gift for a newborn

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lal chatri

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guys hi
im sorry to be pestering again but ive just had my 15 grandchild
now i may have it wrong but what i would like to know is this is
it true in nepalese tradition that you can present the newborn a
small khukeri as a token to ward off evil spirits and such or have i got it mixed up with another countrys religious belives
thanks mick
 
If it's a tiny, unsharpened khuk (even wood or plastic), made as a toy, I could see it, but I'll bet you 20-to-1 that they'll just try to eat it!
 
i actually have one about 4.50 inches long kukeri that is :) with a brass blade and a buff horn handle i belive was once used as a letter opener thats why i was asking
 
Sounds perfect, whatever the custom! If the gesture means something to you, I'd say, do it anyhow.

This might be an interesting addition to a little "mobile," hanging over the crib.....
 
I got my nephew one. Now, granted he was about a year old by the time I got it to him, he still got it.
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Well, I got my first khukuri before I was in kindergarten (3-4 yrs old). My dad got me and my brother tiny, but sharp & fully serviceable khukuris made by his Gurkha units' own smiths. I promptly sliced open my own palm unsheathing it the wrong way despite how dad had shown me to do, still bear the scar on my palm. As for my bro, he sliced up a bratty kid's neck cuz the kid was messing around with our toys. Thankfully it was only a surface wound and his dad, a fellow officer with my dad in the same unit, took it in stride. The mom fainted. As for my bro, he became an instant celebrity amongst the soldiers: "this one's a real Gorkhali, already bloodied his khukuri!"
 
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