Another Knifemaker's Khukuri

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Mark Weldon

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Found this on Bladeart's site:

http://www.bladeart.com/swords/tinkerblades/daggers, dirks & bowies.htm

Maker is Michael "Tinker" Pearce, who many of the Cantina members will be familiar with.

I believe this was probably modeled on an HI WWII model. What led me to Himalayan Imports and this forum some time ago was a post Tinker made over on Swordforum. In it he explained that he had received an HI WWII in a trade, and described his impressions of it (all favorable). That got me curious about HI so I went to Uncle Bill's site and started reading this forum. After that, HIKV was inevitable.

This looks nice, but I'll stick with the real thing from Uncle Bill.

Mark
 
I'm not impressed with Redwood as a handle for much of anything. Anyone who has worked with redwood knows what I mean.
It won't replace the HI wood handles. And the price is just a bit high.
I'll stick with Uncle Bill too, till I just can't go no more.:D :D
 
Give me the real thing any day.

The price tag... a timely reminder of the amazing value that HI represents.
 
It looks like a village khukuri with a custom knifemaker's price tag affixed.

n2s
 
I had the opportunity to examine a couple of new HI WWIIs this past Thursday. I'm sure the one pictured on the link is an excellent knife, but I don't think it would fare very well laid side by side with a WWII forged by Kumar. And the difference in price is a heck of a lot of bacon, beans, and beer..........

Sarge
 
It's a matter of labor cost. I joke about the 40 cents per hour which is really about what an apprentice makes at BirGorkha. The master kamis make about a buck an hour with perks. Compared to what a US knifemaker has to charge to stay alive and in business it's pitifully low but when you put in into perspective in Nepal our kamis make more than degreed school teachers and engineers.
 
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