Machetes, Kukris & Hybrids

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  1. FortyTwoBlades

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    For a sharpener, a small file is probably a better option than a pull-through. Not as light, though.
     
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    Thanks to you both for clarifying. I did indeed expect an unsharpened section -- makes sense -- but I was surprised to see it that long on that machete -- if indeed that is the CS kukri machete (which I think it is). On images I've seen of it, it looks like the bevel (something like saber grind down to the secondary bevel) extends all the way back to the handle. But then, I've not seen one yet, so ... the Internet can be a source of confusion. <understatement of the month>.
     
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    There's no primary grind on the Kukri Machete. You may have seen images of the actual kukris that CS makes.
     
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    One of mine...

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    ....I have a few such things. Once you get to something approaching the proportions of the originals they are a beast. They were never thought up as a simple woodsman's tool but as a weapon/tool/hammer/item of intimidation (it works if you have ever seen the grin a Gurkha gets when they un-sheath one !!! ). The more modern takes on them (the CS and other "machete" varieties) see them fit in a role more akin to a normal machete but possibly giving a bit of usefulness up get the portability and "swingability". My CS Machete version gets lots of use beating vines and such here around the house. My bigger ones are great FUN (don't discount that factor either !!) to take bush (not if you intend on lightweight backpacking :eek::D ) and find tasks for.

    I also can't overstate the value of stripping naked taking up a kukri in each hand and running up and down the street when you need to encourage problematic neighbours to move on... :D
     
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    Oh, weird. I must be going crazy. (Oh, wait ... too late for that.)

    So help me understand what I'm looking at here. That looks to me like a saber grind. No?

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    I think I may have to resort to that in the building I live in.
     
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    That's a digital rendering is why. It's not what they actually look like. :)
     
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    So back to the grind issue for a minute. I just reviewed saber grind and its distinction from "Scandi" grind -- that has no secondary bevel.

    So on the CS kukri machete, is that more a Scandi grind?
     
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    Hmmm. Very interesting and curious. Lemme check a few things ... but first, gotta finish an unrelated project I'm working on ...
     
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    Basically. As-ground it's a single bevel all the way to the edge. When I thin 'em out it converts them to a saber grind, since I drop the angle and do the final apexing at a slightly higher angle than the thinning work.
     
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    Got it. Thanks.
     
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    i recall a history event where the Ghurkas where fighting the British, the (Ghurkas) entered the British camp at pre dawn, severed every other head of the sleeping soldiers, silently with their Kukris, and placed that head on the still living soldiers chest next to the deceased

    shortly after (days) the British surrendered and welcomed the Ghurkas into the British empire.
     
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    send that up here for some hardcore BC testing! droooool
     
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    You sure that wasn't the Japanese in WWII?
     
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    I would have said a diamond rod/hone. A bit finer finished edge. ;).
     
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    Stone myfreind, I give this advise without restraint. This set represents less than $45 total investment. The 18" came via 42 Blades, tuned up with a good edge ans spine treatment. The sheath via Midway, around $10 and I removed the ww2 era metal belt hook. The honer was $5-6 at a big box, Ben may have those, Midway surely does. This thing is absolutely razor razor sharp. For what you want a machete for, this budget set up will cut until you are too old to see where it cuts anymore.
     

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    It'll take ya' forever to iron a ding out of the edge with one of those.
     
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    This thread be rockin' now. ;)
     
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    IIRC, Ben sells a fine file for jobs like this.
    I've got it bookmarked to buy once I've got food covered.
     
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