Hanshe 18"@ 19 oz

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That's 1.05 oz per inch folks. A fast and sturdy bushwhacker.
This is the knife to take along when you go blackberry picking.






 
Shinook said:
That looks great!! I love the gracefull curve, and the weight!!
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+1 Looks like a Gurkha's dream knife in an excellent fighting weight according to what I've read. Beautiful yet battle ready.


Here's something very interesting for you GoodStuff. In an April 2005 thread about "The Myth of the Hanshee" in Ethnographic Arms & Armour Spiral said:
During our visit to Nepal we elicited the information that confirmed some of our previous thoughts, namely that Hanshee is a miss pronounced version of hansiya the ladies sickle used for cutting crops (below pictures).
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Pictures from the post by Spiral

And "The so called Hanshee is refered to in Nepal as a hand & a half sirupate & double hand sirupate, depending on the length of handle, In Nepali these are Hatrayadha Sirupate & Doharohat Sirupate, respectivly } Further qualifying would be the use of angled , straight , crescent or curved blade.
Sometimes in conversation for simplicity they just say sirupate."

Maybe some people believe the larger "Hanshee Kukri" is the tool that is used for farm work, grass cutting work, or in your case Blackberry picking because of the confusing in terms. But actually Hanshee is a mispronunciation of a version of Hansiya (the sickle). So I'm thinking you might have thought this since the sickle is a much better tool for your intended purpose of berry picking. Is this right? Maybe you wanted the better Hansiya or Nepali sickle?
 
sweetcostarica said:
+1 Is this right? Maybe you wanted the better Hansiya or Nepali sickle?
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I had no idea bout the names. I wanted a curved lightweight knife good for cutting briars, weeds, and other sub 1" vegetation. The sickle shape is just the natural lightweight version of the kukri design in general to me. Kinda like the siru, but a curve rather than a elbow shape. The curve definitely makes it a good farm weed whacker though, but that just seemed obvious to me. I knew nothing about the Hansiya..

So, Uncle Bill actually invented the term to describe a more curved sickle like sirupate? - That is pretty cool.
 
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No problem just checking because it is an interesting tool with a neat past, actually both the Hanshee and Haniya.
 
sweetcostarica said:
No problem just checking because it is an interesting tool with a neat past, actually both the Hanshee and Haniya.
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Now that i have a hanshe and GRS, the gentle curve of the spine drop is what like the best about it. My GRS feels great in the hand, my BAS, is good but the GRS is better. (to me)
but my GRS is 17" vs the BAS @ 16.5" so not a direct comparison. But all in all, the smooth curves always rock. That old Ganga Ram knew what he was doing for sure.

I think there is another old sickle design like the hanshe that has a name, (was a farm sickle kuk for cutting wheat i think...) but i cannot seem to google for it.
 
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