Killer Kukri on Ebay. Fancy and different.

Identical "rare" items have appeared on this auction site before, as have axes like the one the seller also offers.

My guess is that the knife is really a tourist E-nep, and is about as likely to be quality tool as a tourist khuk from India, Nepal, or Pakistan.

It's true that E-neps of any type don't seem to make it out of Thailand very often though.

There is a picture of an E-nep at the end of the variants section of the FAQ, I think.
 
Rich kid's toy. Blade looks really thin. Profile is like a lettuce harvesting knife I bought for 7.95. YMMV.
 
The reason I think it might be the real deal is because of the mirror finish. It's just not worth it to take the time to put on unless you're serious about the steel anyway. Although, I'm not the one that's going to spend the money to find out.
 
Mirror finishes are easy. Good knives aren't. Run, don't walk away from this thing.
 
It looks like massed produced slab of butter steel with a chrome finish and machine enamaled (painted) handle. The matching basawood stand means that it wasn't worth making a sheath for this thing.

n2s
 
Maybe the Cho crept under the handle. :D Not my cup of tea.... but whatever floats your boat.

Brian
 
i think it's awful pretty for a display piece, but would not consider it anything more than a piece of art. Unfortunately, $200 is not within reach. I'd enjoy something like this, i love MOP inlays, on a Khuk it's just twice as nice.
 
"Educate me guys...E-Nep? Thanks."

Hmmm, nobody answered? I thought a couple of forumites actually owned one of these beasts. Here's what little I can tell you.

Here's a pic from the FAQ. The knife on the left is an E-nep. It's a Thai style.

ENep1.jpg


ID from review linked on FAQ
L-R
1) Thai land E-Nep 1 pound 2 ounces 19 inches
2) HI Kumar Kobra l pound 3 ounces 18 inches
3) GH Cheetlang 1 pound 7 ounces 19 inches
4) GH Sirupati 1 pound 8 ounces 20 inches

http://www.himalayan-imports.com/faq/Variants.htm

From the photo (& weight) it sure looks like it has a fairly thick blade. Note in particular, the presumeably decorative or stylistic cross-wise indentations in the blade near the handle, and at what must be about the sweet spot. If the blade is a user, as this one appears to be the indentations would severley weaken a thin blade.

Yet another reason to suspect the thin bladed, MOP-inlaid item up for auction is intended solely as a decorative object.
 
Thanks for the info. It's hard not to learn something new everyday on this forum.
 
From the looks of the handles, I can see those things moving at a high rate of speed from my hand :eek: :eek: :eek:
 
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