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Excuse the closeup of handle. This Kodak does not do well on closeups.
I don't know what to call this khukuri but here is the provenance and for reasons which will become clear Rusty has dibs on this knife if he wants to exert his rights.
The khukuri is 12 inches and weighs about 1 pound. It is 5/16 thick and is put together pretty well.
First the handle -- this is made out of elk horn sent to me by Rusty. He sent a complete set of huge anlers and Pala spent three days sawing the antlers into handle size sections using an abrasive disc that sent fine antler dust flying everywhere. Pala make himself sick breathing this stuff. When the antler was into handle sized chunks we express mailed it to Nepal at a cost of about $30 as I recall. Nepal customs wanted duty and Gelbu had to pay about $25, I think, to get the horn released. The kamis looked it over and thought it was too porous to use. This handle was the only piece they thought was fit to use. If you look closely at the closeup you will see the buttcap was formed to fit the contour of the horn -- the only khukuri I have ever seen made like this.
The knife is a collaboration between Bura and Kaka and they have combined their mark on the blade -- cresent moon and half sun together. The blade has a crazy cho for what reason I am not sure and the blade has the flat spine like our logo khukuri. It is a very nice rig and there is only one like it in the world and that's all there will ever be.
We will send it with written provenance to any collector who is willing to pay $150 for this one of a kinder. The handle shows hairline cracks which will never go anywhere, and, remember, the handle alone has more than $55 in it.
Email or call if interested.
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