Columbia River Knife and Tool: CRKT Onion Shakaulu, CR-K900KKP
The illustrated CRKT knife is the CRKT Onion Shakaulu, a combination skinner and cleaver designed by Hawaiian knifemaker Ken Onion, that features a 5.50" ulu style gut hook fixed blade made of 65MN carbon steel, .267" thick, with a Rockwell hardness of 56-58. The blade of this CRKT knife has a high convex grind for strength, a non reflective black powder coat for corrosion resistance, and a thumb hole for traditional ulu grip. The Onion Shakaulu has a Twin-Fused injection molded handle with a hard black polypropylene core, softer textured dark green TPR inserts for secure grip, and a lanyard hole. A heavy duty molded polypropylene sheath with locking pin that allows for inverted, left and right carry options is included with this CRKT Knife. The CRKT Onion Shakaulu has an overall length of 9.50", and it weighs 18.5 ounces with the sheath.
From the CRKT website: Unusual specialty hunting knives have been a CRKT staple for many years, and this one is no exception. Conceived by Hawaiian knifemaker and big game hunter Ken Onion, this knife is the fusion of two ancient tools: the ulu palm knife and scraper of Alaskan and Canadian tribes, plus the cleaver. Both tools go back many thousands of years, and the earliest flaked stone ulus found date back more than 50,000 years.
As a laid-back Hawaiian, Ken has named the product for the shaka Aloha spirit handsign, thus it's the Onion Shakaulu™.
Ken developed this tool because there is a real need for it. After taking a large game animal it is a versatile tool for the heavy-duty tasks, with a gut hook, a fully curved Razor-Sharp skinning edge, and a handle that allows it to be used as a cleaver to separate pelvic bones, or even to quarter a large carcass in the field.
Columbia River Knife and Tool: CRKT Onion Shakaulu, CR-K900KKP
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