Kailash mini-Khukuri journey from start to finish

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My journey to a Kailash mini-khukuri began with this vid from Rocky Handsome appearing on my YouTube feed.

I have always wanted a khukuri but never got around to getting one and that video reignited the fire so to speak. After doing extensive research, getting some recommendations, and experiencing Kailash’s legendary customer service first hand (as you will see below), I placed my order for a mini.


It still boggles my mind how Kailash can provide such service with work in progress pics and provide such a great product at their prices!


I have asked Kailash for permission to share their emails and they have graciously granted it so here we go with my journey…


I love the way they signed it “from the top of the world”

Based on this, I went with the performance grind. Here are the full specs.

Here we go with the first in progress update!

Rotated for a better perspective

Second update

A lot closer to completion by the third update

Cropped the pic a bit

I also took the liberty of mocking up how it might look next to my full size Himalayan Import WWII…we will see how close I was in my estimate

Final update on the sheath making process

 

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And it arrived today! Just 2-3 days to get to Canada from India! Great packaging as well! Even that is professional and artistic

Package within a package!

Still some layers to go

And here it is!

Feels great in the hand. I am glad I got the largest handle option

Beautiful horn

Ok let’s see how the size really compares to the WWII

And compared to my Cold Steel Trainer

A recap of the journey

So far I love it!

Thank you Kailash! I plan to get a Salyani next.


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[Kailash Blades]

An awesome run through of the process from start to finish! Thanks so much for sharing your experience.
The movie looks awesome- trust India to remake Man From Nowhere and call it "Rocky Handsome" haha

 

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thank you! it was such a great experience and i really like the finished product!

Yes, it was astonishing how Rocky Handsome was a scene-for-scene remake of the original. Usually remakes are "inspired" but this one really replicated every scene. I watched the two back to back and have never seen anything like that lol.

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[Kailash Blades]

Glad to hear we've nailed it then
It's not a common way to make a movie that's for sure. I've seen some localisations of foreign films but usually there are some liberties taken, especially with the cultural references. I was recently learning about a movie called funny games which was first made in the netherlands then was remade shot for shot 10 years later by the same director but with an american location and crew. From what I hear the movie is a pretty excruciating watch but the idea is cool for sure