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Kukri vs Machete vs Bowie: Which one is Best?
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If you want a machete style Kukri, you get a Sirupathe
After several decades of machete use I found the kukri less intuitive to use! I’d probably feel the reverse if I’d grown up with a kukri instead of a machete, but with where I live and have traveled a machete or other variation of straight blade is more useful to me!
I prefer a bowie knife .. hefty enough to do some chopping, can be used with a baton for splitting, but is still capable of doing camp work, dressing game, and might serve as a weapon in a pinch. There aren't too any "multitools" that perform well in all categories, but the bowie knife does.
Exactly! It replaces any kind of hatchet and wood splitting tool, mine is Damascus steel, 15" long and I've put it through hell, and it's still in pretty much new condition. The weight and shape of the knife makes it the ideal survival knife.
@Eric Pivnicka Not really. Not if you're living in Northern parts of the world and need serious firewood in the middle of a winter with frozen woods.
A large bowie type blade will "replace" the axe IF you have an appropriate sleep system with you where you're not relying on an all night fire to keep warm and survive. Then I'll agree to that.
But if your sleeping bag/wool blankets/system isn't up to those kind of temperatures then a dedicated axe will be very necessary.
IMHO you can´t compare a Kukri with a machete. Sure, you can put it into one category along with Bowie and Tanto, but especially Kukri and machete are the furthest from each other in design and application. A machete is more for clearing grass and vines, whereas the Kukri is more for chopping actual wood. Both make good weapons, but not in a duel (that´s why we had swords, sabers, and rapiers). I wouldn´t want to face a machete-wielding attacker while carrying a Kukri, but it would be my weapon of choice if I had to attack a gunman and wanted to make sure that I can do as much damage as possible with one hit. Machetes often fail when it comes to glancing blows on leather, thick clothing, etc. But someone could wear chainmail and when you strike his arm with a Kukri, there´s still a very good chance that he drops any weapon he´s holding... Similarly, you can make deep wounds to the torso, or even sever a leg with one.
Which type of khukuri? There are khukuri that range from thin and slender meant for thinner vegetation like Sirupate, Chitlange etc to intermediates like the military mk2,3 to heavy choppers like the Badhume, Bhojpure types. Horses for courses.
@@adrianjagmag I´m no expert, but to me, the classic Kukri is the thick bladed one. Sure, I´ve seen some machete-versions from modern knife makers, but they have little to do with theone used for centuries.
@@edi9892 that's wrong. The very heavy bomb proof ones are meant for cannon fodder. The better examples historically all have good distal taper and were much lighter, but they were definitely not machete. And the pure weapons like Hanshee were light with terrific balance.
@@edi9892 the main issue is what is commonly exported from Nepal are over built tourist khukuri, check out kilatools.com (Heritage Knives Nepal) and the Purano models specifically 🙂
Anyone who wears chainmail while breaking in to attack me will die of shame. That’s laughable. Anyway, I guess if someone donned chainmail to attack me, I’d just have to shoot them. LOL! Chainmail. 🙄
the best thing about khunkri is that its not made for flex and is more dangerous than its looks
I love kukris but a few years ago I did get a condor village parang.... Love it, thick enough, a lot of hacking power, easy to sharpen, and unlikely to slip out of the hand when using a cord. Not good for stabbing that makes it less problematic when having a police encounter while you have it in your backpack
bowie fills a different role vs machete or ghurka/kukri. machete , kukri or gladius are more comparable
Khukuri is a multitool knife that is present in every Nepalese household. If you have bad dreams, a recommended remedy is to sleep with a Khukuri under your pillow. Not joking.
A big problem of comparing anything to Khukuri is in thinking there is just one kind. What style, who made it and how did they shape it are SO important. It's like doing any comparison. I have quite a few and the difference between some of them is completely night and day.
Same goes for anything being called a "Bowie" knife. The variances between what gets that title practically makes the term useless.
Am i crazy? Every single week i buy new blades but i have more than enough for a lifetime and some wont get used because i could never sharpen them to the same quality. I could have 50 machetes and id still want more 😂. The good thing about collecting blade is you learn whats best for certain situation and you find a preference
The indention at the end of a kukri serves two purposes. This blade comes from Nepal. The country is majority Hindu and worships the cow and has banned slaughter of the cow. The second reason is recorded that the kukri has a notch at the end. This is supposed to allow sap from a tree or blood from an enemy to run away from the handle.
Yeah, it’s a blood drip. Keeps it off the users hands so your grip doesn’t become slippery.
Everything stated so far here is pure made-up conjecture.
Talk to actual Nepali blade smiths, and they will tell you they don't even know the origins and reasons for the notch.
No, not because of cows. No, not because it stops blood from dripping on your hand (it doesn't). Gurkhas cooked up the story that's where you prick your finger to give it blood every time it's unsheathed (in case you don't kill an enemy with it).
The best reasoning they have to offer is it serves as a possible religious significance lost to time (not related to cows) and it serves as a shock absorber of sorts which relieves stress on the thinnest part of the blade.
Lots of historical mystique to the khukuri, which makes it cool. In the end, you can make it whatever you want it to be or mean.
The kukri looks like a boomerang.
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Well hopefully when you go outdoors. You have another smaller knife for cutting.
Most traditional kukri come with an additional small knife and sharpener that fit inside the same kukri sheath.
If you buy a legit khukuri from KHHI, it comes with a chakmak (sharpening steel) and a karda (paring/utility knife).
Which model is the busse ? I want one..
I have a long cudeman dagger among other things. It`s like a short sword and very nice.
The problem with a kukri is that you tend to be in places with limited space if in our urban society.
If you have problems with slipping off the handle you can use things like skatebordtape or rangerbands /bycicle inntertube to improve the grip greatly.
Is it possible to use leather or para cord at the end of your kukri to keep it from slipping or wrap the handle it self. May be worth the effort. I know you're have to keep it tite or it will come loose or unravel. But you might be able to dip it into some glue or something else to make it harder.
Yes, could be. Id like to change the wooden scales though so as to do it right. Takes more time of course.
Yeah, his problem is he doesn't have a traditional handle khukuri with the big flare out at the end/pommel. I stay away from the "modernized" style khukuris. Defeats the entire purpose of the original design.
Khukuris absolutely need to have that flare out.
Get a kukri with what's called a full metal "disc hilt". In colder climate you'll need to tape the handle. The picture of the kukri we get from nepalese traditionnal kukri is wrong, in south asia the most successful design was the disc hilted kukri. Hard to find today except as an antique, the only one commercially available is the KHHI "Jung Bahadur Kukri" replica, but you can also custom order a disc hilt kukri with any other type of blade from them.
That's absolutey wrong, Tulwar and Kora type hilts are by far less common and really not very useful. The common ring type wooden or horn handled khukuri with rings which act as a subhilt are way more common and have been in continuous military use from the 1800s to now.
@@adrianjagmag That's not correct, the mughal hilt is pervasive in south asia, ended up being produced in industrial quantity as an universal hilt for any one handed weapons. It is a particularly superior handle design for the indian dagger that's called the "kukri" nowadays, a tulwar kora kukri has significantly more cutting power and nimbleness than a bare handle kukri. That's a fact.
The nepalese bare handle kukri is a primitive design for a backwater country that amounts to a single moutain valley that's Kathmandu. Gurkhas are brave and all but they have been exagerated by the westerners point of view to an absurd point. South asian empires fielded hundred of thousands equipped with those very cast iron mughal hilt on their swords and daggers.
@@aryafeydakin are you literally trying to teach a native who specializes in Indian subcontinent weapons? Oh ffs.
@@aryafeydakin do you have any training with khukuri, tulwar and the like? Kora hilted and Tulwar hilted khukuri are the minority. Starting with the turn of the century mk1 followed by the mk2 and mk3, the BIA had standardized khukuri for the Gurkha regiments and these were made everywhere from Cowanpore to Rawalpindi NOT EVEN in Nepal.
I love it when armchair experts make shit up. Secondly the disc pommel wasn't exclusively Mughal it was used by pretty much everyone on the indian subcontinent from the 15th-16th century onwards.
It offers very little advantages to a close quarter weapon like the khukuri which for most of history was already used with a shield and was secondary to the Kora, Khanda, Tulwar, Gurj etc. Only with firearms did it become the primary close range cold steel weapon of the Gurkha (pre 1947 BIA and now BA) and Gorkha (post 1947 IA) regiments. Khukuri without guards even faced Katana in WW2. You need to know how to use it. If your base is HEMA or FMA then yes, the khukuri is not suited to either.
That means khukuri without disc rings were in military use from the 1800s (1857 Sirmoor regiment for example) to Kargil in 1999 to even today with Gorkha regiments using the mk3 and variants and the Gurkha regiments using mk5.
Tell me which Bowie design has seen as much use. I'll wait.
And a Kora hilt is superior to a Tulwar hilt for a khukuri if you want a hilt and the rings hurt your delicate hands. 😜
Oh and a Khukuri is not a dagger, if you're mixing up Kard, Pesh Kabz, Bichwa and Khukuri there is very little hope for you.
Thank you
KHUKURI from my hometown blacksmith made from a jeep springs...worth all your videos, adventure and enemies all together
I have the Cold Steel Kukri plus (among many other styles) and I love it. Great handle. Also, Jim Bowie's name would have used the French pronunciation, 'BOO-ee' and not the English 'BO-weee'. FWIW.
Why do you say that (about the pronunciation)?
When it comes to sharpness kukri wins
Romantic 😂
So. If you could pick one knife???
bonjour, so which one is the best ?
Ok Merci 😷👍
The Bowie is the best and most versatile for more situations and purposes.
Depends on where you live, time of year, etc. Different answer for everyone. If I HAD to absolutely choose only one out of the three that would cover most tasks summer or winter it would be a large, drop-point bowie design like the ESEE Junglas. Does knife stuff. Does machete stuff (though more clumsy). Does axe-like stuff for chopping and batons/splits wood well.
The sheath it comes with easily attaches to any pack and has lots of room to add pouches, cordage, etc.
That said, there's times I prefer my 18" Tramontina machete. There's times I prefer a khukuri. I believe a properly made, minimum 12" blade khukuri to be a superior fighting knife to a bowie.
One of my favorite year-round setups is my Gransfors Bruks Scandinavian Forest axe, Silky folding saw, and my lighter weight, 12" GGK Super Fast Full Tang Khukuri that comes with a smaller 4" knife and sharpening steel in the sheath. All together on the weighty, tool-heavy side, but I always try and pack minimalist anyway. The lighter weight khukuris can be pressed into machete roles and are wicked fighting blades if need be.
i dont think you know what traditional means.
Nepal warrior- Ghurkas
Gurkha not ghurkas
You need a hand protector in front of the handle so your hand does not slip and cut your hand
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Your khukuri is thrash. Sorry. A good khukuri has distal taper and a handle with rings that act as a subhilt allowing chopping, drawslicing and stabbing. There are a lot of khukuri like the BIA Mk2 /Indian army Mk3 which are full tang. Secondly the bevel of your khukuri is a tourist bevel, axe like. It's also over built and heavy, again, because it's meant for export.
I recommend you check out the Heritage knives Nepal Mk3 reproduction for a properly made one.
Kukri > machete > bowie
Lofty and Grylls go for the Parang, not the Kukri