What's a Kukri good at other than chopping and as a draw knife?

Well, it looks like it would make one hell of a close quarters combat weapon. :D
 
It isn't hard to sharpen a convex edge like on a khukuri, your natural hand motion when drawing the blade edge across a flat surface tends to be more a rolling motion, which is great for maintaining a convex edge.

learning how to sharpen a bevel on a flat grind is what needs practice.

In terms of khukuri versatility, it can do pretty much everything you need to do with a large knife, chop, cut, slice, scrape, and even gouge.
 
CWL said:
In terms of khukuri versatility, it can do pretty much everything you need to do with a large knife, chop, cut, slice, scrape, and even gouge.
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80% of my collection revolves around this curved blade. It's just darn useful for what you have in mind....
 
CWL said:
It isn't hard to sharpen a convex edge like on a khukuri, your natural hand motion when drawing the blade edge across a flat surface tends to be more a rolling motion, which is great for maintaining a convex edge.
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I'm guessing he may have been talking about the difficulty of sharpening the severe recurve portion of the blade on a flat stone. Personally I have never figured out how to do it propperly with flat stones, and ended up sharpening the recurve of my kuks using sandpaper and leather taped to a cardboard cylinder, like a pringles can... The results are great, but it is a PITA to do.
 
+1, why cant you do everything including chopping? is your kukri not sharp enough?

CWL said:
In terms of khukuri versatility, it can do pretty much everything you need to do with a large knife, chop, cut, slice, scrape, and even gouge.
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BryFry said:
I'm guessing he may have been talking about the difficulty of sharpening the severe recurve portion of the blade on a flat stone. Personally I have never figured out how to do it propperly with flat stones, and ended up sharpening the recurve of my kuks using sandpaper and leather taped to a cardboard cylinder, like a pringles can... The results are great, but it is a PITA to do.
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I just use ceramic rods and a narrow (about 3/4" wide) strop. Its easy to do, and not a pain at all.
 
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