Books on Khukuri?

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Greetings to all,

As a new member, I have been looking for books on Khukuri. My searches so far have been unsuccessful. Is anyone aware if there are any available? Is anyone aware if someone is planning to write one?

Thank you for your replies.

Harry
 
Kozak,
Sorry, but the definitive book on khukuris (or for that matter the simplified bare-bones pamphlet!) hasn't been written yet. Bill Martino and Kami Sherpa are the two people in the world who could probably write the book, but both have resisted all pleas, in private and public, long and often. Your best bet for info is to carefully read the archived posts in this forum and the old Knifeforums HI forum (maybe someone will post the link to that - I don't have it on this borrowed computer). Yvsa says he has been printing out a lot of the archived posts with photos. If he got those pictures printed before AOL Press messed up the links, those are valuable references too.
Short answer - this forum is the best source of info on khukuri lore in the world today.
Berk
 
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Hi Kozak.
Hi Berk,did someone mention my name?
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Kozak and anyone else that might be interested,here is the addy for the old Knife forums H.I. archives.
http://www.knifeforums.com/ubb/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=Himalayan+Imports&number=27

When you get there it will be a page with nothing posted on it.
Hit the pop-up and select "show all topics" and then hit go and enjoy.

There is an invaluable history there.
I have not only learned a little about Khukuris since I found these forums.I have learned more about knives in general than I ever thoughtI knew before.I still know nothing.

Well she-at! It's a good thing I looked back in here.(vbeseg)
Now y'all got yer addy.
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Sugar in Gravy?? YUCK!
Y'all would be surprised at how many people in Oklahoma make thier cornbread sweet.Even the most popular redymixes have sugar in them.It's a good thing Barb found one without sugar,she was makin it from scratch.She pulled this mix on me one day and I couldn't tell the difference.At least I get cornbread more often now.
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Cornbread ain't s'possed ta be sweet!....Dagnabit gurl,whut did they teach you way up north in ....
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[This message has been edited by Yvsa (edited 19 September 1999).]
 
Yes, but you obviously do know somethin' about cornbread!


--Mike L. (not really wanting to start a cornbread thread...but what the heck)


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Real men ride Moto Guzzis!
 
Sugar in Cornbread is bad enough, but there's a place in Missoula, Montana that puts sugar in the country gravy. Order some biscuits and gravy and Lawdy is you ever in for a SURPRIZE!!!
 
Damnfoolyankees even put sugar in turnip greens! And folks wonder why we wanted out of the Union!

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Yvsa,
You put your finger on the problem - commercial readymixes. The stuff has sugar because it is designed to be sold to families with kids - kids who have been weaned on commercial junk foods and breakfast cereals that are so loaded with sugar that anything which isn't loaded with the stuff is actually unpalatable to them. Same thing for the chain restaurants - try the hushpuppies in most national seafood chains and you'll think you got something from the dessert menu, but the owners will tell you if they leave out the sugar the kids will start throwing the things at each other.
Berk
 
I like sweets -- one of the reasons my teeth are now falling out. I love a good dessert but I don't want it to be my biscuits, cornbread, Johnny cakes, turnip greens or anything else that is considered main course.
There is a time and a place for all things but some don't mix well.


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Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
http://members.aol.com/himimp/index.html
 
I kinda like sweet cornbread! I lived in Missoula for a spell Rusty. What resturant are you thining of?

Mike
 
Ok guys, stand back and let me show you how it's done!

When I was growing up my father, who's from Indiana, used to make us eat .... ready for this .... "soup beans and corn bread". You slice open a piece of hot corn bread, lay it on a plate & butter it. Then ladle some soup beans (I think they're also called navy beans) over the corn bread. Cover with sliced onions & sugar, and viola ... a dinner that would make a goat puke.

I do love corn bread, but to this day the thought of "soup beans and corn bread" makes me gag.

Dave.
 
Dave, thanks! Your post just gave me a good belly laugh.

We used to eat the same thing sans the sugar and I still do from time to time. Remember, I was a boy in the 30's and my Dad was unemployed for about a year and a half. We were happy to have just about anything put on our plates.

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Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
http://members.aol.com/himimp/index.html
 
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