I would like to hear Scrappy's thoughts if he has the San Mai CS khukri on it's performance compared to the Carbon V Gurkha Khukri...you can get the San Mai for around $350 if you shop around ... but my instincts are that it would be harder to sharpen although the edge would last longer ... however the sharpness would be about the same in terms of the edge they took...

The thing with these type of knives though is that you need to be able to "steel" a burr in the edge if you clip a stone.... Carbon V is pretty good at coming out like this...I bet San Mai is'nt though ... and if you had to re-grind the edge it would be a long job even on a sander ...

I will look up the Ranger khukri again..I know I checked it off once before...

Khukri's really need hidden tang's to make sensible carry weight...SY could do a great job on one...personally I would like it in SR101...or SR77... but fancy the edge holding on the SR101 slightly more...they are'nt the easiest of things to sharpen ... so a bit more edge retention would be a bonus...

I know SR77 is tougher...but even on my Khukri's I only really do the normal "use" things such as wood and foilage...jemmying a door frame I have never done...a couple of Hatton rounds from a 12 Guage usually gains access on stuff like that...either that or a proper sledge hammer...so I just don't see a need for the knife/prybar thing...also in 20 plus years never seen anyone do this either...not for a real need if you see what I mean.