Anyone have khukuris they don't want?

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Well, I made the mistake of being bitten badly by the khukuri bug. I am interested in aquiring more, and would be most interested in trading my custom made sheaths for the khukuris. Let me know what you have, if you are interested, and what knife/knives you want sheaths for and I'm sure we can come to an arrangement. Thanks!

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Palmer College of Chiropractic
On Two Wheels
 
I know I wouldn't part with mine, Bill, but you never know! I won't hold my breath, if that's what you're worried about!
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I tried the epoxy trick last night but there wasn't much of a gap between the butt cap and the handle, so we'll see if I got enough in there to hold the thing together or not. On a side note, it seems there are more gray lines in my handle now than there were before, and there also seems to be some surface cracking in places. Is this normal for a horn handle or am I just looking at it closer now than I did before? Just curious as it seems reasonable the impact of full chopping would accentuate small stress lines, which i figure this is, but just wanted to know if this is what all horn handles are like. I want to go for wood next. Got to sell more sheaths for that!
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Also don't forget I am on the lookout for a dejected, unwanted, lonely reject model, too. I could give it a good home!
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My Custom Kydex Sheath pagehttp://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/1298/knifehome.html
Palmer College of Chiropractic
On Two Wheels
 
Chiro if you were closer I would trade some khukuris for a few adjustments on this hopeless back and see if you could bring some life back into it.

Keep an eye on the handle. If it develops into a problem we will fix it. As long as the lines don't develop into serious cracks I think you are in good shape.

Make that handle fit your hand! Get comfortable with the knife. Remember, it is yours and yours alone so for it. There is not another exactly like it in the world.

Uncle Bill
 
Hey, Bill. You'll just have to come to Davenport when i am in the main health clinic and I could work you up! Palmer sends a group of students to nepal every year to open an outreach clinic for a week or so. Care is free and is the best health care in the world! Maybe the kamis could take advantage of this. I'll keep you posted as to when and where they will be.

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My Custom Kydex Sheath pagehttp://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/1298/knifehome.html
Palmer College of Chiropractic
On Two Wheels
 
Chiro, that is very interesting, surprising and very good news. There are many bhairia (porters) I know who could certainly use a few adjustments! These guys (and some gals) routinely carry 40 KG on their backs while climbing up mountain paths all day long. I don't know how they do it. Such an effort would kill me within the first 30 minutes.

Uncle Bill
 
Not to get preachy or anything, but chiropractic is a lot more than treatment for back or musculoskeletal problems. It is a non-invasive, drugless, surgery-free system of health care that serves to regulate the nervous system.
The correction of subluxations through chiopractic adjustment techniques allows the body of the patient to naturally regulate the flow of nervous impulses to organs and tissues, and better relay and interpret the same signals coming to the central nervous system from the same organs and tissues. If a patient has health problems associated with subluxations, then the right adjustment will allow the body to correct these problems itself.
Chiropractic has amazing results with all sorts of health problems. It seems to have even more dramatic results in a place like Nepal where health care is rare. These people have excellent results for a myriad of problems, which is why I suggested the kamis may want to take advantage of the opportunity. When the clinic is open in Nepal, there are people waiting in line and coming from all over to get adjusted. They are busy from open to close, from what I have heard and seen in slide presentations. Palmer College also sends outreach clinics to India, Bequia, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Haiti, Hungary, Poland, Syria, and more. It seems to be a good program, but also an expensive one for the students who pay their own way and expenses in order to bring the chiropractic health care system to
people who otherwise would never be exposed to it. That, plus the fact that BJ Palmer, the man responsible for developing the profession, was an avid collector of khukuris and kris, as well as other knives!
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My Custom Kydex Sheath pagehttp://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/1298/knifehome.html
Palmer College of Chiropractic
On Two Wheels
 
YES, but probably not what you are looking for.

I have a excellent looking khukhuri that was purchased in Nepal by my high school math teacher (about 18 years ago) that I am trying to get rid off. The handle is wood and the blade is about 7". The sheath is made completley of wood and decorated much like the 18 th century.

This knife is a tourist model and is very unlikely to stand up to use.

Will
 
Shop 2 is in Bhaktapur, very near Kathmandu, and this one you could visit. Shop 1 is in the Terai, a long day's ride on the bus if it doesn't break down along the way -- stay away from this one unless you love heat, humidity, malaria, bugs, snakes and all those good things.

Uncle Bill
 
I have always maintained that volunteer service was very costly. It certainly was for me.

Uncle Bill
 
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