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When I saw that the GK Bonecutters were once again available in the exchange I thought I would try one out.
I bought one of the first ones maybe 10 years ago and bar none it remains one of my favorites.
I have several of the sizes and the 16" model has to be my ideal khuk.
The weight to chopping power is great. The balance is near perfect and the tempering has been great on nearly all specimens I have handled.
In general with khuks they tend to make them either a little too soft, or a little too hard. So you either get bending of the edge (not bad) or chipping (bad). To sort of make up for this they tend to make the edge a bit too thick to chop really deep.
Not so with the bone cutter which has a very fine edge.
Another weakness in khukuris is the handle. Often the handle is either too fat or the butt cap digs into your hand. However there are not sharp rings on a bonecutter. The handle flares so it keeps the butt of the khuk from digging into your hand.
This will be an ongoing review, but I got the blade as a rough finished villager. I got a discount because the sheath was very crude.
OK, so with the recent snow melting it was time to start working on the pine that came down on my electric fence in the front yard.
Here's the spine. A nice distal taper and thickest is about 1/2"
Here's an "in hand" shot. The flare of the handle at the end and the lack of a butt cap allows you to snap the khuk before impact to get more force and keeps the butt from digging into your hand like other khuks do.
Here's a shot showing the keeper that holds the blade in place
First cut. I didn't use too much force. One angle cut, one straight in.
I bought one of the first ones maybe 10 years ago and bar none it remains one of my favorites.
I have several of the sizes and the 16" model has to be my ideal khuk.
The weight to chopping power is great. The balance is near perfect and the tempering has been great on nearly all specimens I have handled.
In general with khuks they tend to make them either a little too soft, or a little too hard. So you either get bending of the edge (not bad) or chipping (bad). To sort of make up for this they tend to make the edge a bit too thick to chop really deep.
Not so with the bone cutter which has a very fine edge.
Another weakness in khukuris is the handle. Often the handle is either too fat or the butt cap digs into your hand. However there are not sharp rings on a bonecutter. The handle flares so it keeps the butt of the khuk from digging into your hand.
This will be an ongoing review, but I got the blade as a rough finished villager. I got a discount because the sheath was very crude.
OK, so with the recent snow melting it was time to start working on the pine that came down on my electric fence in the front yard.
Here's the spine. A nice distal taper and thickest is about 1/2"
Here's an "in hand" shot. The flare of the handle at the end and the lack of a butt cap allows you to snap the khuk before impact to get more force and keeps the butt from digging into your hand like other khuks do.
Here's a shot showing the keeper that holds the blade in place
First cut. I didn't use too much force. One angle cut, one straight in.
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