What do you guys think about khukuris? a scrap yard khukuri would be awesome!
I've enjoyed using my khuks for camping, which is my main task for a fixed blade, chopping wood, starting a fire, digging a hole, and cutting food and ropes.

what do you think?

Check this thread out from a little while back,

Khukuri Thread

I haven't seen a Khukuri on ScrapYard's "future blades" thread..

BUT Jerry over on BF *did* say Busse was thinking of one!!

so... we'll see how it goes!

Oh goodness!! an INFI khuk. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />

Yeah! prolly be the strongest khuk in the world..

But $$$ ! ... a ScrapYard khuk would benefit me more in that regard!

5160/recycled leaf springs is plenty good enough for a khuk. they're already unbreakable. yeah i know, corrosion, concrete, all that jazz. maybe we should ask for infi toothbrushes or helmets. one day we'll see a thread titled "i dug a pool in my yard with my infi spoon! i'll save my saliva for the dog father.

actually, i kinda like that infi spoon idea...maybe a ladel with matchin nuclear cereal bowl that doubles as a beanie helmet and prybar/beatstick. infi wok? you know you'd buy that beanie bowl, don't even try to deny it.

I get my Khuks from HI and they serve me and my dark Elder God very well

My bro Jimmy grabbed me a 20" CAK the other day and i cant wait to smash something with it!

Leatherface,
What do those HI Khuks start at $ ?
I've ventured into the HI forum.. but uh.. had to leave to refresh an order page..


Magnum22,
Wow.. pretty inspirational Infi speech there.. it almost made me pick up my SS4.

I love my Kuk machete even if it is a CS product. One of the sexiest kukuri's is the Extrema Ratio one.The shape makes it able to chop much harder and thicker
branches than you would normally be able to so long as you hit the sweet spot.

Be hard to beat HI or Tora on price or performance.

i know there are people here who don't know about him imps but want to so here's how i organize the main chopper models. start with the WW2 model, a big bent knife with a massive rat tail tang (sometimes referred to as an alligator tail). make it a little smaller and pointy and you've got the BAS. add a fuller near the spine for strength and you'e got the ang khola, the unbreakable knife. smooth the spine to a continuous arch and you've got the ganga ram, my favorite. a smoother arch that goes to the pommel and a full tang makes it the m43, adding white metal fittings. make it more slender and you've got the sirupati. add a deep fuller to the siru and you've got the gelbu, my fav of the slender models. a second fuller gives you either a chainpuri or a chitlangi if you also add the bell shaped pommel. there are tons more but these are the main ones. the angle of the bend and the shape of the belly vary.

I would love to see some pics of these H.I kukuris please?

Hi Pic thread

I am about to get my first HI piece....a BOLO. I watch the DOTD, but am really confused about all the names. Some of the pieces really look good and I would love to have, but again...I don't know what to call them.

I've been pushing for Swamp Rat or Scrapyard to release a khukuri in SR-101 or SR-77 for some time now. An INFI one would be cool, but Busse would probably charge $1k for it.

BTW, I have an HI 18" Ang Khola khukuri and love it. Chops better than an axe.

Magnum22,Thanks for the great descriptions! That helps a Lot! ::bookmarked:: for future reference.


Leatherface,pictures are worth a Lot of words! thanks for the link.


Gravelface,oh man.. you're tellin me!
And i thought all the Busse acronyms were bad! ..but LastVisibleCanary's glossary list on BF came in handy!


Rich_S,yep, i'm gonna have to try one out! An HI is definitely on my To Buy List.. well soon as i recoup from buying all this other Wauseon goodness.. oh man, i'm tellin ya!

a CS Kuhkri just posted on the BF...

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=66672&d=1170433531

- balance...remember balance when you design this special blade...that's what made the CS's and a few others so effective - effortless swinging....deep cuts - I can only imagine what the Yard can come up with <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

No offense, but the Cold Steel khukuris were a complete joke compared to the stuff put out by HI and a couple of the other Nepalese manufacturers. The CS ones are more like big curved knives than actual khukuris and do not chop even half as well as the real thing.

the best deal on an HI khukuri is on blade forum. there is a Himalayan imports forum which sales seconds and khukuris with no problems at a discount. I bought an 18 inch ang khola for only a 100 dollars and it is not a second. of coarse ai had to watch the forum for a while before i got lucky.

Also I love the quality of my Khukuri palace khukuri. www.khukuripalace.com

HI is alot bigger, which I like but the khukuri palace khuk is still a half inch thick and differentialy heat treated and cheaper. dotted panawal is a full tang ang khola.

I agree with Unsub, the Extrema Ratio khukris are a sweet design.

all right, just shot this picture but i's a cloudy day



all of these came from the him imp forum on bf. on top is the sgian dubh, a special item not on the regular production lineup. next, the c-thru 18" ruler. third is the ganga ram, a big bad chopper i got brand new with the full warranty for only $60!!! they go for $150 at the story but yangdu's best buys rule. bottom is one i'm willing/trying to part with for some cash or trade, the D-1. it's too pretty for me to use and there've only been about eight or so of these made. the picture really doesn't do it justice, it has that liquid glossy polish like a t1000 and she's a thick piece of double fullered spring steel with a very pretty octagonal handle. no safe queens, that's pretty much the bottom line, so she's gotta go. dog father will take her place.

Magnum22,
Nice pics!
with chopping ability like that.. those Must be some carbon blades! so how do they get that polished bright shine and have it stay like that? pretty amazing finishes on those!

if i knew how to get a polish like this i'd....umm....tell you how. one of these days i'll get around to posting this thing on a trade or sale forum.

They're made from the leaf springs of trucks, which is 5160 carbon steel, a super tough alloy.

If you go to the HI site, they have pics of how they're made. They heat them in a charcoal grill, forge them with a hammer on an improvised anvil, perform a differential heat treat using a bucket of charcoal and water poured by hand from an old tea pot, then do the final grind on an old grinding wheel that is attached to an old bicycle mechanism where one guy pedals and the other guy grinds. The mirror polish is achieved by putting some finely powdered natural stone in a piece of cloth and rubbing by hand. Simply amazing and tough as nails. The ang khola models are 3/8-1/2" thick, convexed, and virtually indestructible.

Rich_S,Wow! amazing..
That *is* old school hand-made.. talk about labor-intensive! I'ma gonna have to get just for the old world craftsmanship.

WOW, that IS old school! That is cool!

This page has pics of them making them khukuris. Primitive as can be.

http://www.himalayan-imports.com/kami.html

And again, I REALLY hope that Scrapyard considers producing an SR77 khukri at some point.

they've upgraded a little. the forge uses a blowdrier now and i believe they have electric motors spinning their grinders but they still use the home made wheels with the rock grit.

WOW, that is really something!