When I was a kid I used to use an old khuk --- probably 19th century --- to hunt feral pigs --- we'd run the pigs down with dogs through the lignum and then finish them with knives or spears.
I never really found the khuk to be a lot of use as pig knife, mainly because you need to swing it, rather than thrust.
I finally stopped using it and went back to the Lee Enfield bayonet that I had previously used.
However, I did continue to use the khuk as a general purpose bush knife, and it was pretty good for this.
A few years ago the blade came unstuck from the hilt, and I was very surprised to find that the tang was only a short stub tang held with natural resin. This seemingly ineffective tang had stood up to a lot of pretty heavy work, and when I got the knife the grip was already well worn, indicating that it had had a lifetime of work before I got it.
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