Recieved the Work of Art yesterday and tested. 19.5" AK weighing 31 oz by my postal scale, adjusted for the new rate increase. I believe it is by Sher, a rising sun.
This blade could probably be best thought of as an extended 18" AK per weight. It handles beautifully. Don't know if all AK's swing like this one, kinda doubt it. No, it is not a weapon per say, not lighting fast...but seems to accelerate nicely into wood. And achieves this with less effort I've seen with other blades.
I've noticed within my limited experience a threshold seems to be reached as you approach 2 pounds in weight. Length mitigates this, I'm sure, but for me, a carrying work Khuk weighs somewhere between 25oz and maybe 29. The extra ounces beyond that are more noticable, much like the 30.06 recoil energy over the .308, not great mathematically, but felt disproportionately. (though neither is hard hitting.)
Rained here for a week and sopped all the wood. I was a little nervous as I've had some blade problems in the past. I didn't know if this Khuk would hold up. Cut a 6" diameter wet pine stick through, no problem.
Buried the edge in a dry pine log, no problem.
Found a 6" diameter dead pine about 60 feet tall and started cutting. I wish I knew how Cliff Stamp evaluated this, but to me, the dead pine tests a blade. For one thing, it can be very hard and resiny, but with soft spots. A portion of the Khukuri could dig in deep while another part of the edge in the same stroke must handle harder material. Another problem is the tree moves. It is dry and dead and you are as much beating it with a club and knocking it around as you are cutting. It won't stand still, and this has to put additional strain on the edge.
A blade can only go so deep. You know this by the feel of the wood and blade as it bites. Swinging harder does not really improve cutting once you've found this balance. I intentionally swing harder, past this point. I swing as if I would cut through the log in one stroke. This is a test I use to satsify myself the Khuk is AOK.
How hard do you guys swing? I don't know. No one does. Scientists tried for years to understand how some wirey fellow could chuck a baseball 100mph but be unable to lift 200 pounds. I could always hit a baseball hard. (can't throw; go figure) I hit this khukuri hard.
I don't think I can break this blade.
and I'm lucky to have scored it. I worked it for an hour until my hand got blistered.
munk
This blade could probably be best thought of as an extended 18" AK per weight. It handles beautifully. Don't know if all AK's swing like this one, kinda doubt it. No, it is not a weapon per say, not lighting fast...but seems to accelerate nicely into wood. And achieves this with less effort I've seen with other blades.
I've noticed within my limited experience a threshold seems to be reached as you approach 2 pounds in weight. Length mitigates this, I'm sure, but for me, a carrying work Khuk weighs somewhere between 25oz and maybe 29. The extra ounces beyond that are more noticable, much like the 30.06 recoil energy over the .308, not great mathematically, but felt disproportionately. (though neither is hard hitting.)
Rained here for a week and sopped all the wood. I was a little nervous as I've had some blade problems in the past. I didn't know if this Khuk would hold up. Cut a 6" diameter wet pine stick through, no problem.
Buried the edge in a dry pine log, no problem.
Found a 6" diameter dead pine about 60 feet tall and started cutting. I wish I knew how Cliff Stamp evaluated this, but to me, the dead pine tests a blade. For one thing, it can be very hard and resiny, but with soft spots. A portion of the Khukuri could dig in deep while another part of the edge in the same stroke must handle harder material. Another problem is the tree moves. It is dry and dead and you are as much beating it with a club and knocking it around as you are cutting. It won't stand still, and this has to put additional strain on the edge.
A blade can only go so deep. You know this by the feel of the wood and blade as it bites. Swinging harder does not really improve cutting once you've found this balance. I intentionally swing harder, past this point. I swing as if I would cut through the log in one stroke. This is a test I use to satsify myself the Khuk is AOK.
How hard do you guys swing? I don't know. No one does. Scientists tried for years to understand how some wirey fellow could chuck a baseball 100mph but be unable to lift 200 pounds. I could always hit a baseball hard. (can't throw; go figure) I hit this khukuri hard.
I don't think I can break this blade.
and I'm lucky to have scored it. I worked it for an hour until my hand got blistered.
munk
