. I posted it in Knife Reviews and Testing in order to get more exposure. Here's the link: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=270134 . It's very long with a lot of pics, but I think it's worth the wait for the pictures to load. Let me know what you all think, and thanks again Uncle Bill for such a great opportunity! In case you can't tell from the review, I had a lot of fun with those two khuks.
 
Outstanding job, one of the best practical eval's/extreme tests I've seen, just wish I had a faster computer, took me a while to take it all in. I'm sure Cliff Stamp would approve of this one, and I know Uncle Bill will be happy with the job you've done. He wanted a thorough test and by golly you've delivered.

Sarge
 
Thanks Sarge, that means a lot coming from you, seriously. It took quite a while to get it all written, get the pics cropped, resized and uploaded, then I had to get it all organized as a post here on BF. Good to know that it was worth the effort though, I hope to put this and other reviews on a webpage sometime. It's certainly a fun way to pass the time.
 
Wow. Great tests! I am definitely going to be on the hunt for one of those finger-groove AKs now. I have a chiruwa AK and love it, but it's a little small compared to the 18" WW2 and 21" GS...
I would never put multiple finger grooves on a fighting knife, but on a working chopper they just make perfect sense.
You inspired me. I may take some scrap 1/2" wide conduit pipe from work and see if my WW2 and AK can chop through it. :)
I'd REALLY like to find an abandoned building slated for demolition where I could put the khuks and my Battle Mistress up against some locked doors, wooden and steel. When we demolished our own building at work, I hadn't caught HIKV yet. ;) Maybe we'll knock down another...
Will post results, of course!
 
I couldn't get the pix but in this case I didn't need them -- the 1000 words did it. Hell of a test and many thanks.
 
that's a very nice review RR - I'll have to go back to read it again in more detail later on

sometime I should probably try to collect some well-done HI reviews like this (authors consenting of course) and put them somewhere on the HI (or FAQ) site.

For the meanwhile, I saved the images locally and also the text of the review.

--B.
 
Thanks for all of the compliments. I'm embarrassed that the photos shut down on me, I wasn't fully aware of what the bandwidth limitations meant. I thought that only limited how many pictures I could upload in a day, not how often it could be viewed. Oh well, at least the review is getting a lot of views. I'll try to get it back in action for tomorrow, until then, well, it is pretty wordy so I think it gets the point across even in the absence of pics. Oh, and beoram, whenever you do the consolidated reviews, feel free to add mine. Actually I would be honored.

The actual word count is 3,642, the characters, no spaces count is 15,780, and it has 317 lines when imported into a Word document :eek: . No wonder it took so long to type! Thanks again for slogging through it guys!
 
I couldn't get the pics either. :( Shame...I wanted a reward for getting through the 1,000 words! ;) :D

Seriously, very nice review. :)
 
Pics are back up now, I upgraded my account and now have 150MB of daily bandwidth usage. I may still switch to another hosting site if I can find better prices somewhere else, but at least I'm covered for the next month.
 
Nice review!:) You did a great job. And those pictures are really nice. Some of them remind me of a place I used to go camping or when I needed to be alone for a while. Thanks for sharing this with us and bringing back good memories.:D
 
I like! I bet if you'd hit the 'brake line' with the sweet spot on the belly of the khuk, you woulda gotten even further thru it.

My Sher AK is the one I use to cut coins and stuff. Blued, gold-gildes Sword of Shiva. Came sharp!
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Thanks fer sharin!

Keith
 
I've just finished updating this with fewer and smaller pictures, there are more details in the actual review but suffice it to say that it's a little more dial-up friendly now.
 
RR, you did a great job with the review. I have never had the guts to take one of these things out for such a rough ride...intentionally. What I did, and I think this goes along with Sarge's warning in another thread, is to underestimate my BAS's cutting ability. It went through a sapling and into a concrete paving block before I could check the swing. The same thing happened to my blade as did yours. Put a good chunk in the brick, too. And then I tore up some well seasoned mesquite with the Shanker 18" AK. Wood really doesn't stand a chance against these blades, does it? Again, congrats; you did a good job.
 
well done review, text and photos.

Er, did you happen to try the khuks on a bear?
 
Thanks again for the compliments everyone, they are greatly appreciated. Ferrous Wheel, that's a beautiful blade! That may end up being my next project. I'm starting to like this Kumar blade so much that I'm thinking of doing a lot of work on it, like new handle scales with a fully enclosed tang, blued blade, and a new sheath. I'll be sure to post updates once I get around to it, this will be a very long term project as in several years. Uncle Bill, Cliff was definitely an inspiration when I decided to begin putting my test together, I just wanted to add more pics to help illustrate the results. It's too easy to be unintentionally ambiguous with words, and I subscribe to the theory that a picture is worth 1000 words. By that standard the word count for this is about 30,000; maybe I should write a book like John Powell. ;)

Kismet, no bear-thrashing this time around. As much as I like my khuks, I'm not quite ready to trust them to make up a 300 pound weight advantage on the bear's side :eek:.
 
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