Does anyone know kukri of Khukuri House ?

They are cheaper than HI or Tora - maybe. Check shipping. Consider cost if a return is required.

By the way, while price and quality are not in a 1-to-1 relationship, there is generally a reason why things are cheaper and that reason is perceived value or consistency of value. Perceptions MAY be wrong, but there is a consensus that HI or Tora khukuri are superior to KH.

Not to say that a KH khuk might not be a perfectly workable tool.

Deals are available on HI products if you hang around the HI forum here.

Good luck.
 
I am partial to HI as are many here, though I only own one (so far!). To be fair I have heard decent to good things about Kukri House, that they offer sturdy stuff and good value. But ask yourself why does HI have such devotees--there is a reason, their stuff is VERY good, hand forged, etc, and they just plain have character.

And HI is devoted to paying the kamis/makers fair prices for their products, this is an important thing; Nepal is extremely poor. The cost of an HI (IMO) is born out in its quality, plus the guy that makes it is paid decently. Yangdu and the others working at HI certainly aren't making enormous profits on what they are charging. Plus Yangdu (hope I am spelling correctly?) is super to deal with.

But by all means try a Kukri House, many have said they bought an inexpensive Kukri because they were curious or just liked the shape and once bitten by the bug collected many from HI and elsewhere. I myself started out with a humble CS kukri-shape machete. Enjoy whatever you get!
 
ive found shipping and quality control on kh to be a factor in my qoing with HI..plus customer service is tops(no experience with tora)..
 
KH offers very good quality working knives, but final finishing is not quite up to the standards required by HI. If you are a collector, HI is great, if you use your knives KH is great.
Beware of ordering directly from Nepal, unless you order in bulk and receive a bunch at once, you will pay through the nose for shipping and brokerage charges.
 
I have got a WWII from HI,a Survival 12" from Khukuri house and a Mini Jungle form Nepalese Khukuri House

The one from Khukuri house is the best

Finish is great,the sheath rocks and it´s damn sharp

No need to get overpriced Kukris from HI !


By the way,KH is the official khukuri supplier to the British Gurkhas
 
As a yard stick, one usually get's what one pay's for.
And cheap pricing usually means less attention to details of the end product.
Usually it translate to less than perfect grinds and finishing.
Then there is that thing with blade handling in the form of having a preffered ratio of weight or handling "balance" for optimum cutting pleasure.
Let's put it this way, KH produces fine tools. Just stay clear of Indian made khukris (even though the wartime favorites were Indian made) because Nepal as said is a poor nation. Domestic Nepali made khukris are at worst still a highly sought after Nepali product.
But if you're expecting a perfect khukri, look elsewhere.
 
some indian khukuris are selling for a low price, is it feasible to get someone to do a proper HT on those? It could work out to be a good tool.
 
I bought a box full of Khukuri House knives when I first found out about them. One of them is the infamous Buff's Head khukuri. Almost four foot long and has to be 10 pounds!. I have no doubt that it will cut a person in half, or remove the head of a buffalo calf in one stroke.

Compared to HI, the fit and finish is more variable. Some are just excellent examples of the knife workers art. A couple of the knives had smaller grips than I liked. But really none were bad, all were quite usable.

I have one compliant. The glues used in the Nepalese knives are made from boiled tree sap. I have busted loose any number of butt caps on the hidden tang khukuris, and broke loose the slab handles on the panawals. In both cases I carefully, and spent a couple of days doing this, used modern epoxy glues to glue everything together. And with modern glues, nothing is getting loose ever again.

Bill Martino used to purchase Khukuri’s from the same “factory” as Khukuri House and Ghurka House. Ghurka House then got in on the business and that must have driven Bill nuts. Incidentally I have the Ghurka House video on the making of khukuri's. A bunch of craftsman were involved in making a khukuri. The buyers in the Ghurka House video are the men operating Khukuri House. I have a couple of early HI’s, and they are definitely from the same group of workman. Bill had someone pick the best out of that factory and charged $175.00 for them.

Later HI khukuris are excellent as a class, but I really don’t know if it is a separate group of people making them. But it is likely. Considering the first Khukuri House khukuris were like $5.00 or $7.50, Bill was probably able to buy a city of knife makers based on the profit he made on one Khukuri.

Bill maintained that he was “extra benevolent” to his knife makers, but he never revealed how much of each sale was going back to Nepal. Without an accounting of his books, I always considered his benevolence is an unsubstantiated claim, designed to make his American customers feel extra good about spending extra money.
 
It amazes how some can slander strangers based on an admitted lack of information. "Don't know. Probably a scam."

Welcome to the "ignore" list.
 
SlamFire said:
Bill Martino used to purchase Khukuri’s from the same “factory” as Khukuri House and Ghurka House. Ghurka House then got in on the business and that must have driven Bill nuts. Incidentally I have the Ghurka House video on the making of khukuri's. A bunch of craftsman were involved in making a khukuri. The buyers in the Ghurka House video are the men operating Khukuri House. I have a couple of early HI’s, and they are definitely from the same group of workman. Bill had someone pick the best out of that factory and charged $175.00 for them.

Later HI khukuris are excellent as a class, but I really don’t know if it is a separate group of people making them. But it is likely. Considering the first Khukuri House khukuris were like $5.00 or $7.50, Bill was probably able to buy a city of knife makers based on the profit he made on one Khukuri.

Bill maintained that he was “extra benevolent” to his knife makers, but he never revealed how much of each sale was going back to Nepal. Without an accounting of his books, I always considered his benevolence is an unsubstantiated claim, designed to make his American customers feel extra good about spending extra money.
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For anyone interested in accurate information, there is a wealth of it on the Himalayan Imports website, at http://www.himalayan-imports.com/ You will find the history of the business, pictures of the shop and the kamis, and information about the khukuris themselves.
"and that must have driven Bill nuts."
"Bill was probably able to buy a city of knife makers"
"but he never revealed how much of each sale was going back to Nepal."​
This is revolting, sullying the memory of a man you never knew, insulting his surviving family and friends, and accusing him without a single fact to support your slurs. Unconscionable.
 
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...I always considered his benevolence is an unsubstantiated claim...
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I have a feeling you're going to find a lot of people who feel the same way about your post. I'm not saying you're wrong (though I'm having a hard time imagining you're right), I'm just saying if you're going to make such statements, you should probably bring something more to the table. Citing sources would be a great tool for exposing this Uncle Bill conspiracy, but I doubt there will be any to find.
 
SlamFire said:
Bill maintained that he was “extra benevolent” to his knife makers, but he never revealed how much of each sale was going back to Nepal. Without an accounting of his books, I always considered his benevolence is an unsubstantiated claim, designed to make his American customers feel extra good about spending extra money.
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And it wasn't just Bill Martino! Believe it or not, every other knife manufacturer in the world has also failed to reveal how much of each sale goes to the workers who made the knives. The conspiracy is far vaster than you had realized....


SlamFire said:
Later HI khukuris are excellent as a class, but I really don’t know if it is a separate group of people making them. But it is likely.
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Nah. All the photographs are faked, all the kami's marks are faked, all the kami's individual styles are faked, all the messages from Nepal are faked -- the only question is, where do HI khukuris really come from? I have my suspicions....
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Most folk, when they come to you for advice, want their opinions strengthened, not corrected. That being said, my blades stamped with N.K.H have performed up with the best of them. A 10 inch Khuk rides with me in the jeep and I'm not worried about breaking the 3/8'' plus knife. It is as tough as a tank.
 
SlamFire said:
Bill Martino used to purchase Khukuri’s from the same “factory” as Khukuri House and Ghurka House. Ghurka House then got in on the business and that must have driven Bill nuts. Incidentally I have the Ghurka House video on the making of khukuri's. A bunch of craftsman were involved in making a khukuri. The buyers in the Ghurka House video are the men operating Khukuri House. I have a couple of early HI’s, and they are definitely from the same group of workman. Bill had someone pick the best out of that factory and charged $175.00 for them.

Later HI khukuris are excellent as a class, but I really don’t know if it is a separate group of people making them. But it is likely. Considering the first Khukuri House khukuris were like $5.00 or $7.50, Bill was probably able to buy a city of knife makers based on the profit he made on one Khukuri.

Bill maintained that he was “extra benevolent” to his knife makers, but he never revealed how much of each sale was going back to Nepal. Without an accounting of his books, I always considered his benevolence is an unsubstantiated claim, designed to make his American customers feel extra good about spending extra money.
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Just as I consider your post an unsubstantiated claim.

And rather contemptible, to boot.

Think before you slander someone's name ... hesitate before you defame the dead. What possible purpose could it serve ... what good could it do?

Spend some time pulling yourself up and stop pulling others down. Neither you nor I ever knew Bill Martino...so let us both keep our silence.

Enough platitudes. Move on.
 
Mr. Slamfire:

You have insulted a man whose integrity was above reproach.
I did not know him personally, but I spoke with him on the phone several times and bought several knives from him.
He shipped to me before the payment was even sent.
I have never dealt with anyone more honorable.

I have no idea why you have decided to slander a man who cannot defend himself. I strongly suspect that you are aware of some deficiency in your own character, and are attempting to transfer it onto another.

Forum rules prevent me from personally insulting you here.
Therefore, let me say that it is my sincere wish that your maternal parent runs out from under the porch and bites you severely, hopefully giving you rabies.

--Mike L.
 
To question Bill Martino's business practices is to affirm you never knew him, Slamfire.

Bill lived in a trailer- wonder what he did do with all that money. Maybe the workers in Nepal could tell you.


Mike :thumbdn:
 
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