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I cleaned the grease and rouge mixture out of the "Crazy Cho" Khukuri, and found that Bura had gone to great lengths to detail this one when he finished up. This cho was filed clean of any slag, and has been stoned to clean up the file marks. Chos are cut from one side of the blade, leaving a very slightly rounded edge on the side where the chisel is applied, and a sharper edge on the other, where the material is removed. This cho even received some extra treatment there, rounding off that edge.
It would be interesting to put together examples of the known cho designs, and their names, and their area of origin (if known). We have the "cow's hoof" or "trident", and the "eye/eyes of the dove". Bura's could be the pistil of the lotus, the trunk of Ganesh, or anything else the imagination can scrounge up, but input from the kamis would be interesting (unless it is "You make too much of this - it is just a knife with a cho"). Hard for them to understand, I know, but if we didn't "make to much of this", they would still be making tourist blades. The finer the craftsmanship, and the craftsmen, the more attention they attract from those who appreciate their talents and their history.
It would be interesting to put together examples of the known cho designs, and their names, and their area of origin (if known). We have the "cow's hoof" or "trident", and the "eye/eyes of the dove". Bura's could be the pistil of the lotus, the trunk of Ganesh, or anything else the imagination can scrounge up, but input from the kamis would be interesting (unless it is "You make too much of this - it is just a knife with a cho"). Hard for them to understand, I know, but if we didn't "make to much of this", they would still be making tourist blades. The finer the craftsmanship, and the craftsmen, the more attention they attract from those who appreciate their talents and their history.
