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Lokelani

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Aloha!
We received our first shipment of Khukris and would like to say just how pleased we are with them. They have their very own section on our wall and have been receiving favorable reviews from our regular customers. Thank you, Blackdog, for referring me to the GH website. I look forward to ordering more models in the future. Keep up the good work. I look forwarde to your documentory video. It will be played in our shop regularly.
Patti
 
Hi Patti,

How you been? Always a pleasure to see you here. How about posting a pic of your Khukuri wall display. I've been trying to think of a way to display mine at home but seem to be having a bad case of "artistic block". Any ideas would be appreciated.

Best Regards

Al

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Blackdog
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Patti,

Welcome to the forum. For those of you who don't know, Patti is our newest dealer - she's in Hawaii. Now I have an excuse to visit Hawaii!!!!!!

She first contacted Blackdog, who referred her to me (I offered Blackdog a sales comission, but he refused!). He's one unique guy.

Patti: Stick around the forums - you'll learn a lot about the khukuri here. And I'm sure as a knife seller, you'll have a lot to teach us too.

As a "welcome aboard" for our newest member (and I must say, I'm very excited to have a female in our midst - it really rounds out the crowd very well), let's offer some of our favorite tips for khukuri use, care and maintenance.

Here's mine: When chopping light branches (2 inches or less), use a "backhand" motion like that used when playing tennis. Due to the liklihood that the khukuri will dispatch the small wood in one swoop, the backhand prevents the khukuri from embedding itself in the user's leg.

Who else has a tip: Use, care, history, - anything?
 
Greeting!
Thanks for the warm welcome. This is a friendly bunch
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Blackdog, I don't have any way to post a picture just yet. Hope to have a website in the future. My daughter works with me and has offered to bring down her Nikon and take a photo. I can send it to Craig and, perhaps, he can post it for you. We, basically, have a wall made to hold long hooks ( for lack of a better word). We have the Khukris laying sideways on two hooks. One hook lies in between the "trident" and that keeps the blade from falling off the wall
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As for displaying yours at home, there are different size sword stands (vertical and horizontal) that work very well in displaying the whole Khukri. And, they are relatively inexpensive.
Chris~ Lokelani was a name that my other half had put on some jewelry for me. "Loke" means Rose (my last name) and "Lani" means heavenly/sacred.
Craig~ Great tip. Mahalo (thank you). I'm going to appreciate any and all tips that ya'll can pass my way as I am new to the Khukri. I am right next door to a martial arts studio and their students are always stopping in looking for something with a dragon on it. I think they will be interestd in seeing the presentation model that I ordered. The other models I ordered I have been presenting as a good replacement for peoples machetes. We have alot of jungle here and a lot of it is Kaiwi, a VERY hard wood. I believe the mainland version of this wood is manzanite (sp?). The thorns on this woods can puncture your tire!
I have been lurking on this forum for some time, trying to get a good idea of what the Khukri is all about. Reminds me that I met a few Ghurkas a few years ago. I had driven up to the top of Mauna Kea...just to see the view. We met the Ghurkas when we got to the top. We drove...they had climbed, the mountain. They were here as part of Rim Pac (international military practice operations). They had climbed this lava covered mountain in their tennis shoes! Simply amazing. My other half traded t shirts with one of the men (Harley Davidson, of course).
Thanks again for the hospitality. I will type at ya'll again soon.
Aloha~
Patti

 
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