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Overall Length: 14 inches
Blade Length: 9 inches
Blade width @ Base: 1-3/4 inches
Blade Maximum Width: 2 inches
Blade Thickness: 3/8 inch
Hilt Overall Length: 5 inches
Center of Gravity: 1 inch from base of blade
Weight: 1lb. 12 oz.
Khukuris are the iconic fighting knife of the Gurkha warriors of Nepal, but they are also used throughout Nepal and Northern India as all-purpose utility knives and weapons. This modern Khukuri features a full-profile tang, ergonomic handle shape, removable G10 scales and a selectively hardened 5160 spring steel blade. The blade is convex-ground to a zero-edge. This knife is provided with a leather belt scabbard.

I wanted to showcase the cutting power and utility of the CSD here, as I did in last week's video for the CSD-Micro. There's a bit of unintentional comedy to it- as the tree that I selected this week was of much, much tougher wood than the tree from last week's video and I have a rough time of it! Still- the knife does work and I think impressively!

See it Here- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1jYVu3ETvc

Nice again, but " BIGGER NICE " ;) :p :lol: :cool:

You seem a little less winded than last time cutting through some thicker trees.

Some of the less successful cuts seem to be at 90 degrees to the trunks and a 45 degree angle should give a better bite alternating 45 degrees cutting down and 45 degrees cutting up to better chop out wedge shaped chunks of wood I think.

Just watch where your hand holding the the trunk or branch is in relation to your cutting should the blade skip on the surface rather than bite into it. ( I assume you know what you are doing but a couple of times there it was maybe not scary but I was a little concerned. ;) )

Very nice looking Khukuri and I like the way the point recurves up a little aesthetically.

I definitely do need more practice- and as both Colt and my wife Linda noted the ability for the target to move with the blow doesn't help. Did get the chips flying pretty good a few times...

MIke,

I was worried you were going to have your final epiphany when you were chopping with the mini khukuri! :D

Both knives seem very nice but you need some work on your chopping technique before you do any more demo videos, I don't mean to sound harsh but you could hurt yourself very badly the way you're doing things. I think Jean mentioned holding the sapling still and cutting at a 45 degree angle, another technique is to bend green wood with one hand, creating torsion in the fibers and then chopping across the fibers at more or less a right angle.

We don't want to lose you or your wonderful tools and weapons!

I appreciate the concern but it probably wasn't as dangerous as it seems to have looked to you on the video or my wife (who was taking the video) would have freaked out! The angles are apparently somewhat deceptive. Still- I will work on the technique; I really am more used to swords!

Having re-watched the video though a couple of things are apparent; Most of the cuts that aren't done back-hand are at around 45 degrees; again the angles are deceptive. Look at the cut-off ends- they are all 35-45 degrees. Also- when doing the initial cut through the thick portion of the trunk there was no way to put torsion on the trunk; the tree was about 20 feet tall and the top was entangled in other branches.

So- need to work on technique- check! Need to work on videography too but that's going to be a bit slower...

Look on the bright side- if the knives worked that well for me how much better would they work for someone competent? :-)