Help me ID this knife and its worth

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Beaglehound21

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I found this knife bured in a box, were a old house had been, I have found some info on it but I could still use all the help I can get. Don't know if you can tell from the pics but it has a Lions Face on the butt of the handle also the case is made of wood and covered with leather, there are designs caved in the Blade and the Case. I would like to find out more in fo on this knife and about its worth.
To access the pics go to http://www.picturetrail.com and use the membername: Beaglehound Look in the album called My Knife
Thanks
 
First impression is that it is indian tourist rape grade junk that should have remained buried.......
 
No intentional harm meant but your knife looks like too many other tourist khukuris that are ineffective as tools or weapons and are best left buried as I said or at best hung on a wall as a display but even that is tacky (Naff if you are British) looking. Best of luck Cheers!
 
First of all a belated welcome to the cantina. You're welcome here! What Pipeycain was trying so tactfully to say;) is that a lot of these khuks were made in India for the tourist trade and aren't of good steel. But hey, Khukuris are like sex. The worst I ever had was wonderful! Sharpen it, play with it, after reading the safety thread at the top of the page. (don't ask me how I know) Get a feel for what a khukuri can do. Hang out and ask all of the questions you want. Maybe after finding out how neat they are, you might want to try one made of good steel. Uncle Bill Martino who brings the H.I. Khukuris into the USA usually has a couple of specials each week that are very reasonable.

Stay and enjoy.

Steve Ferguson
 
Beaglehound21,

Welcome to the forums. I thought you should know that there is nothing personal in the reaction you just received. It is just that most of us have had the "pleasure" of owining one of those.
n2s

Here's mine:
 

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Like N2S said it seems we all have at least one India khuk. I have kind of inherited one. It is here and one of my Hawks is in Austin with one of my sons.

One thing you can count on at this forum. Most of the fellers here will tell it like it is. Don't worry they will give you good advise when you need it. Sit back and relax and enjoy the HI forum.:) :)
 
Beagle -
Just to back up a bit, and start slower. From your pics, the knife appears to be of Indian origin, and not from Nepal. Although some Indian Khuks are of top quality, many more are made for the tourist trade, for sale in the bazaars. The "Lions' Head" buttcap is almost a trademark. The best of these usually only come up to "fair" quality, and they are rare. I have one from John Powell (he even paid the postage, just to get rid of it :)) which is engraved only on one side of the blade - it was made to be a wall hanger. The homliest, unfinished Nepali village-made knives are far better users (by about 10,000%) and are much better values as they were made for people who make a living with them, by people who make a living on their reputation. The opinions given are accurate, if abrupt, but the differences in the grade of knife made for the shops, and the ones from HI, and Nepal in general, are so great that it is hard not to knock the "touristas".
 
Looks like one I purchased from an outfit down in Hotlanta 'bout 14 or 15 years ago. Took a file to it to sharpen it & nearly ate that sucker up......wouldn't hold an edge at all. I tried to cut a limb with it & the handle came loose. I quit using it; it didn't make even a decent boomerang. This one I had was strictly a tourist knife. If you are interested in khukuris, you have come to the right place. Uncle Bill & Yangdu carry top quality khukuris.....edges don't bend, handles don't come loose & etc. I tried the file trick with my first Himalayan Import khukuri & it just skidded off the blade!!! That was a long time ago & that knife still holds a razor edge & will work all day long. I use a heavier khukuri now for most of the stuff i do, but that knife has done its' share of digging, cutting, dressing fish, working in the garden, limbing trees & etc. At this very minute, it is in the console of the ChairWoman's car, along with a S&W. Stick around this forum & you too can become the raving lunatic the rest of us are. These things are not addicitive....these things are not addicitive; I keep repeating that to remind me that I have bills due! Santa Claus may be dressed in red, but he is Nepalese & his name is Bura, or Durba, or Sher, or etc. I've got the little one believing that his sleigh is actually pulled by yaks & he has a forge & anvil on the back.
 
The dust bunnies have an Indian ivory handled khukuri that is top notch. Yangdu has another Indian made khukuri she uses outside that has held up well. As mentioned, some can be very good and some can be very poor. I had one that was so poor the pieces went into the garbage same day I got it.
 
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