A friend of mine was excited to receive a K-Bar khukri like object as a thow in when he bought a couple thousand rounds of ammo from an on-line supplier. I want to show him what a more traditional one is like. I don't want to bring in a dozen though, the people in the office already think I'm wierd enough. I've narrowed my choice down to a few, but what would the most representative of a traditional khuk, while at the same time impressive enough to show him what HI can do?
WWII 18"
BAS 15"
Chiruwa AK 16.5"
Foxy Folly 17"
Chainpuri 21"
WWII 18"
BAS 15"
Chiruwa AK 16.5"
Foxy Folly 17"
Chainpuri 21"
Since they are both KLO's which means that they are recurved blades with belly, they have a lot of the versatility that comes with the design. For instance, they will work as a draw knife, they will cut, they will handle vegetation and some chopping though the Combat Kukri won't be as good as the Machete or something bigger. Both will be wicked against flesh. Back in the 90's, I would make tons of brush shelters from Pine bows or tall grass and willow or Box elder branches. Back then I used an 8" Old Hickory chefs knife to cut the grass if it needed cutting [mostly I pulled it up with the roots, then knocked the dirt off]. The Chefs knife worked, but I always felt that a recurve would be even better for cutting the branches and the grass. The Ka-bar's will do a great job at that. These days I have a 15" and 20" Sirupati which works great! But I wouldn't feel under knifed with either Ka-Bar KLO out in the bush.