Hello Everybody!

I'm well aware of what the HI's were made of, Howard
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. Over on the other forum I made joking references to taking an old Russian military transport plane, loading it with old tank steel and bribing a poor Russian pilot with a parachute to crash the dang thing into the side of a Nepalese mountain maybe a mile or so from where the Kamis live.

Give 'em a long-term stash of metal instead of the poor dudes having to bus-surf Indian junkyards
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The difference seems to be that the cheap ones haven't been pounded on enough so that the former usage is completely "beaten out of it". From what I hear, your average HI *isn't* warped about 5 degrees or so - and that's ignoring beneficial effects of a good heat-treat, etc.

Jim March
 
Jim,

I apologize for misinterpreting your post. I must be getting old. That never used to happen when I was a teenager. ; )

I think you’re right about one of the differences of the HI knives being that they have had the *!@# pounded out of them in the forging process.

I can’t help but wonder if the decades of bouncing around the Indian subcontinent under a heavy load have left some beneficial history in the metal of the blade that is not removed in the forging. As I recall from some long ago classes in solid state physics, stresses and strains encourage the motion of imperfections in a crystal lattice. Perhaps some of the metallurgists or smiths on the forum could speculate on the effect of the decades of flexing.

 
Hello Guys:

Thanks for stopping by. Your dissertations on springs and steel is beyond me. All I know is if it works don't change it.

Bill
 
bcaffrey, Jim March, when Bill makes the offer "If you aren't happy with it you can send it back for a refund." True, but...

Yes, should you ship the thing back for any reason,he'll replace it or refund your money in a minute.

The catch is that once you actually hold one of these knives, you no longer want but need it. You may not know what you need it for just yet, but send it back? YOUR khukuri?

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Russ S
 
Hi Rusty:

For years in the US about the only khukuri available was one from India and the quality was questionable to say the least. Many people who bought these knives were very disappointed and the mindset was "any imported knife, especially a khukuri, was suspect. This has been and still is a major problem for me -- overcoming the damaged reputation of the khukuri.

I have said it in the past and I'll say it again, if I can just get a khukuri into the hands of a potential customer I can almost always convert that potential customer into a lifetime customer. You've heard that old saw, try it, you'll like it! Well, it works for us and you are just another prime example.

Bill
 
Bill,

Been hanging around in both places...
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Saw one of your pieces this weekend. Quite a beautiful piece of work. Smaller than I imagined but still bigger than your average camp knife.

I am curious, what do your customers use them for if they are not cutting through a jungle. No offense, I am really ignorant about the merits of the khukri.

thanks,

sing
 
Sing, you sound like me 2 months ago. That bent knife looks like my @##$%. But after having done considerable research, the merits of this type of knife are numerous. It can be used as a machette, it cops wood better than my axe, and of course should you need to defend yourself, this blade design is unequaled in the power that it can generate in a forward smashing strike or cross slices, etc. This type of knife takes the Bowie mentality one step further. Heavy blade equals body parts comming off, and this the khukuri probably does without equal in it's size range. Stabbing type of motions are not it's forte', but it will do. When you start practicing with these, you come to understand the amount of force that you can develope in a downward stroke.
 
Bill,

Welcome to BladeForums. Your knives are awesome and from what I've read over the last year or so - absolutely the best of their kind available.

I'm a little slow in welcoming you because I'm still trying to figure out how to spell Khukuri. I think I've got it now, thanks to you and the HI web site. Some day I'm sure I'll be buying one of your knives. They're a little too expensive for my budget right now.
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Sorry about the eBay imposters situation. Hope that is resolved real soon. We get pretty mad about things like that here.

Anyway, welcome and I hope moderating on both forums doesn't become too much of a burden for you.
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Bill,

It's my fault that Sing saw a khukuri over the weekend.
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We were at a kali seminar together. I showed him the Gangaola, and had the AK, too.

Sing, FYI, both of these were 15" pieces, with approximately 10" blade edge. You can get larger or smaller. The one with the colorful, styled sheath was the "Gangaola" and the other one an "Ang Khola."

As Cobalt said, they are unrivaled as choppers, IMHO. And make for excellent defense weapons. I even took my AK and did some whittling just for fun. Believe it or not, the weight of the blade combined with the sharpness and profile made it *extremely* easy to be precise in my whittling, even though it was so large. I could use the weight to my advantage to get a good "whittling rhythm" going. Yes, I was shocked a how well it performed even on a small task like that. I'm really starting to believe, as I get to know my khukuri, that it's one of the most widely versatile blades out there.

Best,

Brian.
 
Jim, there is no comparasion between those two in terms of chopping power I should have my plain edged TUSK in about 2-3 weeks so I will put up some actual numbers then.

By the way, you better use wood a lot thicker than 2x4 for cutting demo's with a Ang Khola as they will be over way too fast
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-Cliff

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Many thanks for intelligent, informative posts. With forumites like you my job becomes very easy.

Bill
 
You are right cliff. I can sever a 2 x 4 with one blow with mine and it doesnt take much more to do so with the 4 x 4. Usually the first strike cuts and cracks the 4 x 4 enough that I could easily break it bearhanded. Of course I had to practice to get to strike at full power since I usually go right through and the blade wants to continue on it's path of destruction. So I am always carefull that when I strike, especially downward, that the blade will not continue into my leg or hand. But you should always becarefull anyway.
 
Ah, you lucky fellows who have never had an HI khukuri in your hands are in for such a treat. Bill, congrats on the new home. I look forward to help spread that unique strain of khukuri virus: the dreaded Martino HI!

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