Genuine Gurkha Kukri-Authentic 10" Blade American Eagle Kukri-Full Tang Rosewooden Handle, Leather Sheath Khukuri- Handmade in Nepal.

First off, item shipping wise arrived very early. Everything I've seen on reviews and YouTube, these blades take weeks if not months to receive, mine took less than a week, and even sooner than notified. I was nervous, but I'm seeing EGKH Nepal shipped out of KY., ok?Because of the price while shopping for one, I pulled the trigger to finally buy one, but I kept my expectations low, due in part of some low star reviewers, I've seen ppl in vids price it out $90-$130, and they had nice samples a few years ago. I felt the quality would go down with the price and decreased popularity.Pros: Wow, thick blade, it says 8mm, but checked, it is thicker in the area before the curve in the spine, nice! I added a pic showing one of the sharpening tools thickness pressed against the spine for comparison. It's as thick as the width of the little tool blade. Did enough researching YouTube vid reviews to know what to expect, and I think I received a very acceptable sample of the model being the 12" blade (really 11" cutting edge") albeit more imperfections than what I've seen in reviews. Sheath fits extremely well, the leather even smells nice.Cons: Worry? Is that a con, maybe not. The handle is that hardened rosewood, there is a previous reviewer that had the bottom part of the handle chip. It doesn't feel or sound dense. I don't want that to crack, and tapping on the bottom part of the handle, I am nervous that it could chip in a way if dropped or received a hard shock from a strong chop on something hard.Conclusion: I give it 5 stars, the knife meets my expectations, some areas exceeded it, despite not having been tested out. Everything I've seen and read on it is on par. It wouldn't be fair to even lower the rating later, if I took it out tomorrow, chop wood and something like the handle cracked, because I've read all the good and bad reviews, the bad could've happened but it didn't. I think I'm quite lucky, because I feel my khukuri was a touch above an average sample. It is very very nice!My Recommended: when buying from Amazon, I was able to select from several sellers, I picked the EGKH, because of the higher ratings per number of reviews ratio. I also researched heavily using YouTube on that particular company. There was another offering the same model (3 chirra 12"beast) for just a little less, but elected to pay a few cents more for EGKH. Finally, know that you're buying a hand-made knife. I familiarized myself with my knife for a day, and I can say I'm very very pleased with it, and satisfied I picked that company.

I like this blade a lot, it easily decapitates my enemies with little effort. Just kidding but from what I've read it has a history of doing such things. It's a great deal for a handmade chopper and it does chop wood really well. The temper isn't perfect, it's too soft imo but better too soft than too hard for it's intended use.The fit and finish is not perfect either but if you want perfection be ready to pay hundreds of dollars to get it. I'm not saying it's bad just not perfect like a commercially made blade would be, or sometimes is to be more accurate. I'll probably end up buying some more of them eventually. I collect knives, big choppers, axes and swords and this is definitely worthy of being in my collection.

I have many kukri. Some old, some modern. They all function perfectly as all around tools, weapons, and object de art. This kukri is the top of my best of the best. As soon as I got it, which was a bit of a trial due to DHL, I put it on and went out to chop something. And chop it did. I am always worried about the heat treat as I have received kukri from other popular sellers where it was too hard and the blade essential chipped apart on soft wood. Not this one. I used it against dry, hard, wood. Old wood. The kind of wood that when you pick it up it feels like it is petrified. It went through with no problem. I checked the edge and it was as sharp, which was REALLY SHARP, as when it got here. The weight is pretty sublime. It basically sings in my hands with no effort. I have yet to work out with it in a martial sense, but I am thinking this will be my go to kukri for the rest of my life. I do think it will last that long. The chakmak and carda are as you expect and I usually put those in a drawer as I never find them useful. I carry a natural stone for sharpening. Not that they aren't decent, it is just they are very small and not useful to me. The scabbard is very well made, as I expected, and since the shape of the blade is unique so is the fit. It took me a few minutes to figure out just how it would easily go in. It removes effortlessly. The point of the blade is a tad off set, but I think that will facilitate an easier thrust. The shipping was fast from Nepal, which I didn't expect. I thought it was being shipped from the US. However, it got here within a week. DHL had some issues, but were able to resolve them. Luckily, I have a postal worker that is also a friend that took care of the package for me. All in all, I have only but praise for this knife and maker. If you buy one, you will not be disappointed and it just may save your life.

First I want to say that this thing truly is a BEAST!!!! I absolutely love it!It EASILY outperforms my other knives, axe, and machete when clearing saplings from my property.Sadly after a few days of use, the butt of the handle started falling apart - a metal badge started coming loose, and ended up slicing the palm of my hand a couple of times before I figured out how it was happening.I ended up getting some epoxy, and just coating the entire butt of the handle with it, which worked, but it is ugly.Even with this problem, I believe the knife is a GREAT deal - you just can't beat the performance of this monster!

First of all let me say that the tin chirra (3 fuller) kukri design is both beautiful and functional. The blade, at 12" long, is definitely more suited to chopping than anything else. If you're looking for an all around knife, I think you'd be better off to consider something in the 10" or perhaps 11" range. 1 or 2" doesn't seem like a lot, but this kukri with 12" blade looks like an absolute monster next to my Ontario Bushcraft Woodsman with a 9.5" blade.This blade weighs 825 grams vs 750g advertised and the spine is full 10mm instead of 8mm advertised. This is not actually a good thing, because as beefy as it is, more weight just makes it harder to control and doesn't add any meaningful strength. The balance point of the blade is about 3" in front of the handle and while you can choke up the blade somewhat, I wouldn't plan on using it for many tasks other than chopping as it'll tire out your wrist very quickly. It does excel at chopping though and with the spine this thick, it works well for batoning too.The sheath is fairly well made and what's also nice is the belt loop "assembly" is not actually attached to the sheath. It's slipped on and will hold the knife securely due to sheath's shape, but since I'm a leftie, I was able to slip it off and turn the belt loop around to turn a right-handed sheath into a left-handed one.Now you're probably reading this and wondering why 2 star rating? Well... There are a few issues, both cosmetic and functional:1) The handle is fitted very poorly to the pommel. There are chunks of wood missing, gaps with the tang and the pommel and pieces of rosewood sticking out. Said gaps are "liberally" filled with wood filler, but it's not fooling anyone. I tried to take a picture but it doesn't tell a full story.2) The pommel itself is discolored and extremely ugly. The attached picture does not have a camera/compression error - this is what the pommel actually looks like! It is also loose and has sharp edges. The person who put it on chose to unsuccessfully use an excess of glue instead of properly hammering it on.3) The full tang construction is great for strength, but unfortunately it sticks out above the handle (the handle is too small). It feels fine in hand but when you actually go chop on wood, the tang ends up transferring all of the shock directly to my finger joints. Needless to say, I don't want to keep chopping after 10 strikes or so!4) While on the wood parts, they used wood fillter for the gaps, on metal it looks more like things have been stick welded instead of solder or something else (perhaps they were???). That stuff looks very unfinished and also plugged up a third of the fuller on one side.5) And finally, piece de resistance. My particular kukri has a hairline crack at the bottom, where the blade meets the tang (ie the narrowest and most critical area)!!! I can clearly see it and feel it with my fingernail. I can also see it go up the sides of the front fitting for the handle, but couldn't see how far it goes because it was covered in the heavy layer of the "filler metal" they used. So clearly, this crack showed up there before the handle was fitted and the kami either didn't bother to check for cracks (it would be hard to miss) or just didn't care! I filed down the blade in that spot to see if it was just a surface mark (that area is not fully hardened). It got less obvious (see attached pic) but stuck around.So that's why this blade gets 2 stars. In fact, the only reason it doesn't get 1 star is because I have not managed to get that crack to open up yet with the minimal amount of chopping that I've done (exposed tang around the handle really hurts my fingers) and because the overall design is good. That said, you probably should consider purchasing a different brand of tin chirra kukri than Khukuri & Craft (this blade is marked K & C NEPAL). I hear that Kukris stamped EGKH generally have better finish, so that may be worth a try

To start off this blade was late and only shipped on the day it was to arrive. I only chose this blade based on review and shipping date. I was excited to finally get the blade and when I opened the package I pulled out the small blades first. I noticed both blades had splinters in the handles not only that one of the blades had a complete square edge perhaps the blades come like this? When I pulled out the Kukri the first thing I noticed the blade was coated in oil which is a good thing. The second thing I noticed was the pommel had some razor sharp burrs connecting to the handle. No big deal I sanded it down. I decided to text out the blade with a single chop into a 2x6 piece of soft pine. Off one chop the edge rolled and had some scratches on it. Disappointing! The third thing I noticed was the pins in the handle aren't sanded flush and the outer part of the pins have a slight sharp edge on them. All in all I like the blade I'm just really disappointed in the quality of the details and I feel a little bit deceived with the delivery date.

I have so many Kukris for actual working tools, I bought this to display with the rest of my weapons collection. Lokks great beside Templar Sword.

This is a beautiful big knife. A little on the heavy side but can handle virtually everything you would want it for

its a heavy knife.great to take camping.dont need an axe