Khukuri manufacturing video.....

Outdoors said:
An HI video has been talked about from time to time, as I recall it.
We should keep our fingers crossed!

Pat
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I would love to have an HI manufacturing video, that is "if" it ever becomes a reality (in VCD or DVD format would be great) :thumbup:

Did anybody take John McCurdy up on his offer?
 
I saw this video courtesy of Dave K I think, at Gin's house at the SWKK. I would love to get a copy of it (legal is absolutely fine! :D ), if someone can point me in the right direction.

Thanks,

Norm
 
When Craig Gottleib was running Gurkha House, I purchased a number of khukuri's and the video you are talking about. The video is very fascinating. I have never seen anything else that goes from start to finish on making a khukuri, making the blade, making the handle, making the fittings, making the scabbard. Plus you get to see the kami’s cast an abrasive wheel from river sand and tree sap. Since they don’t use power tools you get to see the grinding wheel being rotated by a guy pulling on a rope around the shaft. Glad that is not my job!


The entire tape is copyrighted. Craig filmed everything, edited everything, comments that it was done in “someone else’s” old facility does not abrogate copyright. Such logic is opportunistic and self serving. And no, I don’t know where Craig is and I am keeping my copy.
 
The door is open (by demand) for a "new" video to be filmed on this dying art.

An HI video would be awesome, especially for those owning HI products, but HI's manufacturing methods are mixed in with "some" modern tools. This would not make it any less desirable to the HI afficionado, but it would not give the more historical look of the old (now defunct) Gurkha House company video.

I wonder if anyone could contact Craig to see if he would give permission for his video to be copied, even if he could make the copies himself, maybe charge a small fee for his troubles.

I just think that the video is such an informative tool, and that it truly needs to be seen and owned by all khukuri knife lovers. The first time I saw it, it actually gave me a respect for the khukuri that I had not totally grasped before seeing it.
 
JimmyJimenez said:
The door is open (by demand) for a "new" video to be filmed on this dying art.

An HI video would be awesome, especially for those owning HI products, but HI's manufacturing methods are mixed in with "some" modern tools. This would not make it any less desirable to the HI afficionado, but it would not give the more historical look of the old (now defunct) Gurkha House company video.

I wonder if anyone could contact Craig to see if he would give permission for his video to be copied, even if he could make the copies himself, maybe charge a small fee for his troubles.

I just think that the video is such an informative tool, and that it truly needs to be seen and owned by all khukuri knife lovers. The first time I saw it, it actually gave me a respect for the khukuri that I had not totally grasped before seeing it.
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well, you got the gumption, contact him, and anyone else that might possess such rights, and obtain them for yourself. at this point, i'm guessing you know far more about how to go about that, than many of us. go go go.

contact yangdu and perhaps she'll have someone tape things. hey, YOU could rent a spiffy camera, goto HI's shops, interview everyone, research, document, write a script. yah. i'm sure she'd love it :) then you can send me 5 copies :>

bladite
 
As far as asking Craig, I was hoping that someone that may personally know him may read this thread and do just that :)

I do believe this video promotes khukuri knowledge, and anyone that has not seen it yet will most definitely benefit from it if they do.
Again, I've seen this video, and would only like to see others benefit from it as well :)

Since the idea has been tossed around here for an HI video to be made, and since there seems to be interest in it, then it "may" be a good thing for Yangdu and HI if she has something like this done. Whether or not this idea flies well with her, is all for "her" to decide, of course :)


;)
 
magically, a video showed up in the mail and it's a hoot to watch how they hammer and make things. it would have been keen to have more background video the area, vistas, buildings, people, chickens (there's a lot of chickens making sounds in the background). interesting tools too.

now, i'd love to see the same thing for HI...

mmm

bladite
 
Bladite said:
(there's a lot of chickens making sounds in the background)

bladite
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I was just thinking about something that made me laugh...........

Just think how uncomfortable it must feel for a hen or rooster to live so close to a khukuri manufacturing facility! Many sharp knives being made on a daily basis, near chickens!............. LOL!! ;)
 
I'm not sure if the kamis would want a video of them making khukuris made. They might be afraid of a copy falling into the hands of a khukuri competitor. IIRC Bighorka is only open to visitors by appointment to keep away potential "spies".

Bob
 
I think that, for the most part, khukuri manufacturing is the same basic skill throughout Nepal and other parts of that world. Are there differences?........ sure, but the basic principle is the same, and that can be caught on film without exposing certain details one would rather not share.

If there's a deviation that one would rather not share, one would just leave that aspect out of the film. Just mention during the film when a deviation was left out, and why (for the sake of not sharing that certain info with competitors). As for the types of tools being used by HI, that part can be added in, since it's no secret that they have adopted the use of some modern electric tools and such (no letting the cat out of the bag there).

The basic hand forging of steel, hand forging of brass, handle shaping, blade shaping, sharpening, polishing, leather covering, component installation, and other common routines, should be easy enough to film without causing any problems whatsoever, IMO :)

Yangdu and her father could easily leave out whatever they felt was too sensitive to expose, though I doubt that at this point in the khukuri timeline there is much, if anything, that nobody else knows about or has not tried to do somewhere else in Nepal. It's more about what "they" (HI) chooses to do and use, rather than what the "others" (their competition) are truly in the dark about it........... IMO.
 
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