How you use your Kukuri?

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macondas

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Today I took in the papers that the Moderator kindly sent me about HI kukuri's, along with some of the pics that I've shamelessly copied from this forum to work. Specifically to share with a fellow there that has tastes in tools similar to my own. Of course he went Gaa Gaa over what he saw. I told him that I had one coming in and that he'd be happy to let him try it out once I'd had a chance to work with the Sirupti.

The first question that he asked me is "How do they throw?"

That got me to thinking, an inherently dangerous thing, safe only because it takes a great deal of time for a complete thought to surface, "I wonder what else people use these things for?"

Can anyone help? How throwable are they? Would you throw yours? (He won't throw MINE if I can help it). Do you have any other uses for yours that are out of the ordinary? has anyone dug their gardens out with their Kukuri's?
He also asked what handgun went well with a kukri..... <sigh>

Jim in Louisville

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"I wonder what else people use these things for?"
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Jim, like the joke about the gorilla sitting anywhere he wants, you'll find that there are few limitations. As to throwing them, I do not recommend it. Although you probably wouldn't do serious damage to the tip and there is almost no chance of the blade itself being damaged, the butt caps and handles might not hold up so well. OK, disclaimers aside, I've thrown my 18" WWII numerous times w/no ill effects & a great deal of satisfaction.
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Regarding more mundane work, I recently had a need to cut a rectangular section of clay to accept cinder blocks for under the tongue of a trailer. I had a mattock & spade at my disposal but, since the trailer was on a hillside, I wanted to remove a section of clay that would precisely fit the cinder blocks. WWII to the rescue -- it cut cleanly through the clay & roots, giving me exactly the hole I wanted. It cleaned up easily afterwards & required only a few swipes with the Chakma to restore the edge.

Welcome to the club. I'd be willing to wager that your Sirupati will be only the first of your HI khukuris.

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Jim :

"How do they throw?"
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I have done half rotation throws and no rotation throws. The no rotation ones are much safter on the khukuri impact wise (no chance of handle shots) but are harder grip wise as the double tapered khukuri handle is not well suited to smooth releases. The half rotation throws are much easier to do grip wise but it is possible to ram the handle off of the target if you don't have much experience. On the positive side, the heavier ones set quite easily due to the large mass, you don't have to put much force into it.

I don't see a problem doing larger distance throws, however unless you are really good (which I am not) there are going to be a couple of mis-fires until you get the distance down to match the rotations. This means that you want a soft target outer layer so that the handle will not be subjected to much stress and of course the tip will penetrate through this quite easily. When I did this on a regular basis a few years ago I used a couple of large matresses and did it where the ground was really soft in case the bounce sent the knife off the matress.

If I got curious about it again, I would simply ask Bill to keep an eye out for the ugliest villager model and use that to practice on.

-Cliff
 
I would think that a .455 Webley revolver would go best with a Khukuri. However, I
have found that a Sig P220 works very well.

--Mike L.


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I hate to be obvious but.... My Nepali 15"AK goes quite well with my Bulgarian 16" AK. They are both tough as nails, deadly as sin and built to get the job done no matter what!

I use my AK (edged version) for whatever I want. Chopping, hacking, cleaving, slicing, dicing, prying, smashing, whacking, digging, and if you have something to sink it into, it makes a good step. Every attempt I have made to defeat this knife has failed!

Mike
 
There was a thread quoting from a book that described Gurkhas throwing their khuks and betting on the outcome. Someone will remember it.

If I were to throw one, I'd buy one or more cheap Atlanta Cutlery ones to heave.

And I'm NOT going to start matching up knives, pistols, and longarms. That way lies obsession leading to madness. The last vacation, though, a Beretta 950 .25 w/ 4" bbl. ( ok, it is a preban threaded aftermarket bbl. ), and 12" sirupati were in one case, and an S&W model 58 M&P 41 mag 4" bbl., and a 19" Sirupati bladed chainpuri handled villager were in another.

Arrrgh--- OK, ( forward curving ) Sun, Moon and Stars with my nickeled 8" bbl Python Target 38 spl., 16 1/2" WWII with tanker garand or maybe thompson, tilt! tilt! tilt!

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As to combos, last weekend found me traipsing about with an 18" WWII & a skeleton-stocked AR-7. Let's see... If I were to remove the barrel shroud, the WWII might actually outweigh the AR.
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They took my medication off the market Uncle Bill. The government found out the side effects were too much fun!

And, they're coming to take me away ha ha,

They're coming to take me away ho ho hee hee,

To the Happy Home, where life is beautiful all the time, and I'll be glad to see all those nice young men in their clean white coats....
 
I like to pack one of my AKs with my Mini-14 with the aimpoint scope. The Desert Eagle .50 magnum looks very impressive along side the 15" AK too. Also, the Sirupati's can be put almost anywhere, especially the 12"er. Good combo any which way.
 
I generally do two things with my khukuris:
1) Chase my dogs around the house screaming things in a high-pitched, nonsensical voice.
2) Go out in the backyard and hack away at a log for, according to my fiance "no apparent reason".

I also used a khukuri to bury some poor little bunnies that had been attacked and murdered in my backyard by some vicious nocturnal hunter. That wasn't fun at all.

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I was reading some of the archieves last night and started to bring up one of the old threads and then thought better of it.I miss Cobalt too.
It seems that Rusty doesn't need near as much medicine when Cobalt is gone.
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I hope Cobalt stays safe and returns home to his wife and new baby soon!

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The .50 magnum handgun always gathers attention uncle Bill, but the next time I go to the range i'm gonna pull out the 15" AK. The only thing is the shooters will think i'm crazy! The khukuri looks more devastating than anything else around. "Maybe somebody may be interested in one."
 
Interesting point, Jay.

When Paul Copher was on special assignment in Lebanon with the UN his group got into the midst of some anti-UN, anti US demonstrators and things got very sticky in a hurry. All the UN troops pulled out auto weapons, got out of vehicles, pointed and nothing happened. Paul finally drew his 15 inch AK which has been with him for almost 10 years now, waved it over his head, and all the demonstrators took off running.

Paul found it very entertaining and amusing that auto weapons did nothing but the AK saved the day but explained that in the middle east there is often more respect shown for a fierce blade than a gun.



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