A beautiful khukuri on Ebay

:eek: Just look at the carving on the grip !

What a beauty.


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That is one very fine hanshee (not a sirupate). I have seen half a dozen kukris/koras with bonafide attached "legends" which makes them even more historically important. Hanshees with engraved metal grips and scabbards are rare enough, but blades with this nice chirra are even harder to find. If it had its strap and buttons (or more likely rolled leather tubes) plus its kalti and kardas it would have been worth twice the bargain $650 paid. If I hadn't been negotiating for this kora I would have been after this myself.
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well, I dont have the true eyes for khukuri yet, but I am working on it.
(I thought it was a siru!)
That is one damned fine kora.
 
I have no need of a kora. I'm not quite sure how to use one and it doesn't seem to be something that I'd be interested in for "user" applications.

That said, were HI to make a run of koras, I'd probably buy one. :)
 
I hear ya, Satori. I never much understood the Kora. Probably good at takin' off heads and lookin' wierd, but it (a) looks too wierd for me, and (b) would sit on a shelf wishing I would cut off somebody's head. Which I wouldn't. Probably. :D ;)

Anyways, I've never understood the alure. Do they have a following? If so, why? Do they do anything other than kill?

Namaarie
 
Namaarie - koras just look so downright unusual compared with most other swords, it's a little hard not to stare at them.

I won't pretend to know the history of them or how they evolved into their final shape; most times, though, when a culture produces a weapon that looks odd to other cultures, there's a perfectly logical reason for it and it's relatively efficient for the style of warfare that produced it. I can only assume that this is the case with the kora. I'm sure some of the more knowledgeable forumites can tell the story on these.
 
Satori,

So that's why the Kora didn't evolve in Iowa... :D

Thanks, man. Good logic.

Namaarie
 
John Powell said:
That is one very fine hanshee (not a sirupate). I have seen half a dozen kukris/koras with bonafide attached "legends" which makes them even more historically important. Hanshees with engraved metal grips and scabbards are rare enough, but blades with this nice chirra are even harder to find. If it had its strap and buttons (or more likely rolled leather tubes) plus its kalti and kardas it would have been worth twice the bargain $650 paid. If I hadn't been negotiating for this kora I would have been after this myself.
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Ok, JP how about a khuk lesson? What makes this a hanshee? I also would have
thought sirupate. Could khuk kantei be a chapter(s) in your book? What is chirra? Is it the different levels in the blade? Inquiring minds want to learn.
 
mross said:
Ok, JP how about a khuk lesson? What makes this a hanshee? I also would have
thought sirupate. Could khuk kantei be a chapter(s) in your book? What is chirra? Is it the different levels in the blade? Inquiring minds want to learn.
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Not JP but the shape of the blade and the long handle is what makes the khuk a hanshee.

A chiarra is a fuller. dui chiarra is two fullers, tin chiarra three fullers. I think it is ek chiarra for one fuller but wouldn't swear to it.
 
yoippari said:
Is it the one curve to the spine as opposed to an angle that makes it a hanshee?
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curved spine curving into curved handle
i think
is the most obvious characteristic

most iirc are long thinnish crescent-ish profiles

handle not only longer
but also less -shape- to it
more the same size from butt to bolster

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Gents, thanks for covering the answers and yes EK=1. Here is a picture to help see the differences.
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