I have an Antique Kukri with a 12mm spine. One thing I noticed right away is that unlike reproduction blades, there is a great deal of taper on it. Both distal taper, and along the "meat" of the blade. The spine is thick, but you see that it quickly starts to thin after the spine as you get closer to the blade, which sheds a lot of weight. For reference, my 14" blade kukri weighs 710g. Most reproduction kukri in that length are 950-1000g from KHHI. Great Gurka Kukri has a reproduction of my model that weighs 728 so that appears to be much more accurately constructed.
My experience with kukri I have GGK sirupate it's 7mm thick amazing edge an a great chopper. The one you guys have is a tourist kukri made to be indestructible but not much for real work. You would be pleasantly surprised if you tried something like GGK or kalish they make incredible tools.
My two cents: What I've heard from a lot of Nepalese and traveller's to Nepal, is that these are all "tourist" kukris. That "real" kukris as used by the Nepalese, are much lighter and thinner. It's kind of one of those, "Americans like bigger, heavier, scarier blades" and they use the near-indestructibility of their blades (owing exclusively to their sheer mass) as a huge selling point. Kailash blades' "performance grind" is about as close as you're going to get (in my experience) to a real working kukri. Minus of course the more practically minded American blades.
Please never undheath a kukri by holding its "ventral" or belly part of the sheath with your fingers. It may split and give you a nasty surprise. You always hold it by the top.
What may help with the cracking is soaking your entire khukuri in mineral oil for up to a week about every six months. It doesn't matter if the handle is horn or wood. If you get one with micarta or stacked leather this isn't necessary. The stacked leather just grease it like a good pair of boots.
You want a wield able khukuri try a Tora blades khukuri or Kailash. With the Tora's I have you could definitely fight with and around 500 to 600 grams. Thanks 👍
Those Nepalese Kukri House blades just be too heavy on a lot of the so called traditional models ,but there are a few new thinner and and come times called fast Kukri blades the are being made in Nepal now ,but Cold Steel has always known about these weight issues with Kukris and addressed it with their Kukri models and Kukri Machetes. 😎‼️‼️😎
Certainly an interesting point of view. Watching some other videos of people who prefer heavier kukri knives with thicker spines - I believe perhaps maybe you are using this tool not exactly as it was intended. I could be wrong, it's just my observation. The heavy kukri knife works best for chopping wood if you flick it with your wrist and let it use its momentum to cut through. With minimal effort. By doing it that way, the knife is almost in freefall, gets stopped by the wood, and transfers minimal vibrations to the hand. You just have to hold it enough to prevent it from flying out of your hand. With your style of chopping, I can see why you prefer lighter thinner blades. Swinging hard and wide while gripping the handle tight, may not be the best way to use this type of a knife
Sometimes I go back to your videos to compare a few things. I'd just like to say maybe watch your speed when you are doing the paper cuts. Some you do at a fast speed and some much slower like this. Maybe it doesn't matter much, just a thought.
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I have an Antique Kukri with a 12mm spine. One thing I noticed right away is that unlike reproduction blades, there is a great deal of taper on it. Both distal taper, and along the "meat" of the blade. The spine is thick, but you see that it quickly starts to thin after the spine as you get closer to the blade, which sheds a lot of weight. For reference, my 14" blade kukri weighs 710g. Most reproduction kukri in that length are 950-1000g from KHHI. Great Gurka Kukri has a reproduction of my model that weighs 728 so that appears to be much more accurately constructed.
My experience with kukri I have GGK sirupate it's 7mm thick amazing edge an a great chopper. The one you guys have is a tourist kukri made to be indestructible but not much for real work.
You would be pleasantly surprised if you tried something like GGK or kalish they make incredible tools.
My two cents: What I've heard from a lot of Nepalese and traveller's to Nepal, is that these are all "tourist" kukris. That "real" kukris as used by the Nepalese, are much lighter and thinner. It's kind of one of those, "Americans like bigger, heavier, scarier blades" and they use the near-indestructibility of their blades (owing exclusively to their sheer mass) as a huge selling point. Kailash blades' "performance grind" is about as close as you're going to get (in my experience) to a real working kukri. Minus of course the more practically minded American blades.
Please never undheath a kukri by holding its "ventral" or belly part of the sheath with your fingers. It may split and give you a nasty surprise.
You always hold it by the top.
I work with many Nepali’s and they love my Tora Sherpa Chaura Kukri the best out of all my Khukuris,Tora gets high praise from all of my coworkers
Good timing, I just picked almost that same one up. 😄 Been curious about what they were like.
What may help with the cracking is soaking your entire khukuri in mineral oil for up to a week about every six months. It doesn't matter if the handle is horn or wood. If you get one with micarta or stacked leather this isn't necessary. The stacked leather just grease it like a good pair of boots.
Using hooflex on the horn handles is another great way to keep them in good condition.
You want a wield able khukuri try a Tora blades khukuri or Kailash. With the Tora's I have you could definitely fight with and around 500 to 600 grams. Thanks 👍
Those Nepalese Kukri House blades just be too heavy on a lot of the so called traditional models ,but there are a few new thinner and and come times called fast Kukri blades the are being made in Nepal now ,but Cold Steel has always known about these weight issues with Kukris and addressed it with their Kukri models and Kukri Machetes. 😎‼️‼️😎
I suggested this im sure
Certainly an interesting point of view. Watching some other videos of people who prefer heavier kukri knives with thicker spines - I believe perhaps maybe you are using this tool not exactly as it was intended. I could be wrong, it's just my observation.
The heavy kukri knife works best for chopping wood if you flick it with your wrist and let it use its momentum to cut through. With minimal effort. By doing it that way, the knife is almost in freefall, gets stopped by the wood, and transfers minimal vibrations to the hand. You just have to hold it enough to prevent it from flying out of your hand.
With your style of chopping, I can see why you prefer lighter thinner blades.
Swinging hard and wide while gripping the handle tight, may not be the best way to use this type of a knife
Sometimes I go back to your videos to compare a few things. I'd just like to say maybe watch your speed when you are doing the paper cuts. Some you do at a fast speed and some much slower like this. Maybe it doesn't matter much, just a thought.
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Himalayan Imports is much better quality than khukri house