HI 28 inch Machaera. Pix. Take a look.

Bill Martino

Bill Martino

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It looks like a khukuri but I think this is properly called a Machaera. Experts correct me if I am wrong.

This particular one was made special order for a writer in the UK. It is 28 inches and weighs 3 pounds. Blade is 2 & 3/4 wide and 7/16 thick. The handle is Machaera rather than khukuri style. Karda and chakma are excellently done and 8 & 1/4 inch and excellently done. Fit and finish are just about perfect. Hardness excellent. Scabbard and frog exceptional. Carving very, very good. Overall rating 10 out of 10. This is the kind of rig I like to see coming in and enjoy shipping to customers.

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Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
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Making me drool, Uncle Bill! Sure looks like a Khukuri to me. Is it something you will be offering on a regular basis?
Always a pleasure,
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Very nice indeed !! Looks like you can also get a good grip with that handle because it seems to be a bit more narrow.

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Definitely a beauty!

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...the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives… (Joshua 5:2)
 
Thanks for comments. For me the knife has a two handed grip. For my 250 pound 6' 4" and up pals I am not so sure.

I'll see what things look like after the first of the year. This is not a good time for market testing. If people want this Machaera we can make a pretty decent one as you can see and we will.

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Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
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That's a very comfortable looking knife whatever it's called.
It's kind of strange seeing one that long and wide at only 3 Lbs.
The balance it has must be superb!
I bet that one would be really good on softer materials like pine and such,maybe even some of the rainforest trees and brushthat Jeff Randle runs into.

It is good to see the kamis branching out into all the different things they have come up with lately!!!!
With the decorations on the religious shrines and thier work with the floral as well as the fauna like on the Royal Banspati
I knew that things weren't all as utiitarian as the common items seem to be.
All people can see the beauty around them even when life is hard.
It is really wonderful when people can share thier outlook on what they see in the world around them by putting such art on such wonderful tools.
I a very pleased to be a small part of helping to make that happen.
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Uncle Bill,

I'm 6'5", and I think that beauty is almost big enough. I'm still stunned by it. When I brought the pic up, my two year old son stood and stared at the monitor saying "Woooooow!" in breathless tones. I couldn't have said it better myself.

Matt

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Pakcik Bill.

I saw a Khukuri BUT you called it as a Machaera! Why a Machaera?

BTW ... if I'm not mistaken Machaera is the name of a MA style from somewhere in South America ... ?

It is a beauty! YES ... NEPAL HO!
 
I think "machaera" or "machaira" is a Greek term for the kind of weapon usually called a "Kopis." That is, it is a generic class name for blades that are single edged and curve inward. This would include the above Greek swords and the Khukuri, along with the Turkish Yataghan, the Indian Sosun Pattah, and the Kora, among others.

See Rawson, "The Indian Sword," and Stone, "Glossary of the Construction, Decoration, and Use of Arms & Armor."
 
It looks long and light like a sirupati. Machaera, cool name for a girl right?
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Ruel, you're making regret not ordering 'Indian Sword'.
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Yes Uncle, it is a nice size
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6'6" 325 I think it would be a lovely one handed "curved machette" basically.

The carved grips are lovely, beautifully finished.

Just out of interest, what would something like that be worth?

 
The Machaera is an old blade form as ruel pointed out. It had a round handle rather than the khukuri type handle and sketches I've seen show the blade to be fairly deeply fullered.

If anybody wants one the price for one is $250 and it will come just like the picture shows -- carved handles and all.

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Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
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Dido Bill, that is one VERY nice khuk(I've been saying a lot of that lately, haven't I
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I can't tell from the picture if it has a sword of Shiva or not, though I do see a cho.
Would leaving the sword of Shiva off be like leaving off the cho - i.e. a khuk without a cho is not a khuk, a khuk without a sword of Shiva is a machaera?
 
The carving is quite regal. Any chance of similar carving being offered on standard style khuks? For example, I think an 18th Century or a Forward Curving khuk would be the cat's meow with a handle carved in this fashion.
 
... if I'm not mistaken Machaera is the name of a MA style from somewhere in South America ...
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Ruel, Pakcik Bill.

Thanks for the explaination. I made mistake in my posting! Actually I got confused with the words Machaera and Capoera! Capoera is the MA style from somewhere in South America.

It is a beautiful knife ... but ... it is a heavyweight one for my size (5' 4"); I just realized it when I received my GRS!

NEPAL HO!
 
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