My first Kukri

[TrentA]

Yesterday I took a trip to Atlanta Cutlery and went through their massive collection of Nepali imports. There were thousands of antique Martini-Henrys, muzzle loading rifles and pistols, Kukri's, swords, bayonets, even entire crates full of flints. Oh yeah they had a cannon, a Bria Gun, and magazines for Lewis guns. Needless to say it was a sensory overload.

After going through many Kukris I found one that balanced well, had a good handle and blade. It is a BhojPure Kukri and I spent some of last night and today, cleaning it up and sharpening it.

I will probably be buying more stuff from them in the future.

Before:



After:


A small section of the warehouse, and a buddy about to pass out on the cannon:

 

[Shemp]

that place looks amazing!

 

[dial1911]

never heard of Atlanta Cutlery, but I'm darn sure going to look them up- I'd love to find a decent deal on a flint lock. And I'm always up for something with a sharp edge!

 

[VC94]

never heard of Atlanta Cutlery, but I'm darn sure going to look them up- I'd love to find a decent deal on a flint lock. And I'm always up for something with a sharp edge!

Ditto!
Thanks for posting this store.

Kukris are odd knives, but they are classics, so what are the benefits of this blade design?

 

[flintlox]

They have some pretty cool P53 Enfields, last I heard. I believe a lot of the stuff came out of storage from a palace in Nepal or something like that.

 

[dial1911]

Ditto!
Thanks for posting this store.

Kukris are odd knives, but they are classics, so what are the benefits of this blade design?

I think it's a weight-forward thing about those blades- more blade weight to power through limbs and what not. That being said, I haven't noticed a ton of difference between the Cold Steel Kukuri machete and my plain old machetes.

 

[KalezYeah]

are the pretty reasonable?

 

[VC94]

[QUOE="dial1911, post: 4281780, member: 6046"]I think it's a weight-forward thing about those blades- more blade weight to power through limbs andwhat not. That being said, I haven't noticed a ton of difference between the Cold Steel Kukuri machete and my plain old machetes.[/QUOTE]

Makes sense.

BTW--- 2thumbs up for your picture of Atlanta Cutlery! My wife wants to go there instead of Ikea the next time we are in ATL.

 

[TrentA]

are the pretty reasonable?

I think so, I paid $80 and some change for the blade, which I think is pretty good for an antique hand made blade that's over 130 years old. I'm probably going to be getting a boom stick to restore from them soon.

 

[TrentA]

Ditto!
Thanks for posting this store.

Kukris are odd knives, but they are classics, so what are the benefits of this blade design?

Im no expert but they have a feel to me somewhere between a machete and a tomahawk, very good at chopping. lots of Youtube videos about them