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Well, I'm no professional, but, here's how I see kukri, and a lot of guys may disagree:
I like the big battlecruisers, that's no secret. I deliberated for 4 years about getting a kukri. Primarily I wanted it as a wood processor, and I wanted it to perform as well or better than my 19" 1 3/4# head axe. I kept mulling it over in my head, and kept coming up with the 20" CAK as the solution. It helps that it is "Armageddon Ready" as being the only one warrantied as a prybar.
It chops far better than I hoped, and much to my surprise, when I put a shallow convex grind on the bevel and polished it up a bit, it cuts light vegetation quite well also. The reason I like the weight, is I found I can do a lot of the lighter work by simply raising the blade to shoulder height, and letting it fall -- making gravity provide the impulse, and me simpyl guiding it on target. In the long run, I think that's less work that snapping a lighter blade. That opinion has been reinforced after using blades like the sirupate and tamang. Now, In tight places, where you can only use short snaps, the tamang is the weapon of choice.
My size: 5'10", about 260 right now. My hand is 4.5" across the palm, thumb not included. Smaller guys WILL NOT agree with my choices. The larger guys tend to agree. The other thing on the size of the kukri is that they scale them. A short kukri will have a proportionately shorter handle on it. I find kukri less than 18" to be too short and light to take full advantage of the design, and the handles too small for my hands.
The 20" CAK is not something you want to swing in a fight all day, however if you are big enough, you can wield them surprisingly well, they stab well, a swing will remove whatever it hits, and from experience, I can say they have a definite intimidation value.
If you are going to buy a big kukri, find one you like, and it will be much nicer to carry and draw if you have a custom quickdraw sheath made for it that has a belt loop and also a baldric strap.
I like the big battlecruisers, that's no secret. I deliberated for 4 years about getting a kukri. Primarily I wanted it as a wood processor, and I wanted it to perform as well or better than my 19" 1 3/4# head axe. I kept mulling it over in my head, and kept coming up with the 20" CAK as the solution. It helps that it is "Armageddon Ready" as being the only one warrantied as a prybar.
It chops far better than I hoped, and much to my surprise, when I put a shallow convex grind on the bevel and polished it up a bit, it cuts light vegetation quite well also. The reason I like the weight, is I found I can do a lot of the lighter work by simply raising the blade to shoulder height, and letting it fall -- making gravity provide the impulse, and me simpyl guiding it on target. In the long run, I think that's less work that snapping a lighter blade. That opinion has been reinforced after using blades like the sirupate and tamang. Now, In tight places, where you can only use short snaps, the tamang is the weapon of choice.
My size: 5'10", about 260 right now. My hand is 4.5" across the palm, thumb not included. Smaller guys WILL NOT agree with my choices. The larger guys tend to agree. The other thing on the size of the kukri is that they scale them. A short kukri will have a proportionately shorter handle on it. I find kukri less than 18" to be too short and light to take full advantage of the design, and the handles too small for my hands.
The 20" CAK is not something you want to swing in a fight all day, however if you are big enough, you can wield them surprisingly well, they stab well, a swing will remove whatever it hits, and from experience, I can say they have a definite intimidation value.
If you are going to buy a big kukri, find one you like, and it will be much nicer to carry and draw if you have a custom quickdraw sheath made for it that has a belt loop and also a baldric strap.
