What is the best kukri for survival

The perfect survival khukuri is the one within reach when your wife attacks you for getting another khukuri.

;) :D

Eric
 
Eric006 said:
The perfect survival khukuri is the one within reach when your wife attacks you for getting another khukuri.

;) :D

Eric
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The trick is to convince her the new one is the same one you already had. Just don't get busted with the triboxes.

Her: "Did you get another one of those things?"

You: (innocently) "No, what? On the coffee table? Curved thing? Sure looks like the one that was there yesterday... "


Mike :p
 
I am only mildly afflicted with HIKV. So far it only affects my relationships with sheeples. Ya see most women are made nervous by a large guy with a gleam in his eye stropping a kukri. Anyone have any ideas on this. Is there no hope. But Seriously due to its tremendous design I have nothing but good to say about the M-43's performance in true survival scenarios. Mine included. It is ibn my humble opinion the best performer for its weight available. The chiruwa AK or 18-20inch AK's may be easier for some folks to use. Weight for me isn't an issue as I will leave other comfort items out on a trip to make sure to include the kukri. If I decide to take an ultralight trip then I carry a haversack with supplies and you guessed it My M-43. It is not my only kuk either, Just the one that for me works the best.
 
wildmike said:
So far it only affects my relationships with sheeples. Ya see most women are made nervous by a large guy with a gleam in his eye stropping a kukri. Anyone have any ideas on this. Is there no hope.
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I'd say keep the HIKV hidden until said ladies are in too deep, then take to the stropping and glinting! :D

A she-sheeple's desire for routine and aversion to change will override her mistrust for blades, at least until the flock beckons her to return.
 
Pen knife, followed closely by the BAS. These are each light enough that I'm likely to be carrying it. Also more than enough to chop and split branches up to 3" diameter for shelter, fire, hot tub (construction and heating), etc. If I had to knife-fight a cougar, I might go up to a light weight 18" AK. Tarwar for zombies. :D
 
In my collection, my choise for a "my life,all bull $h!t aside, may quite possibly depend on this knife(shelter constructing,foraging)"

M-43 17''-28oz by Vim.

I love all my other kuks, specialy my 16.5 WWII by Sher that I rehandled. It actually gets more use tham my M-43, but the M-43 sings to me for the hard, heavy work.It just seems to have an eagerness to consume. It won't tollerate sloppy technique, but it performs like a longer heavier kuk, for me. It is HELL for stout, and believe it, it has never seen an easy days work. It does this while being what I consider just about the maximum for practicality in a "serious heavy use packable kuk" for me.
 
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Just to be contrarian, here's what I do carry as survival knives, on a daily basis:

--a Doug Ritter Mark 1 by Benchmade
--a Leatherman (primarily for the saw)
--a SAK tinker

I do a lot of outdoor work, and I'm in situations where I could end up at the bottom of a canyon with a broken leg, and not be found for a few days. The nice thing about these knives is that they "live" in my pockets and pack, and they're often being used, although never (so far) in a survival situation. However, they're tough enough to make a splint, help with shelter, peel some prickly pears, etc. While a khukuri would be comforting in that situation, I can't really justify it on an everyday basis, especially to my employers (I work in a park).

I bring this up just to point out that there are a bunch of different survival situations. I'm concerned about the "getting injured in the mountains and needing to be rescued" short-term survival situation, and so I'm always prepared for that. Wildmanh's situation of long term survival in the woods is very different from what I deal with, and it calls for different tools.

This doesn't stop me from buying (and using) khukuris, but I don't carry or use them on a daily basis.

F
 
I find it interesting that no one has mentioned the WWII or the BAS model much in 15-17 inches, they are kinda my favorites, not too heavy, not too light. nice compromise
 
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My first kuk years ago was a BAS althjough not an HI. It was one which had actually been issued to the regiment. No mnot a piece of indian junk but the hand forged functional real mccoy. That blade was stolen in the robbery. Having used it is what made me search out kukris later, and led me to HI.
 
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