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Four years ago I bought a KLUVK from a manager special labeled
"KLVUK #7
Overall length --16''
Weight --21 oz
Spine thickness -- Near 3/8''
White metal fittings
Asare wood handle
$60"
I'm here with an update and some storytime
Here it is in its current state
Still at 21oz and some change, the extra 3/4 oz might be from the manzanita handle that I turned to replace the original asare handle.
5/16" think might seem slim for an HI khuk, but I absolutely love the feel of this knife and when backpacking in the wilderness the slimmer blade is a must.
With an overall length of 16" the Khukuri maintains 1.3oz per inch
But onto bridge building
I work and live in the wilderness of a national park over the summer. The khukuri normally lives next to the camp woodpile where it makes short work of pine logs into kindling. We have access to both axes and chainsaws so I do very little crazy work with the knife, as outright chopping is easier done with larger tools, but in its niche the khukuri is both effective and a hell of a lot of fun.
One thing that the khukuri does better than anything else is debark logs, it is better than most all of the drawknives we have even excepting the antique drawknives made by craftsmen that actually knew what they were doing.
In this project we didnt have access to those tools, but the khukuri made short work of our bridge's logs anyway
This bridge required three 25ft long stringers, two sill logs and 20 deckboards. All of these had to be debarked to prevent premature rotting of the wood
In addition we debarked several small logs to make check steps in order to prevent erosion next to the job site, you can see the old bridge that we are replacing above.
Heres the villager in all its sappy glory
Kami medical fund sheath still kicking
Hope you all like seeing what one HI khuk is doing to help maintain public trails in the backcountry of our national parks!
"KLVUK #7
Overall length --16''
Weight --21 oz
Spine thickness -- Near 3/8''
White metal fittings
Asare wood handle
$60"
I'm here with an update and some storytime
Here it is in its current state
Still at 21oz and some change, the extra 3/4 oz might be from the manzanita handle that I turned to replace the original asare handle.
5/16" think might seem slim for an HI khuk, but I absolutely love the feel of this knife and when backpacking in the wilderness the slimmer blade is a must.
With an overall length of 16" the Khukuri maintains 1.3oz per inch
But onto bridge building
I work and live in the wilderness of a national park over the summer. The khukuri normally lives next to the camp woodpile where it makes short work of pine logs into kindling. We have access to both axes and chainsaws so I do very little crazy work with the knife, as outright chopping is easier done with larger tools, but in its niche the khukuri is both effective and a hell of a lot of fun.
One thing that the khukuri does better than anything else is debark logs, it is better than most all of the drawknives we have even excepting the antique drawknives made by craftsmen that actually knew what they were doing.
In this project we didnt have access to those tools, but the khukuri made short work of our bridge's logs anyway
This bridge required three 25ft long stringers, two sill logs and 20 deckboards. All of these had to be debarked to prevent premature rotting of the wood
In addition we debarked several small logs to make check steps in order to prevent erosion next to the job site, you can see the old bridge that we are replacing above.
Heres the villager in all its sappy glory
Kami medical fund sheath still kicking
Hope you all like seeing what one HI khuk is doing to help maintain public trails in the backcountry of our national parks!
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