Khukuri as weapon

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The khukuri is useful as a tool, and some are more like weapons.
I know that a 12 guage (or Browning, or Ruger, or Smith, or Glock) may be a more effective weapon, but:
What khukuris are most useful for self-defense? What sizes and styles do you like for this purpose?
Which ones are your snubby khukuris for your pocket holseter, and which ones are your car khukuris?
I am just curious.
 
I sleep with a 20.5" Kobra next to the bed, and i have no doubt that it would cut an intruder down in a heartbeat. The thing feels like it lift a jaw right off someone's face if it had to. I have an old beat up 15" AK that weighs a hefty 26 or 27 oz. that lives in my truck as a crash axe. I wear my bilton to work on a daily basis for box and string duty (plus it looks cool:)) I have a strong feeling that my new PK is going to be my traveling Khuk that gets stuck in my pack for camping or road trips. Now i just have to find practical uses for my 6 or 7 others. my apt is starting to fill up:) good thread, arty.

~Jake
 
25" Ang Khola--cleave them in twain.
--Josh

PS--Don't tell my 25"AK, but it's actually an M-43 by Sher that sits right next to Mr. Mossberg by my bed for when things go bump in the night.
 
In the time I've been around here, it has always been popular to comment on what a Khukuri "says" to its' owner. This is a way of expressing the feel of a knife, usually the first impression, and it isn't as esoteric as it may sound. After all, this blade, in most of its' many variations, has been made for hundreds of years, and it should be no surprise that one or more of its' intended uses could be imparted on just picking it up. The most dramatic of all of mine was the Malla. First time out of the scabbard, it didn't speak, it literally screamed "WEAPON". The more direct connection between the point and the hand was the most obvious "first feel" - "I will pierce and then cut". Made for an adversary wearing chain mail. The Hanshee appears to have the same tone of voice, perhaps stronger, but I haven't held one yet. The Gelbu Special is my favorite "Fight with me" blade. They all overlap, but the original statement they make when you first draw one from the scabbard tells you where they can take you.
 
a Khukuri is a strong blade in any style, for fighting the thinner blade is faster and that is important, also a lighter blade to increace speed and movement. a good example is the kobra

Its the unique blade that makes the difference learning all it has to offer can take most of your life. I have spent over 20 years trying to get to know what mine has to say.
 
I used to sleep with a Busse Combat Mr. Mojo near the bed, but now I have my 22" Chainpuri by Kumar. Better reach, and if I swing it in the scabbard I am confident it will split the leather and still do damage.
 
I generally work on the basis that since I have no training then its a question of using a Khuk as a sharp club, so generally I reckon I would use my 18" WW2, then again, I have a siru on the way so that may change...
 
12" Sirupati ( named Audrey after the bloodsucking plant in Little Shopp Of Horrors ) that has the attitude of a piranha.

12" AK with half-inch thick spine ( named Graf Spee after the Pocket Battleship of the same name ). Thinks it's a bulldozer. May be right.

12" Royal Dhankuta - perfect for 007's cummerbund. Or stabbing someone in the back at the office party.

Better stop here, but any of my khuks, almost, would sprint for the OK Corral if given half a chance.

16.5" WW2 wouldn't be very far away from me though. And a 20" Sirupati rides on the other side of the seat back in my truck.
 
I suspect that it depends strongly on the individual. Like anything else, I'm pretty sure that a person's effectiveness with a khukuri is dependent on his familiarity with it. That means that for most people, the best weapon khukuri is the same as their favorite or most used khukuri. For example, Yvsa's favorite is the YCS, Terry Sisco's is the 20" Sirupati, Rusty's is either Audrey or the 16.5" WW2, and Howard Wallace's is the Udhaipur villager. They use those blades a lot, and could probably wield them with the same skill on an opponent that they would use on offending greenery.

But then again, if you were to choose a single khukuri and choose to practice with that, I think that there are some khukuris that would lend themselves particulary well to use as a weapon. The Sirupatis, Kobras, Chitlangis come to mind. So do the Malla and the GS. But it's probably all moot anyway. Because even a 12" AK is positively huge when it's in someone else's hand.
 
kamagong said:
That means that for most people, the best weapon khukuri is the same as their favorite or most used khukuri.

For example, Yvsa's favorite is the YCS,

Terry Sisco's is the 20" Sirupati, Rusty's is either Audrey or the 16.5" WW2, and Howard Wallace's is the Udhaipur villager..
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That was very true until I got my 21"+ Chitlangi and now it's my favorite "weapon" khuk.:)
 
Kamagong, good point. I reckon it is probably the same with most tooly weapons, whatever you use the most you will be better at 'aiming' and used to the feel of.
 
Of course, there's the idea that the best weapon is the one you have when you need it. Not too many folks have the benefit of time to pick and choose which khukuri they will use, unless they are looking for a fight. Funny, but somehow khuk owners don't seem to be "fight-pickers."

There's also the factor of which tool you can carry that doesn't alarm folks, or prompt LEO action.

Dunno. Just random thoughts.


Kis
We have so much.
 
Kismet said:
Funny, but somehow khuk owners don't seem to be "fight-pickers."
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Nope...Surec an be fight-enders though...
 
WWII is my long time favorite. I like my Sirupate too. I only keep them handy for home defense. I would be way to hard to explain to a jury if it came up somewhere else. I do keep a cane and pocket knife in my truck. Livin in Atlanta, I should carry my Sig 45.
 
I thought a shotgun and bow were required on display in the rear window in all trucks in GA... ;-)
 
Naw, not in Atlanta- but yes probably everywhere else here.

Can't display your weapons in Atlanta, scares the beans out of the liberals.
That and that fact that if you went into a grocery store, they would be stolen by the time you get back!

Wish I could make a good living in the N.Georgia mountains, I'd be a lot happier there.
 
Southerners don't keep guns in racks in the pickup, unless they are out gunning for Yankees.
If they put their shotguns in the rack, where would they keep their chewing tobacco?

Seriously, I don't get the "liberals" hate weapons stereotype. "Liberals" in Vermont elected Dean, and Vermont is the most pro-gun state that I can think of. I thought that Dean was a flake, but not anti-gun.

Everyone likes guns, swords and knives....radicals probably like them more than most of us.
 
I have nothing against liberals, I don't fit either category myself.. As for the connection between dislike of handguns and liberals, it's from a lot of exposure to corporate world Atlanta only. Including the liberal crowd that I know at Emory and the CDC that wanted them banned, but couldn't come up with a conclusive study to back it up. he he.
 
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