Khukri carry options

the reason i ask is my cousin is on his 3rd tour in iraq with the special forces. was thinking about doing up something nice for him. thought one of my khuks might be a good set up for a vest or pack, looking for options. and tactical was the only word that came to mind

ryan
 
Rroundy,
Under those circumstances, I'd consider kydex with a bunch of hollow rivets around the edge of the sheath & a big belt loop. That would give the option of belt carry & multiple points to lash to a ruck or vest.
Uplander
 
there are a number of MOLLE compliant clips for fastening to modern armed forces carry systems. see the tec lock and um84 hangers on the leather and kydex sheaths on this link for relentless knives.
 
My daypack has a pocket for a laptop under the main cargo... it's zip runs down the right side of the pack.

I've carried a Foxy Folly that way, flat, unobtrusive and accessible with a quick zip- without having to open the main cargo top zip. Sheeple see nothing; I don't think carrying a khuk in a zipped-up pack is concealed carry.


Mike .02
 
My favorite way of carrying a khukuri is using the sheath provided.:thumbup:

I like to get it nice and loose so it is really easy to get in and out.

Then when I'm walking along a trail and see something in my way it is really easy to get in and out.

I have one Kydex and one "Quick Draw" sheath and I love them both.

The kydex sets close to the body so unless you are a real skinny guy with a t shirt on you will spend more time pulling the khuk out and making sure you are guiding the tip back in the sheath, especially if you have some blubber like I do or are wearing a loose fitting shirt.

The "quickdraw" is really much slower to get in and out of the sheath than the traditional sheath although once again depending on materials it will be SLIGHTLY lighter than the stock sheath.

My favorite hiking khuk I just use the stock sheath but with the karda, chakma, and pouches for them removed.

I sometimes hook my khukuris to my pack, but it's not near as convenient. I find that when I have it on my belt the path stays way clearer than when I have to take it off my pack, use it and then put it up.
 
Well the search option doesn't work for me but our friend Sarge, who is no longer on the forum send quite a few Khuks to Iraq and Afghanistan. If you can use the search function see if you can find his posts. As I recall he had a few pics.
 
rroundy said:
the reason i ask is my cousin is on his 3rd tour in iraq with the special forces. was thinking about doing up something nice for him. thought one of my khuks might be a good set up for a vest or pack, looking for options. and tactical was the only word that came to mind

ryan
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Tactical is the correct word.
 
rroundy said:
do you think a khuk is a good choice of knife for the desert. or is it too much.
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From old thread:

SylvrFcln
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You'll like this one Kis, it's got stories, from the rust pitting on the blade caused by the terrible monsoons that afflicted Nepal at the time it was made, to the time it bought me back my personal space "comfort zone" over in Afghanistan. I was in a small village, and curiosity being what it is, soon found myself crowded in by a throng of people. I slapped my loaded M-16 to let them know I was armed, to which they slapped their loaded AK-47's in reply. At that point I pulled back my DCU shirt and showed 'em my Pen Knife. They immediately reacted by backing the heck up. I don't know if they thought I was a head hunter or an "ear collector", but they dayumed sure knew that weren't no issue Kabar.


Every unit is different. Check to see if he can have non-issue blade of size.



Kis
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Kismet said:
From old thread:

SylvrFcln
Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Somewhere out yonder
Posts: 3,911
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You'll like this one Kis, it's got stories, from the rust pitting on the blade caused by the terrible monsoons that afflicted Nepal at the time it was made, to the time it bought me back my personal space "comfort zone" over in Afghanistan. I was in a small village, and curiosity being what it is, soon found myself crowded in by a throng of people. I slapped my loaded M-16 to let them know I was armed, to which they slapped their loaded AK-47's in reply. At that point I pulled back my DCU shirt and showed 'em my Pen Knife. They immediately reacted by backing the heck up. I don't know if they thought I was a head hunter or an "ear collector", but they dayumed sure knew that weren't no issue Kabar.


Every unit is different. Check to see if he can have non-issue blade of size.



Kis
enjoy every sandwich
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Kismet, before he left again he told me they give him a little grief for his personal choice of gear sometimes but all in all they are pretty lenient on his cutlery choices.that was a good story you related, i always wondered if any one in those situations were specifically glad of having tools such as these on hand.

he also said before he left that he might be having visits with people who spoke syrian.i guess hunting is good.
 
hollowdweller said:
Well the search option doesn't work for me but our friend Sarge, who is no longer on the forum send quite a few Khuks to Iraq and Afghanistan. If you can use the search function see if you can find his posts. As I recall he had a few pics.
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Hollowdweller, as of this time i do not have the search option but would love to see some of those posts and pics.if you ever run into them i would be obliged to you.

ryan
 
I've wondered for a while about how useful/convenient a front-and-center carry (as I've seen used in pictures of Nepali people) would be. It's almost a horizontal carry, with the spine of the blade down, in front of the user's body, with the middle of the blade around the midline of the user's body. In the pictures, the Nepalis seemed to have them stuck into sashes.
 
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