Kukuri epic failure!

[Dontkillbill]

My Rat ******* Kukuri!

Have alook at my kukuri and it broke. I guess knives are for cutting and axes are for splitting wood. Lesson learned.

[video=youtube_share;UtjdBNKMnIs]http://youtu.be/UtjdBNKMnIs[/video]

 

[Mesquite]

Looking at the end of the steel where it broke and the other crack in the blade it seems more like excedingly poor workmanship and material than how you were using it

 

[jiffi]

It's looks to me that the blade was cast steel which is ok for cutting but not hitting so I would say you got sold duff goods

 

[Samon]

if you want a real kuk' go here dude: http://www.khukurihouseonline.com/ No affiliation, just read awesome reviews on their beast items!

 

[Andy BB]

So do we get to know which company made the one that broke? It doesn't seem to be a "classical" khukuri made from leaf-spring steel, more like one of the mass=produced display models that are verywhere.

And I'd certainly second Samon's support of khukurihouse - I have a few of their items, and they are first-class tools.

 

[Samon]

So do we get to know which company made the one that broke? It doesn't seem to be a "classical" khukuri made from leaf-spring steel, more like one of the mass=produced display models that are verywhere.

And I'd certainly second Samon's support of khukurihouse - I have a few of their items, and they are first-class tools.

let's see them then!

did you have any BS charges during importing them? or is this 'handling fee' con just american imports?

 

[Zingmo]

I am inexplicably hungry now.

Z

 

[Robbi]

I am inexplicably hungry now.

Z

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[Andy BB]

let's see them then!

did you have any BS charges during importing them? or is this 'handling fee' con just american imports?

I'll have to find them first! Last lot i got included a couple of their 6" bladed mini-khukuris (they were on sale at the time - 2 for 1 - and it would have been rude not to!) As it turns out, they are really nicely sized for a general purpose bushcraft knife, heavy enough for serious chopping and batonning (and wedge shape makes it perfect for this), good as a draw-knife and makes nice firesticks too!

Now if I could only learn how to sharpen knives properly......

 

[Samon]

dude.. FIND THEM!

need to see them ALL!

I liked their unpolished one, looks beast!

 

[Ogri the trog]

let's see them then!

I do not know the origin of this one, it was gifted to me by a member on British Blades. I believe it to be a WWII British Army Issue item but I do not know for sure.

However, it does have a full tang, giving it loads of Oomph!

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r164/ogrithetrog/IMG_2926.jpg

Ogri the trog

 

[Dontkillbill]

The company replaced the blade and after reading comments and quotes etc. I think I will test the living bacon out it too so I can give the company a fair chance. GK&CO is who I bought the knife from but they sent me a replacement so we'll see how it works. I guess I got a aFriday afternoon special. THis is not their cheapest knife but still lower end. Jury is still debating and needs more evidence (and bacon).

 

[John Fenna]

I do not know the origin of this one, it was gifted to me by a member on British Blades. I believe it to be a WWII British Army Issue item but I do not know for sure.

However, it does have a full tang, giving it loads of Oomph!

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r164/ogrithetrog/IMG_2926.jpg

Ogri the trog

Please replace that bootlace with a nice bit of leather!
Otherwise - that is a sweet looking Kuk!

 

[Dreadhead]

thats shocking! i have been spolitting wood and battoning with my kukri for years. have even split through wood into concrete by accident and still no issues

 

[Dontkillbill]

I started the testing process on the new knife. Cut about 1/2 as much as the broken one so far and split a little of the wood that killed the orginal knife. The newer knife ss a little smaller and lighter.

 

[Dontkillbill]

I was thinking of ording a dozen of these and selling them locally and at gun shows. Glad I waited.

 

[Tristar777]

Get a real Kuk from Tora, hand made in Nepal. Not tourist rubbish!

 

[brambles]

I am inexplicably hungry now.

Z

C'mon man! Concentrate! This is a thread about faulty bacon! No way should that bacon have broken like that!

 

[Nice65]

let's see them then!

did you have any BS charges during importing them? or is this 'handling fee' con just american imports?

Import tax (VAT) applies to any item imported from outside the EU. It's currently charged at 20% and there will be an £8 handling fee charged by the Post Office. This is why when you see a knife for $50 in the USA and it appears to be a bargain, all you really need to do is change the $ sign to a £ sign to be a bit more realistic about the actual price.

 

[Nice65]

It's looks to me that the blade was cast steel which is ok for cutting but not hitting so I would say you got sold duff goods

I think it's unlikely it was cast. It's not cost effective. I do think it's made of monkey metal though. Even an old leaf spring can fracture due to work hardening.