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Post by Corvus Corax on Jul 20, 2016 2:42:52 GMT
The first link that you posted is the kukri house that everyone talks about. In my experience the ex Gurkha kukri house options are terrible! Bad fit and finish, blades with edges so thick that it's nearly impossible to get them properly sharp. Definitely go with kukri house over egkh, in my opinion.
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Post by MOK on Jul 20, 2016 10:37:08 GMT
Haha. Seems Kurki is proper enough. Thanks. No, that's Finnish for a crane.
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Post by randomnobody on Jul 20, 2016 15:50:10 GMT
Many kuk sellers have taken to calling themselves "khukuri house" and I'm not convinced they're not offshoots of each other. No real lead one way or the other.
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Post by 1776 on Jul 22, 2016 21:11:49 GMT
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Post by 1776 on Jul 22, 2016 21:12:14 GMT
Haha. Seems Kurki is proper enough. Thanks. No, that's Finnish for a crane. Hehe, how did you know?
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Post by 1776 on Jul 22, 2016 21:24:41 GMT
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Post by randomnobody on Jul 22, 2016 22:53:43 GMT
I've only dealt with The Khukuri House, but I can vouch for them. No experience with the others.
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Post by szabla on Jul 23, 2016 1:53:31 GMT
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Post by MOK on Jul 23, 2016 11:05:01 GMT
No, that's Finnish for a crane. Hehe, how did you know? Kai mä ny omaa äidinkieltäni ymmärrän.
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Post by Pogo4321 on Jul 24, 2016 5:45:35 GMT
A guy named McCurdy has a line of kukri made for him by the khukuri house. You can find 'em on ebay just search for Mccurdy kukri and you should find it. I have one of his and it is a good kuk. I will also second szabla's comments regarding HI and buying from Yangdu on Bladeforums. I have purchased dozens of blades from her--they rock! I have to admit I'm a bit of a HI fanboy.
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Post by bluetrain on Jul 25, 2016 18:07:48 GMT
It seems to me that the enthusiasm for a kukri is like the enthusiasm for a tomahawk, or 'hawk," as some like to put it. They are both useful tools but frankly, if you're American, a tomahawk is more historically "correct," if that's of any importance. But to be fair, I can easily understand the interest in both of them, as well as other similar blades. It is a little surprising as the interest in semi-exotic tools like the kukri but I noticed the other day that someone in our cabinetmaking shop in the back had a pull-type (Japanese) saw.
I had considered, for a while, a kukri myself, but only those from Ex-Gurkha house, since it's easier to look at what they have to offer (on this computer). But I really couldn't see myself making a lot of use of one but that's never stopped me before.
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Post by 1776 on Jul 25, 2016 19:49:45 GMT
Kai mä ny omaa äidinkieltäni ymmärrän. Ah, I take it you are Finnish. Really cool. Where in Finland do you live? I have always had an interest in Finland.
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Post by 1776 on Jul 25, 2016 19:50:34 GMT
Okay, it seems I should buy from thekukrihouse.com Thanks for the help guys.
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Post by humblepie on Jul 25, 2016 20:16:25 GMT
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Post by MOK on Jul 26, 2016 19:10:39 GMT
I wouldn't say that. The kukri machete is a machete with a profile shape similar to a kukri, NOT an actual kukri. It handles like a machete.
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Post by MOK on Jul 26, 2016 19:17:51 GMT
Ah, I take it you are Finnish. Really cool. Right now it's actually rather hot up here. Northern Ostrobothnia, about seventy miles south of Oulu.
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Post by gandermail on Jul 27, 2016 2:59:39 GMT
I don't want to derail the thread (and thanks, I learned a lot from it) but I just had to say "Northern Ostrobothnia" is, perhaps, the finest place name I have ever heard.
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Post by bluetrain on Jul 27, 2016 11:35:21 GMT
Much nicer than Lower Slobovia. But they use some wicked knives there in August when the snow is off the ground.
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Post by 1776 on Jul 28, 2016 2:28:25 GMT
Northern Ostrobothnia... pretty far north. Beautiful looking place though. Do you have midnight sun there? Like in some parts of Alaska?
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Post by MOK on Jul 28, 2016 9:24:25 GMT
Just south of the Arctic Circle, so yeah... in mid-summer the sun won't go down and in mid-winter it won't come up. Which might sound all magical and stuff, and the summers can be nice, but mostly it just screws with my sleep cycle all year round. PS. And to get back on topic, kukris are pretty expensive up here. Socialist welfare hellhole and all, you know.
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