Which HI Khukuri has the thickest blade?

I will do my best to treat if with the care and respect it deserves and make it feel right at home with the rest of my HI collection.
 
I like to think it was in good hands before but at least we're keeping it in the family. I find that comforting.
 
I have a few with 1/2" spines. I'd love to see what Dave Rishar's gigantic GRS measures at the spine. That brute was like 3' long with a skrimshawed grip...just awesome:)
 
Shavru, "sorta - kinda"! Thanks for the laugh today. That sorta-kinda happens to be one of my favorite sayings to the wife.
 
Bookie said:
Shavru, "sorta - kinda"! Thanks for the laugh today. That sorta-kinda happens to be one of my favorite sayings to the wife.
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I would have find it funny too if it was not sorta/kinda MY Candy.
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My Millennium Special (a special version of the 21" Gelbu) has a spine 1/2" thick at the handle up to 5/8" at the bend, but it also has a very deep taper.

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^Yet another fine piece... can you show the handle of that Millennium Special?
 
Theres only one thing I DONT like about that blade Philllllllllllllll..............IT AINT MINE!!!:mad:
 
Another beautiful and unique look. I really like the handle on that one and how it pairs with the karda/chakma
 
Steely_Gunz said:
I have a few with 1/2" spines. I'd love to see what Dave Rishar's gigantic GRS measures at the spine. That brute was like 3' long with a skrimshawed grip...just awesome:)
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Dave's GRS is pretty big! Bet it's a 3/4" to 1" thick spine.

Godzilla has a 3/4" thick spine. He's a 25" AK that weights in at around 5 pounds. Roger Smith sent me pictures of my old friend a few years back. Their posted somewhere on the forums.
 
What the heck kind of ruler is that? Toss that bad boy and get a good stanley tape with the right kind of marks on it would ya?

Kind of makes that bawanna bowie look wimpy huh? Course anyone who's held one knows it ain't wimpy at all. I guess the Vim is just way less wimpy?
 
Thats one of them machinist rulers. They must have decided to make them after the change to the metric system failed back in the sixties. This must have been a compromise? That micro happens to have the same thinckness (new word) as the big Bakhta AKB. That Vim one is just way outta here in another class. Giant Chits are only half as thick as that fat boy! Too much steroids and twinkies!

Bawanna said:
What the heck kind of ruler is that? Toss that bad boy and get a good stanley tape with the right kind of marks on it would ya?

Kind of makes that bawanna bowie look wimpy huh? Course anyone who's held one knows it ain't wimpy at all. I guess the Vim is just way less wimpy?
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Ill try and get a spine shot of all of them tonite.
 
For me the overall thickness is not so much of a concern as the weight and balance and temper.

The conventional wisdom is that you need something very heavy to cut something really big.

I think with the khuk and heaviness that you can reach a tipping point where you are way better off using an axe.

An extremely heavy khuk, at least for me causes really bad wear and tear on the shoulder and tendons.

I like something 15 to 18" and under 25 oz.

Most Ang Kholas twist in my hand too much and a I like a more gradual curve like a ganga ram.

Also some kamis make a thick blade have thick edge so that you are beating the limbs off rather than cutting them.

I like a finer edge.

But you have to watch a finer edge. Some Kamis, like Sgt Karka who make the khuks too hard if they put a fine edge on it then you get big chips. I've gone thru 3 Sgt Karka Bonecutters. When my last one got huge chips in the blade I didn't even send it back Where I have several Karka blades where he made the edge overly thick to compensate for them being a bit too hard. This cuts down on cutting efficiency.

I like a lighter khuk with a finer edge and I'd prefer a softer vs a harder temper. If you bend a blade a little you can always hammer it out or grind it back to where it's stable. But if your blade is to hard it will usually chip over and over.
 
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