Cho...my thought

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Well as you all know I was a lurker...and will return to that. BUT.

I had some hard times, got sick of my family. I left.

I did take my Khuk...just didnt take the scabard.

The Cho in my humble opinion was ment to be a hanger!
Trust me with no scabard the Cho kept my Khuk hanging from my sporan very well. Maybe (I dont know, but have seen the full use of a Khuk) the Cho was ment as a hanger...so far thats the best idea I have heard so far.

As a little jolk. When I got my first Khuk I was told the two "little blades are for taking the eys balls out"...gee go fig

Thanks all
Jef

Note: when I left it was to the Alberta Rockies in December
Also I did come back..thus the righting

Bon Chance
 
Hi JJW. That was a strange post. When I read, "I had some hard times, got sick of my family. I left." I didn't know how to react. Almost burst out laughing but something checked it. I'm an old married man and the thought of leaving is there, (same way as sleeping with many of the women I see, or robbing a bank) but it's not evenly remotely in the cards. So I figure you must mean your parents house. At least I hope you do.

Personally, I vote for the blood stop and opponents blade stop/break theories of the cho. The fact that the cho is also attributed to intimate parts of Hindu deities just means those parts are useful and colorful. That's a God who really cares, man!



munk
 
I thought the hanging idea pretty original. You gotta bet khuks have been hung like that. I see these nails on the wall....

Lots of people thought they could have been improved as bottle openers...





munk
 
Aye, but those blasted "eye of the dove" chos make it difficult to disengage the blade from one's sporran when needed!
 
I believe it's more than just a religious symbol...could be there to relieve the stress on the edge, what with the blade forward curving and all. Whatever it's meant for, it's...

1. not a sight for throwing
2. not for drawing the user's blood before resheathing
3. not a bottle cap opener


And I kind of doubt it's meant for catching the opponent's blade...do you really want to try that against another khukuri? Miscalculate and you've just lost your fingers, or your entire hand. Better, by far, to evade or parry with the back/flat of the blade.
 
It is not neccesary or prudent to attempt to 'catch' the opponents blade. But if that blade should happen to slide against you towards your hand the cho might stop, entangle, throw, or break the other blade. This is all just my own calculation. I believe there are several fighting blade moves designed to slide against the opponent's blade and then into the trunk. Experts please opine.



munk
 
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