Kami Marks

mott

mott

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I found a thread a whlie back that listed the different kami's and their marks.
can anyone post an updated list

thanks all
 
If I can find some extra time I'll post one. Any artists our there who can do a better job than me? My artwork generally looks like kindergarten stuff.
 
Until the artwork is done here's this:

Bura -- cresent moon
Sanu -- cross
Kesar -- rising (half) sun
Durba -- flag of Nepal
Kami with no name -- butter lamp (variations of same)
Jag & Prem -- full sun with 4 points at 12,3,6,9

Did I forget anybody?
 
Answer is probably somewhere on the forum, but search function is not working... so here's question.. Why "Kami with No Name"?.. That is, is it just that no one knows his name (including him) or is there some other reason... Just curious.:confused:
 
As I understand it, the kami with no name is actually two or three kamis that work together on the khuk. I wonder if it is the same kamis every time, or if it is different kamis. :confused:
 
The KNN are actually three men, farmers, who are also expert kamis. It isn't clear whether they work singly, or collaborate, or both. The bowl of the butter lamp may be the clue. In one pic on another thread, the bowl is blank. On one of my knives, the bowl has a small, deliberately made dot (looks like it was made with a sharp center punch), at the bottom of the bowl, to the left. On another blade, there is a "/\" mark in the center of the bowl. We're guessing this is their "time card" record. They work for extra income, and go back to their farms for planting and harvest, and their blades are certainly up to HI par. My KNN Malla is one of my top favorites.
 
Wal and Uncle, On my 18" WW II the Kamis logo is a bowl with a "V" on the side of the bowl and what looks like the feather end of an arrow sticking up out of the bowl. When I say bowl this is from the perspective of the edge of the Kuk is towards the floor. Is this a Butter Lamp?
 
Gewi:

The "stick" coming up from the bowl, and the "feathers" are a stylized wick and flame. The butter lamp goes back into history farther than the Khukuri - as far back as the mountain people have had Yaks, and a need for light in their yurts. The Yaks are milked, and butter is made. Rancid butter is used for lamp fuel, providing both light and an air freshener (YAAAAAHHHCHOOOoooeeee! :barf: ) A basic butter lamp is just a bowl, with a wick, filled with sour butter. Those made for the temples are fancier, but work the same. There are antique and reproduction lamps on sale in some of the merchandising websites, as Buddhist artifacts. A search on Tibetan Art will turn up a few. I never get tired of Nepal - always something hundreds of years old that is new to me :D
 
You've got it right again, Wal, and many thanks for good help. We have a butter lamp on our altar here in the Titanic but never use rancid butter in it but stick a votive candle in it instead. Smells much better.
 
So then my WW II is from the Triple Kamis. I thought it was a bow and arrow at first, depends how you look at it. So many things to learn, and thanks to you Wal, Uncle and all the rest of the Cantina crew I'm learning a boat load of Khukuri facts and Nepal lore. It is greatly appreciated. Its just a great big Khukuri World.
 
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