Interest In Kukri's Please Show Me Yours

JParanee

JParanee

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Of late I have been interested in Kukri's

I have been doing some reading and just ordered a book on Gurkas

I have read what my friend Bill Bagwell has written on them and he was very impressed with there performance in certain areas.

For years i used a Becker kukri strapped on a 4 wheeler for clearing trails and camp duty till someone else liked it enougth to buy it off my machine.

I was always impressed with it's performance but it was thin and did noy have the proper weight

I have a custom one that I have been playing around with lately. Seems my kids have gotten into camping and I am only to happy to oblige them:D

I love to study different blade cultures and the Gurkas I am fasinated with of late.

STeven has been his usual kind self and has mailed me a very nice traditional piece that I am anxiously awaiting.

So show me your Kukri's

Could be non traditional or traditional. I consider the ones from Himilayan Import to be handmade so I would enjoy seeing them also

Here is the one I have been useing as of lately

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oh Joe, don'tcha know, I love khukuris that's fo sho!
(only khuks get me bustin rhymes yo!)

I have a few, I'll snap some pics tonight, but for now, here's a little khuk I designed;

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Joe. I wish I could take a few pics for you.

I have been using an M-43 kukri from H.I. for a good number of years and my collection now includes several others. I can testify as to their fantastic performance in the bush. My M-43 was my main survival tool over several years of very rough living. I have used it for everything from basic woodcraft up to and including building two trappers cabins as well as many more temporary shelters.

Have fun with the new Kukri.
 
Lorien I figured you where a fan of the Kukri cult:D

Wild Mike I have read some of your stuff and enjoyed it

Mike apreciate the link

Please keep them coming
 
Here you go:

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I'd love to amass a collection of the great fighting knives from a large cross-section of different cultures one day.

Roger
 
Here's mine. Bought it in a market in Nepal about 20 years ago. The guy had a bunch of fancy ones he kept trying to sell me wondering why I'd want something so beat up so I got a "souvenir" as a gift and kept this for myself. I think I paid about 100 rupees for it which at the time (@ blackmarket exchange) was about $2. Best $2 I ever spent. It served me well setting up camps in my 14 years working in the bush. The blade is over 14" long.

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Great Topic..

Great Kukris

Here is one of mine...

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JParanee said:
Lorien I figured you where a fan of the Kukri cult:D
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never got into the cult, Joe, but to me the khukuri is just SO AWESOME!
I imagine Alexander the Great passing through the Himalayas leaving behind the Kopis he borrowed from the Greeks, and then all the mountain people finding uses both passive and martial for the amazing design!

It's so interesting how many current variations there are on the khukuri, based on the regions which modified Alexander's version of the Kopis for their particular pursuits.

I am a retailer for Khukuri House, or at least I have been- that endeavour is on the back burner these days- and it is simply incredible to me what kind of amazing value these knives are. And they are the real deal, not claptrap crap. They're generally likely in the 56rc range, although some spots on the blade are intentionally softer and harder- soft toward the tip and hard deeper into the belly, then a little softer in the recurve.

I snapped these shots this afternoon;

this one is a little sirupate which lives in our camping equipment
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this is a military model, a little bigger than actual military issue currently, but pretty much what the gurkhas were using to decapitate the Japanese in their sleep, (only every other man, so the others could awake to a nightmare:eek:)
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here's my chirra- three fullers, all forged in. There is very little grinding done on these things, they use files and then buff the crap out of them, or wire brush the crap out of them. I've hammered the hell out of this knife, as you can imagine. This is the REAL log chopping unit, but the handle's a little loose and causes some pain. I'm gonna give er a facelift one of these days.
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SO SHINY! I can look at this thing for hours.
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this mother#%*@$ is my favourite, has a 15" blade and is sharp as hell. The balance is outstanding and the weight is surprising. I almost cut my leg off with this little knife. Almost.
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thata boy guys keep um coming

Lorien you have alot of great choppers how do the Kukris perform next to some of the custom choppers you have
 
JParanee said:
Kamagong of all the HI's do you prefer the M 43
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I've owned at one time or another the following HIs -

British Army Service
15" Ang Khola
20" Sirupati
18" Gelbu Special
Baby Ganga Ram Special
Malla
Gangaola
21" Chitlangi
20" Kobra
M43

Given the handmade nature of khukuris, there is a lot of variation from knife to knife even when comparing two examples of the same design. But yes, I guess you can say that the M43 is my favorite. The BAS is a knife that can perform well as both a tool and weapon in a very compact and portable package. The BGRS is an outstanding tool, I was able to pick up the first one that was ever offered by Bill Martino and I would be well equipped even if it was the only khukuri I owned. The M43 is special however. It has the classic lines I picture in my mind's eye when I envision the khukuri of a Gorkha warrior. The one I own has a liveliness to it that my other khukuris lack and is the one I keep next to my nightstand.
 
JParanee said:
Lorien you have alot of great choppers how do the Kukris perform next to some of the custom choppers you have
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um, better:o By a long shot.


handles aren't quite as ergonomic because these are designed often times for the people of Nepal who are quite small, (compared with North Americans) who have small hands. Large handed folk would have a hard time with a Nepal made khuk.

Obviously, the quality of all the materials used is lower than that found over here. But it's amazing how much performance they can coax out of a leaf spring, and how durable their overall construction methods are.

But you show me a better way to learn a craft than through your father who learned through his father who learned from his father...all the way back to Alexander the Great:eek:. There is major historic mojo going on with khuks.

Everyone over here seems to love bowies and fighter and fighter bowies, that 'choppers' seem to follow a lot of similar design parameters. But there is no better chopper design than a khukuri. Well, except maybe an axe, but that's arguable as well.
 
This one dates back to the mid 90's by a maker called Roy Genge. It's S7 shock resistant steel with black micarta scales. You can't make it out from the photo but there are some very complex grinds on the blade.
Is this maker still active?

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