Originally posted by TOB9595
Fine bit of research.
Thanks
Tom
Hayv!!!! (It is true in Cherokee)(e-mail me for the pronounciation if'en you're interested.
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I also have found several drawings from the inspectorate of small arms Ishapore, dated 1965. As far as I can tell the Ghurka regiments in India do in fact seem to be issued the same model as sold by Atlanta cutlery. I thought this was an interesting bit of information about these khurkris.
I had and used one of the AC "Genuine Gurkha" kukri's for several years until I stumbled onto
www.Knifeforums.com and Himalayan Imports.
The kukri comes just as it's advertised and just how often does that happen in this day and age?
They say it can be filed to a sharp edge and indeed it can, but as thick as the dayumed edge is it's a lot easier with a belt sander of some kind.
It also cut through the wire like they said it would with the same results.
But it served me well until something better came along and I gave it away to someone who admired it and it has served him in good stead since.
True it doesn't hold up like and H.I.Khukuri, but they don't claim it to, unlike some others that has been here in the past.
I've pondered for some time about getting one of their "Assam Rifles" kukri's to play around with.
Take it apart, cut the area behind the cho down to a length like the old kukris, recut the cho to a perfect, as I can get it, circle.
Bend the tang into more of an arc, make a new curved handle with steel furniture and reassemble.
Then antique and more importantly "Age" the blade, recover the scabbard in a nice thicker brown leather and make a decent authentic looking karda and chakmak for it.
Then take pix of it and see if I can fool people as knowledgeable as John Powell.
After putting a current date and my signature on the reverse side of course so that it could never be sold as an artifact the way many Clovis and other important archealogical finds are done.
