@@Wyatt_Riley I’d beg to differ in that tip test. Everything else is just crap I’ll do without thinking. The tip test though I won’t even do with knives I know for a fact can take it without reason.
I've had really nice knives that would have split through the wood well before it bent the tip of the blade.. that tip test is not that intense.. the stuff I do with my knives would make most people question my intelligence.. the metal is crap and not worth whatever he spent..
@@zherean42069 in most cases this is true, but Kukris are made for things such as carving wood. As for the bending I wouldn't recommend it for any knife, i think he was just trying to show how easy it is to break this specific one because of how fake it is.
@@bandicute803 Kukris are made for one thing and that is killing. It is impolite to ask a Gurkha to show his to you because they are not supposed to be sheathed without drawing blood.
@@AcidGambit419 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kukri how about you finish reading the whole page... i think most ghurka would be offended by your interpretation of their culture. "There have been, and still are many myths surrounding the kukri since its earliest recorded use in the 7th century-most notably that a traditional custom revolves around the blade in which it must draw blood, owing to its sole purpose as a fighting weapon, before being sheathed." kukri are a tool to be used as a tool. not purely a weapon. "While most famed from use in the military, the kukri is the most commonly used multipurpose tool in the fields and homes in Nepal. Its use has varied from building, clearing, chopping firewood, digging, slaughtering animals for food, cutting meat and vegetables, skinning animals, and opening cans. Its use as a general farm and household tool disproves the often stated "taboo" that the weapon cannot be sheathed "until it has drawn blood"."
A real Ghurka kukri is a cursed blade. Meaning if you draw it from its sheet even just for show,you have to cut yourself intentionally. Kinda FD UP,but it is what it is.😅
@@ryanlewis6344nobody asked him to review this blade. He was given a gift card by a website that sells blades and he chose to buy this and test it. Jesus Christ people don't listen these days 😂😂😂
@stretch Im a sheet metal worker and I should really know this, but does my angle grinder disk really get hot enough to screw the heat-treatment on, say a 420HC steel? Cause I sharpenened my milwaukee garbage-buck-knife with my angle grinder a while ago, ive since bought a wetstone, but should i even bother putting a nice wood handle on it after that?
@@thatidiot346 to my recollection, I didn't see a colour change at all, I was super light on it, but after I realized it was easier to cut insulation with my sheet-metal shears I started using those, and the buck knife only comes out for camping, hunting, and fishing. I know when I'm cutting duct, especially spiral duct that I can see the metal turn blue then white, but I'm hard-pressed to decide whether I should fix it or give it to a friend. Then start the project with a new knife. Wood working is the side hobby. I really appreciate your input and interest too by the way!
What year was he over there? I was there in 2010. In the southern part of the helmand province. We did route clearance for the Marines and British troops that were working in the area. The Brits had their Gurkhas with them and we got to interact a bit. I found a lot in common with those little guys, except how we butcher animals for cooking(they leave the bones in) I bought a proper working kukri from a forge in nepal after I got back. I love how they're built, its a workhorse. And I know how to sharpen an edged tool(grew up in timber camps and farms) You can cut a small tree down and still shave with it. Thats not hyperbolic, thats something I actually did!😂
@@callmekensei2799"That thing was too weak to be called a knife. It was too frail, too fragile, too delicate, and too flimsy. It was more like a small hunk of inferior metal"
_"As the khukri slices through the air, it tells the story of generations of warriors who have wielded this iconic blade with unmatched skill and valor."_
Speaking as a Marine; We didn't get issued Ka-Bars either. If we wanted one, we had to purchase it ourselves. That's why most of us carried our Bayonets to be used as Knives. I didn't acquire a Ka-Bar until after I got our of the Marines, by a friend who said you're a Marine, here. and he gave me the brand new Ka-Bar he'd had. A wonderful gift from a very good friend.
Speaking as another Marine (1999-2009), i was issued one when i requested it at the armory. We used plastic ones and dull ones for training in hand to hand combat while i was still in. Not sure when this guy served, but they were definitely issued to Marines in the Korean war, if they had non m16 primary weapons like machine gun operators. Now ka-bars are a civilian toy, with tangs so thin, it bends just by staring at it for too long. Bahaha But i definitely had an issued one in Iraq.
As a Marine in currently in service, a most knives would just simply not be within regulations nowadays. Just having a small pocket knife gets you an SNCO occasionally asking if it's in regs
People are more inclined to buy an item with buzz words like, military grade, USMC or tactical. Just makes people think they're getting a higher quality item when it could be garbage quality. Edit: thank you everyone for all the likes and interactions, never received over a couple.
I own a British military Mk4 kulri that I picked up at a flea market for $10 in 99. I've put that knife thru hell and back, and it's still razor sharp and has never taken a bend or chip in almost 25 years of hard use. I've used to clear brush, chop down small trees, trim branches, dismantle furniture, and demolish what remained of my home after a fire- a fire the kukri made thru largely intact. The combination of water and soot eneded up etching the bade pretty badly, but it kept its edge and hardness after the fire. Even the wooden handles (it has the 2 smaller utility knives) made it thru the fire with little more than some darkening.
Although ergonomics plays a huge role in this; There was less shock to the hand because the soft steel absorbs more energy whereas hard steel rebounds more.
As soon as I heard "blade city" all my hopes and dreams went out the window. Been calling them "Party City" for years... because their products are as high quality as party store costumes.
Nope. Part of the reason our military's the all-time world's greatest is that we the people are allowed to mock it, copy it, and steal its valor any time we goddamn well please. The military exists to serve us, not vice versa.
We have couple of khukuris in our house which was gifted to my dad when he retired as a gurkha officer. It is a weapon used by gurkhas long time ago in the war and it is still included as one of the weapons for gurkha soldiers.
In the '70s, there was a Nipponese (correct form of what we call Japanese) company which manufactured little curios which folks would buy and place around their homes. On the bottom of these products was a small, ovular, black label with gold trim and lettering that said simply "MADE IN JAPAN". One day, these labels changed. Now they said "MADE IN USA", and everyone assumed they were then being fabricated here in the states. They were not. The company which manufactured the products had the little village where they were made change its name to something which was pronounced "OO-SAH", the English spelling of which was Usa. You see, without placing a period after each letter, LEGALLY they were not falsely saying the products were being made in the U.S.A. It was diabolically simple, and they made billions from the campaign. I expect something similar applies here.
@@Rotorhead1651 Japanese is not an incorrect term. The japanese friends i do have would be laughing their asses off after hearing that. In fact, I'm gonna send this to them. Japan is english. Use english when speaking english. Saying stuff like this is like going to japan and taking to random people on the street about anime - don't do it. Thanks.
A Kukri is a Gurkha blade mainly used to chopping firewood and head from bodies, has a nick to catch an opponents blade when fighting with them, In jungles machete or a parang long blade for cutting bush and vines
@@geoffsaunderson5766 you are correct a machete is way better for clearing brush, however when you are carrying heavy and awkward gear why would you want to carry a long awkward knife too?
@@williamjaggers4624 the reason why nobody apart from the Gurkhas carry a kukri into combat is…they are not really very good! They look cool, that’s it. Gurkhas carry them as a symbol and yeah they will do the job! Frankly unless you are Nepalese with a history in the Gurkha regiment, there is zero common sense reason to carry it!. Don’t think any carried it during there operations in Iraq and afghan, it’s bulky, heavy, and no veg to slash at. Why would you? To carry it as bushcraft or survival tool is pretty silly unless your a poser. You want a short lite slashing tool. British army martindale! It’s styled on the Indonesian “parang”
My issue knife was nowhere near that bad. Becker bk2 got issued in 2006 and still my main go to for a workhorse of a knife. Outside of the knife though militantly grade basically meant you water WILL taste like grizzley wintergreen if you use that green canteen.😂🤣
@@jollyjackass yea well the us's current M9 Bayonet is by far the worst knife i've held in my life - i'd genuinely rather have a stainless steel gas station knife in a fight or a survival situation.
@@HonorableAssassins that’s because the bayonet is a bayonet and not actually a knife. I never even had one with much more than a butter knife edge cause it’s made more for stabbing than actually cutting. Honestly surprised you even got one. When I was in they just gave us a Becker and never saw a bayonet after basic for the most part.
@@jollyjackass way too fat of a tip to be 'good' at thrusting either. But, no, they are absolutely supposed to function as knives. They just often dont even have an edge ground onto them properly, and if they do, its usually been years since they were resharpened.
Any good Kukri , the spine should be at least 1/4 inch thick . Especially if you plan on using the knife as a pry bar. I think spring/tool/AR500 steel would work the best.
I was on eBay looking for a kukri and saw the exact one you got there, not gonna lie I was thinking about taking a chance for $30 but now that I saw this video, no way. Thank you
The Gauls were recorded by Roman officers as having to bend their swords back straight after a skirmish because of the lackluster quality of metal many tribes had to work with. This company hasn't advanced technologically in 2000 years
So… I won’t lie. I’m a new follower as it were. I love how tough you are on products. That’s how things should be done. I must say though…. I get the feeling that this ‘Blade City’ is a pile of how we brits say…. wank.
Knife reviews be like: *Chops a brick in half and Smashes knife in a hydraulic press and it bends* “Yeah, I would not trust this knife, with anything absolute garbage”
While kinda true, it does give an idea of the toughness of the knife, especially when you have other knives to compare it to. For example DBK hammered two different 3V knives into a steel barrel and a brick. One of them was barely even damaged and the other was a bit more chewed up, but still in far better shape than lesser steels would be. The test showed how important the heat treat is on the same steel as well as the incredible resilience of that steel. As for this knife, it's just a kukri shaped piece of sheet metal by the looks of it. I'm certain a real kukri would fare much better. Mine hasn't let me down thus far.
LOL great review. Had the real kukri. Sold it. Kept a SOGfari SOGzilla. Wouldn't attempt to bend the blade unless it were Cold Steel, but that SOG is razor sharp, cuts huge logs and seems to stay sharp, so might be brittle, but it can do most of the things you would need for camping or survival.
I got a traditional Kukri a few years ago when I wanted something to do a mix between chopping overgrowth and some smaller log work when I was doing some clearing on my family's woodlot That knife has grown alongside that place and is a prized thing in my family now lol
I love mine. It is light weight and easily sharpened. If cutting through vines and small branches and saplings it works great. Use it for the correct purpose and it can’t be beat.
I have a kukri that was hand forged in 1706. Im trying to get good enough at blacksmithing to make another just like it because it still holds an edge and is the best knife i have in my expansive knife and sword collection.
Nepali dude here. I’ve got a couple authentic Khukuri’s passed down to me and the versatility of them is quite impressive. Without a doubt an authentic one would be my choice of survival knife
I've been hunting for a good kukri machete, I have a standart trading machete and would like to see the difference for myself but I've always encountered very thin bladed ones. If you got a recommendation, I would love it.
Your right…the US marines never got them issued to them,they became famous because of Nepalese soldiers wielding them in WW2(which keep in mind Nepal was a US ally in WW2)were terrifying,and thus United cutlery made a version based on the ones they used,they never got issued to native US soldiers,just their peers.
If you want a solid Kukri get one from Condor, specifically the Kay-tac. It's beefy and solid without being too unreasonably thick or heavy. I've beaten that thing within an inch of my life. Not so much as a scratch. It is 1075 carbon but it's heat treat is fantastic, file skates right off it. Only annoying thing is how easily it rusts but still easy to clean off.
My dad bought one from somewhere years ago and said they made them out of like leaf springs from old trucks. The spine was like 3/8 thick or more it was super nice. I cannot remember what country it was from though.
First off, I used to sell knives made by United Cutlery and all are contracted out to the lowest bidder. Not to mention over 90% of all U.C knives are disposable knives.
I've had a skinning knife for roughly 4 years now and it shows which hand is my dominant by bending to the left. I had sharpened it so well that I accidentally cut my skin only and I didn't feel it or realize I got nicked
If you get a kukri buy one straight from Nepal. I got mine from a dude out there who hand makes them out of leaf springs and it’s the most beautiful blade I’ve ever laid eyes on and it was only $200
