What do you gents think ?

Gravelface said:
Thanks for the information....I didn't know that was an option!:thumbup::thumbup:
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Talk to Yangdu about it,she's very accomodating within reason. I doubt that she'd fix the ones you have broken with the handle material of your choice though, that's her deal and i cannot speak for her.

On a side note...you can always inquire about having the Sarki shop here in the USA fit new handles for you also. ( If someone knows where a link to the sarki shop is,Please Post It.)
Antonio_Luiz said:
If you prefer the traditional K then stay with the traditional - Knife design is supposed to evolve for changing times. This is Busse's take on the K - I like it and only wish my budget could handle it.
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Dont get me wrong, Antonio, I like the flow of the BCK and i like the lines of MOST Busses, but the handles on them and their expensiveness have always been their ugly points for me. I really dislike Tiger stripe Micarta.
 
Gravelface said:
I am not saying they should stop, I just think it would be nice to have the option of different handle materials.

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Wow, that is the worst crack I've ever seen and I've had some bad ones. Wow!! That is just begging for a custom handle. What Model is that?

Heber
 
Little more curve geometry maybe?; that's what makes it work...

Too much like any other Busse? Brand characteristics can be like seasoning salt; little bit better than a lot. My .000002. :p


Mike
 
That picture is just an idea by someone of what "they" want the Busse Khuk to look like....not the actual one.

That handle is on......well it was on, now it is off, of my Bolo. I really love that thing...and now it is just a really nice paper weight till I decide to do something with it.

I want to have a piece welded to the handle to create a fully exposed full tang then put the micarta slabs on her.
 
Gravelface said:
That handle is on......well it was on, now it is off, of my Bolo. I really love that thing...and now it is just a really nice paper weight till I decide to do something with it.

I want to have a piece welded to the handle to create a fully exposed full tang then put the micarta slabs on her.
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A conversion from Rat tail to exposed tang would be interesting to see. If you do end up doing that please post pictures in the Main HI forum. I also have a Bolo and love it, hope you can resurect yours.

Mr. Busse posted in a new thread that they have tested a design and it works great. It will go into production next year (2009). But he didn't share any pictures of it.

Heber
 
My first impression is that the handle is too small for serious chopping. Can't tell for sure, as I'm not certaIn about the scale of the whole knife.

personally, I would like a little more down sweep and a bit more belly, maybe a little more like an M43.

Take care,

Tom
 
yup, needs a proper cho (kaudi)
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minor change, but it ain't a kukhri w/o one.
blessing it is optional but it helps ;)
 
antonio_luiz said:
If you prefer the traditional K then stay with the traditional - Knife design is supposed to evolve for changing times. This is Busse's take on the K - I like it and only wish my budget could handle it.
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That's kind of funny, since in the thread on the Busse forum, the guys seem to be trying hard to make a rather traditional kukri. I suggested going with the CG treatment of the multiple ridges on the blade (can't really call them fullers), maybe with some of the spine profile like on the CGFBM or Hellrazor, but that kinda got shot down by guys wanting the traditional look. IMOP if they are going to make a Busse kukri, then make it a Busse kukri, not just another traditional kukri with different steel and micarta scales.

Mulling it over earlier today, I guess I'm actually after more of a Busse Falcata than kukri -- i.e. a fighting blade, not so much a woods tool.
 
nothing wrong with making it a chiriwa style with grip slabs in whatever shape and material you want, with or without fullers, and nothing wrong with a blade made of a supersteel, forged or laser cut & ground, with or without a guard or lanyard hole, but having the thread posted in a traditional khukuri forum, you are bound to get suggestions on making it look like a more traditional khukuri, it's evolved into it's present 'traditional' form over hundreds of years of survival of the fittest testing in nepal into it's current form. our founder, uncle bill, was the one who stated it isn't a khukuri if it doesn't have a cho. w/o one it's just a KSO*. i also prefer the more curved ones, with more curved hilts, in lieu of the straighter ones we generally see, but to stand out from all the wannabe's, a cho would be nice. you can probably skip the traditional sacrifice of a goat over each batch tho.

*- Khukuri Shaped Object
 
kronckew said:
but having the thread posted in a traditional khukuri forum, you are bound to get suggestions on making it look like a more traditional khukuri, it's evolved into it's present 'traditional' form over hundreds of years of survival of the fittest testing in nepal into it's current form.
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Not sure if this was in response to me.
Assuming it was. . .

I am not surprised at the preference for traditional kukri here, but rather on the Busse forum. Busses are anything but traditionally styled knives. I was a tad bewildered why they would want a traditionally-styled kukri from Busse. I don't mean to be harsh, and I did say most ofm this there, but I'm not sure they understand how a kukri works. Seems they want a hell of a chopper, but want it short, light, and not too much curve. There's a reason the best choppers are long, heavy and with lots of belly. Some also don't seem to understand that an extra inch or two of "choking up" a choil would give is relatively useless on this size of blade, although that and the "talon hole" are typical of Busses and wouldn't bother me.

But, I stirred up things enough and (I think) got people mad enough, so I stopped. Besides, Jerry Busse posted that his design has been finalized for a while, so there's no point in arguing the matter. It'll either be something I can't live without, or don't care about. No doubt he'll have plenty of buyers either way.
 
Seems they want a hell of a chopper, but want it short, light, and not too much curve.
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Sounds like the non-cosmeticised "village blacksmith" type of working kukri from Nepal meets these criteria.
The one I have does, anyway....... blade = 12.7" handle = 4.8" weight = 22oz spine max.= 0.39".

And, btw, it's actually got less of a curve than the Busse design.
 
Mmm, ok.

Define "hell of a chopper" then? How fast/many chops to go through a 4" log? 6"?

Not being contentious, just I did ask someone one time how long it took them to go through a log they posted a picture of, after a glowing report of how great a chopper their knife is, and they said "5 minutes". Would have taken 6-8 swings with a large Ang Khola. So maybe my expectation for "a hell of a chopper" are different than other people's.

Or maybe I just need to stay the hell out of these threads?
 
Cpl Punishment said:
Or maybe I just need to stay the hell out of these threads?
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NO. You should stay in. you make good points in a reasoned fashion. We can take that in the Cantina. For the most part we have learned to disagree in an agreeable fashion.

:)

Take care,

Tom
 
Gravelface said:
That handle is on......well it was on, now it is off, of my Bolo. I really love that thing...and now it is just a really nice paper weight till I decide to do something with it.

I want to have a piece welded to the handle to create a fully exposed full tang then put the micarta slabs on her.
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Gravelface you're getting into a very complicated procedure that needs to be handled with great care. Anytime you go welding on carbon steel it'll have to be normalized or instead of the wood or horn breaking off it'll be the whole damned handle! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
Terry Sisco does excellent work and there's nothing at all wrong with the extra heavy duty rat tail tangs found on the HI Kukris.:thumbup: :cool: :D
 
Yvsa said:
Gravelface you're getting into a very complicated procedure that needs to be handled with great care. Anytime you go welding on carbon steel it'll have to be normalized or instead of the wood or horn breaking off it'll be the whole damned handle! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
Terry Sisco does excellent work and there's nothing at all wrong with the extra heavy duty rat tail tangs found on the HI Kukris.:thumbup: :cool: :D
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Yvsa is right...it would be a helluva project to weld a full tang on and theres nothing wrong with the rat-tail tang. I'd suggest getting a block of micarta big enough for a handle and see how much it would cost you to have Mr.Sisco(Sarki shop) fit it for you. it would probably be alot less hassle. then you would still have a near indestructable kukri.
 
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The Rat tail was never in question....just the subtle movements created between the RT and the wooden handle that gave way to larger movement that lead to the wood turning to tooth picks in my hands.

The steel is plenty strong, but the wood it weak....What's the saying...your chain is only as strong as its weakest link...the wood handle on a 1/2 thick 2.5lb 25" long edged weapon.....I mean really.....what is going to give out first?!
 
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