Canadian Army Khukuri

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Namaskar Uncle Bill,

On the HI website, there is mention of a khukuri made for the Canadian Army Museum. Any chance that a description and pix be posted of this khuk?

Thank you for your reply,

Harry
 
Harry, that has been 8 or 10 years ago but the best I can remember we called the blade style a Dhankuta.

It was a special order commissioned by the Museum so it got special treatment and the results were quite nice. Bruce told me he had a problem getting it onto display because everybody who saw it had to pick it up and play with it.

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Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
Khukuri FAQ

 
Pakcik Bill.
Few Qs about the HI Logo Khukuri:
  1. That Khukuri is having a sort of different cho - Is that a Salyan Cho?
  2. I think it is a small Khukuris - What is the OAL of that Khukuri & what is the length of the handle?
  3. Is it possible to reproduce a replicate of that Khukuri for those interested to have one?[/list=a]

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Hello nephew:

In answer to your questions re: logo khukuri.

That khukuri was made around 1940 in Salyan. If you look very closely at the photograph you will see some Devanagari script. It says "Salyan." The name of the kami is not given.

The cho is unlike any I have ever seen on any khukuri. I elected to call it a Salyan cho because the knife came from Salyan but in reality it is a unique cho.

The knife is small -- 12 inches -- what is often referred to as an "officer's model". The handle is made of spotted deer horn. Buttcap is made of very substantial brass with engraved scroll.

Yes, we can duplicate this knife if we can ever find any spotted deer horn. Gelbu was trying to find enough time to get to Taplejung to see our profession hunter pal and see if he had any horn for us. Getting the cho exactly the same could present a problem. Nobody has duplicated it yet but I think Bura could do it. We might be able to do this knife in a bone handle but I shy away from bone because it likes to crack if it has not been properly cured.

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Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
Khukuri FAQ



[This message has been edited by Bill Martino (edited 21 November 1999).]
 
Pakcik Bill.
HI Logo Khukuri is a beauty!
The cho is unlike any I have ever seen on any khukuri ... a Salyan cho ... in reality it is a unique cho.
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A replication of this HI Logo Khukuri will actualy reviving this unique cho!
Yes, we can duplicate ... if we can ever find any spotted deer horn.
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To make thing simple why not use Buffallo Horn or Wood instead of spotted deer horn!
Getting the cho exactly the same could present a problem ... I think Bura could do it.
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If Mama Bura manage to cut that type of unique cho then I think the younger generation Kamis can learn the trick from Mama Bura! Otherwise that unique cho will only be a history ... it will only exist on few antique Khukuris! ...
... bone handle ...
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I guess bone handle is just not the suitable one - I don't think that I will like it too - but I guess a selected grade of Buffallo Horn or a selected type of hard wood will do a good replacement of spotted deer horn - and lower the cost as well! Anyhow, no doubt the spotted deer horn still go better for a presentation type!

I personally love to see one of this replication of the HI Logo Khukuri among my HI Khukuris collection. Why not ... one good reproduction by Mama Bura ... I think this 12 incher will beat CBKC in popularity! ... and HI will be the revivalist of this unique cho!
 
That was a very memorable cho. Will the kamis be able to make the neat fuller (the groove for those wondering) on the blade as well?

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[This message has been edited by tallwingedgoat (edited 23 November 1999).]
 
Just yesterday I shipped a khukuri to John Powell, a special order made from a sketch supplied by John. Bura had made the cho, a fleur di lis type, and he had done quite a respectable job. Perhaps John will post a picture of this knife. John supplied the wood for the handle, some sort of African hard wood (very dense and heavy -- cost $20 to ship it via express mail). Maybe John knows the name of the wood. I don't or can't remember if he told me.

If Bura did nothing else I think he could make the Salyan cho on the blades. Bura does the best work I have ever seen.

Bone will work okay for the handle if it has been properly cured.

Maybe I should order a couple of logo khukuri prototypes with bone handles and see what happens. Bone is great if it doesn't crack.

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Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
Khukuri FAQ

 
Pakcik Bill.

Make it happend - display the pix on this forums - PLEASE SHIP 1 UNIT TO ME! (I prefer the one with spotted deer horn ... it looks & feels very nice on my 12" Silver Mounted Dhankuta) - I think there will be more takers by that time!
 
mohd,
i am not so shure if the replacing of the spotted deer antler by using buffalo horn or hardwood will lower the price at all. Remember, you have to kill the buffalo to get the horns, but the best deer horn comes from sika and sambar deer from antler farms in india ( which is pretty close to nepal). And you do not have to kill the deer because they shed their antlers every year. Besides, antler is by far a better handle material than horn. More stable, less prone to cracking and, at least to me, much better looking.
And, if you believe in chinese medicine, you can use the sawdust like viagra. If you don't believe, you can sell it to believers for nearly the price of gold (which is done by the nomads living in the wide asian tundras with the shed antlers of their reindeer).
As nepal is not a long way from china, too, maybe they can get the antlers from india and pay them with the money they get from selling the sawdust to china.
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Achim
 
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