Kukri Patterns April 2005

Kukri Patterns and a discussion of how to
possible make one.
The kukri is a smallish, usually eighteeninch-or-less field knife. The cutting action
is enhanced because the angle of the
blade presents the power of a chop with
the action of a slice. These pages attempt
to give some life-sized kukri drawings. If
the next couple of pages are printed, from
the Adobe format, with no margins, you
should get life-sized patterns.
What I did was either scan the kukri itself,
or made a line-tracing of the kuri, and
scanned that. The resulting two-page
pictures were taped back together and
compared with the original, until I got a
replica.
Note that each kukri, being hand made, will
be different. Paul.
The following pattern had to have the upturned end on the
tip removed, That upturn made it impossible to remove the
kukri from its sheath, with any ease. The handles now have
a thinner center, top and bottom. The inner, raised rings of
wood were removed. The next two pages are the full-sized
pattern for that first Kukri Knife, followed by some not-toscale pictures.
The only change I would presently make in the above kukri
handle, as of April, 2005, would be to reduce the diameter of
the center section, more. The effect would be to Increase the
curve, making the handle much narrower at the center. I
prefer a wider part at the base and top of the handle. Paul.
Kukri Pattern
The Kukri-Parang that I bought in 2004 has become an invaluable
survival knife. The files in this PDF document will allow it to be
reproduced. Some people like to make their own knives.
After printing these out, I compared them to the original, for size.
They matched.
The Pictures on the following two pages reprint to full size to match
the size and shape of my current Kukri- with the re-worked blade.
The handle was enlarged to about ten-percent larger, in the
computer, to make the whole knife about three-quarters-to-oneinch-or-so-longer. The handle is also ten-per-cent wider, making it
easier to use, and maybe more comfortable. The steel of the knife
is almost a quarter-of-an-inch thick. Hardness is such that the
blade can be worked with a file.
I would cut out the white part that divides the pictures in the blade,
and paste them on to some thin wood. From there you can cut the
wood to the pattern, and keep it around.
As an extra, the second page is printed twice, with some
improvements to the guard you might want to make. It is only a
sketch, and you will want to round it, or shape it, or something.
Included on the same page is another rough picture of someoneelse’s handle for a Kukri.
Actually, as I went on, I added some other handle ideas for a kukri
knife. Of course, feel free to re-draw the handle or blade, as you
may wish.