Cold Steel Kukri incarnations

Cold Steel makes 4 kukri fixed blades. They make two of the Gurkha kukri variety, and two machete's, that have a shape similar to a kukri. These are only the fixed blades that you can buy, none from the past.

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• Cold
• Steel
• Gurkha
• kukri
• magnum
• machete

[tallswede80]

@bloodicekiller

what kind of question is that? Why do you care? What difference does it make?

[Aidam97]

@mahish98 kill myself?! :D

[tallswede80]

@tonytentone I have the ontario kukri. It's pretty nice, but it's nowhere near as good as the CS.

[tonytentone]

@tallswede80 You know, if the San Mai version really is a convex edge, the price is rather nice actually.....

[tonytentone]

@tallswede80 The San Mai III CS kukri is the best performing. I will agree. How can you not love a stainless-supersteel-stainless sandwich? But if you consider the price (not the CS full fat price but reasonable internet: $350ish) It's a hard pill to swallow. I just feel that the SK-5 version does not compare to the OKC kukri. Especially not at its price.

[tallswede80]

@tonytentone I agree kraton won't break, but now you're just being foolish. CS Gurkha kukri is the best ever.

[tonytentone]

@carlyle0229 I agree CS is shit but now you're just being foolish. Kraton is going to break? My ass it is!

[tonytentone]

@tallswede80 Agreed. The San Mai steel is sweet but if your actually gonna use this as a tool, Ontario is the only way. CS SK-5 steel is just 1080 high carbon. Good steel but not worth CS's prices. Ontario is 1095 steel. essentially the same stuff. (ok technically 1095 can be tempered to a harder edge blah blah. None of us would be able to tell the difference between 1080 and 1095)

[tallswede80]

@carlyle0229 Knock yourself out. You are allowed to be as ignorant as you want to be.

[carlyle0229]

@tallswede80 im done with this conversation, i love my nepal kukri, and i think its the best kukri out there, so keep your kukries and ill keep mine

[tallswede80]

@jmartillaro I would recommend the Ontario kukri if you are looking for a cheaper alternative. The ontario is around 60 dollars, so a little more expensive but it's better than the kabar.

[tallswede80]

@carlyle0229 None of the nepalese kukris are 13mm thick. They are more like 8-9 mm, which is very close to 5/16". And kraton will never break. It may wear out, but it's a soft material that will not break like buffalo horn will. And it is my opinion that CS is the best, but it happens to be the truth. Ontario makes a kukri that is very similar to the traditional kukri with real 1095 instead of nepalese scrap, and made in the USA. At least check that out.