Finally got my replacement khuk's from AC.

Yvsa

Yvsa

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What a hassle!!!! First some gal who didn't know a khuk from a steak knife said the ones I had were in compliance and instead of following my instructions, and pic from here that john Powell provided, they issued me a refund!!!!
After several phone calls I finally talked to a gal named Jackie that was very helpful and understanding. She had a fellow named Mondi hand pick my khuk's after he called and said, "But they are hand made and are of different shapes and sizes." I told Mondi to pick out two as close to the pic that they have in the catalog and send them to me. He did and I am pleased with what I now have.
Had I of known it was going to be such a hassle I would have probably kept my first two right or wrong.:grumpy: :rolleyes:

I have a hand drawn image of the markings on the butts of the two new ones as well as the chos that I scanned and made into a GIF image. The Bhojpure has some markings on the spine as well that I included. Anyone want to volunteer to post the images in this thread?:)
 
Originally posted by ddean
Yvsa pix.

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You can ignore number two as it's the background I use in my e-mail program.;)

Should have said the second post instead.

The image 002 and the first one Dean posted is the correct one showing the chos, markings on the wood butt and in the case of the Bhojpure on the right side of the line, the markings on the spine.
 
Originally posted by ddean
Yvsa's pix.

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Thanks Dean. Should have said that first.:D

I'm like Dean in his thinking about the images not showing up, but on the other hand I can understand the amount of band width the images must take up.:(
But here's a direct link to the hand drawn images on the AC khuk's I got as well as the best I could do in drawing the chos.
Perhaps Ben, aka Beoram can tell us what they mean.:D
 
Hi Yvsa,

Looks interesting, guess they are numbers 0r dates, I definatly want to hear what Ben has to say!

How about scans of the kukris so we can all see thier shape :)

That would be realy cool! :D

Spiral
 
It's a bit difficult to interpret these from sketches. The problem is that if you don't know devanagari you tend to analyse/decompose the script into elements you're familiar with from other scripts (English/Roman, cherokee syllabary?). Like the one bit on the bhojpure you've drawn a bit like an omega (horse-shoe shaped letter).

But here's what I see:

on WWI the number on the butt is a '3'

I'm not sure about the thing on the butt of the bhojpure - it should also be a number, but I don't recognise which one from the sketch. Probably '1' or '9', but I'm not sure.

The spine inscription on the bhojpure was completely mystifying to me at first: and then I tried looking at it upside-down! and voila:

yvsa-inscript01.jpg


the first bit is definitely: 'shrii' which again means various things, but something like "honoured", or "Sir" if addressing a person. 'Shrii' is also the name of a goddess. It's hard to tell what it means here exactly, though I would guess perhaps "honoured". The problem is I don't quite get the other bit. It looks just like 'ne', which doesn't mean much to me by itself. Is there nothing following it on the spine?

if you can directly scan the spine or photograph and scan I might be able to tell you more, but these inscriptions are a bit difficult, as they seem to be non-standard forms, and they aren't consistent with each other either (I mean the inscription on each AC kukri seems to differ a bit from every other).

hope this helps some!

cheers,
--B.
 
After counsel from some here, I returned one "Bhojpure" - edge all chewed up. That was three weeks ago. I have sent three e-mails and telephoned four times. E-mails ignored. Calls referred to "Jackie in returns," who has never been present. Left voice mail x 3. They are apparently quite busy. Patience.
:(
 
Originally posted by beoram
Like the one bit on the bhojpure you've drawn a bit like an omega (horse-shoe shaped letter).

It looks just like 'ne', which doesn't mean much to me by itself. Is there nothing following it on the spine?

cheers,
--B.
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Thanks Ben!!!! That's all there is on the spine except the letters are seperated by the two dots.

The "Omega" shaped letters are a bad rendition of the shape of the chos on the khuks.:)

Thomas, Jackie will be able to help you if you can ever get a hold of her. She is the one who helped me and ultimately got Mondi to handpick my khuk's.:D
It helps to tell her you have been on the HI Khukuri Forum for some time and know what the khuks should be, or at least it did me.;)

Edit:
I did manage to snag myself a Sony 3.2 pixel Digital Camera so one of these days when the sun comes out I will try to get some decent pix and get Dean to post them if he will. Perhaps they will help shed some light on the inscriptians.
 
"It's a bit difficult to interpret these from sketches. The problem is that if you don't know devanagari you tend to analyse/decompose the script into elements you're familiar with from other scripts"

Thats what I did!

I find Its also a very true statement for a lot of other things in life, People, relationships etc.

Spiral :)
 
UPS truck just pulled up with replacement "Bhojpure." After I got the grease off, it looks pretty good. 17.5" OA.. Only small nicks in edge. Only marking on butt. A great improvement over the first 1-135 they sent.:) :) :)
 
Originally posted by spiraltwista
"It's a bit difficult to interpret these from sketches. The problem is that if you don't know devanagari you tend to analyse/decompose the script into elements you're familiar with from other scripts"

Thats what I did!

I find Its also a very true statement for a lot of other things in life, People, relationships etc.

Spiral :)
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Yes, you are quite right on this point.

I've enough exposure to nagari writing to be able to recognise the 'letters' - which can differ as much as roman letters do in different 'founts' or 'hands' (handwriting).


Yvsa -

actually, the 'omega'-shape I was referring to is in part of the first letter of the spine-inscription.


cheers,
--Ben
 
The hardness on these varies like crazy!!!! The first two I received were both nicely hardened up around 60 Rc. This time the Bhojpure is up there while the WW I is filable.
I'm guessing it to be around 56- 57 Rc with maybe a short area towards the rear of the sweet spot at maybe 58 Rc. It's still filable there, but a bit more difficult.
Doesn't mean it's a bad khuk though as some of the softer ones tend to be tougher than their harder cousins.:)
The Bhojpure also has a few folded areas with small inclusions that don't go anywhere.
I'm pretty happy with these two, much better than the first ones.:)
Still don't know if it was worth the hassle though. If I would have had to pay for the phone calls I would definitely say no.
 
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