Kydex Sheaths

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Craig Gottlieb

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I've received several khukuris to include with the WWIII batches that are going off to Edgeworks for "Kydexing" and wanted to re-offer the opportunity to get ANY khukuri fitted with one of these sheaths. So far, I've received GH, HI, Unknown, Cold Steel khukuris - all sorts.

Price is $45.00 shipping included.

BTW: X-Head, got your khukuris. What is that khukuri made of (yes, I am stumped).

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Craig Gottlieb
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Craig,

I have no clue. Here's all I know:

My family sponsored a 20yr old Nepali student named Gokul Ghale who had been imprisoned for distributing tracts, Bibles and other Christian literature to others in his village (very illegal in Nepal, whose official religion is Hindu, and does not appreciate competition). Note: It's not illegal to BE a Christian in Nepal; it's only illegal to teach, instruct, or share Christianity with others.

To show my family his gratitude when he arrived in the States, Gokul gave each of us a gift that he had brought with him from Nepal. That khukuri was what he gave me. He said it was made by a young kami from his village that he was close friends with--he never could have afforded it otherwise. Gokul is from the Gurung tribe (the ORIGINAL Gurkha tribe, according to him
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), but I have no idea what territory of Nepal they inhabit, unless there is a 'Gurung' village, which would probably be a clue.

Gokul said it was forged from the leaf spring of an old abandoned British Army truck--that's all I know. The finish was pretty rough; apparently the kami didn't see any need to spend much time buffing or polishing. Because of this, and some rust that had developed on it, I sandblasted it a while back. I'll probably cold blue it when I get it back. The sheath was pretty crude, just two wood slabs bound together with wire and painted gloss black--no leather covering. I wasn't much impressed with the chakma and karda either. To the kami's credit, though, the khuk is almost perfectly symmetrical, has great balance, and the handle, which flanges outward at the pommel all the way around, is one of the most comfortable I've held. The blade shape of this khuk is somewhat unique, and I can't seem to classify it based on any photos I've seen. Can you classify what type of khuk it is?

Chris
 
Berkley,

Thank you for that link--That's really neat to see where my friend came from. He pointed it out to me once on a map, but the map scale was so small his index finger almost covered the whole country, so that didn't help much.

Now I'm going to find a map of the geography of Nepal, and overlay it with this one, and see what kind of terrain and climate he grew up in. He was a porter by trade. I would ask Gokul more questions but we don't see him much anymore. I think we let him down based on his expectations of what it must be like to be part of a "typical" American family. Anyway, we gradually "grew apart," although he and I were very close and I miss his friendship.

 
When is the proposed date/deadline for this?

I have a Cold Steel LTC, ATC, Ontario Military Survival Kukri and a GH Jungle (the ones the bugs ate!!!!) I would like to get sheaths made for.
The sheath for the CS LTC & the ATC could probably be identical sort of like the way CS did for the kydex sheath for the Ghurka Kukri and the Ghurka Light. Blade geometry is identical except the stock is thinner on the Light (1/8") as opposed to the big one (1/4"). They both fit the same sheath. Do you think they could do this for the ATC & LTC?

Thanks-
Orion
 
I know that it has been posted before, but what do these sheaths look like? I think that the aluminum handled one would be great with a sheath like that.

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"Clear a path for the Kukhri or it will clear one for itself"
 
Greetings from the Business Class lounge at Chicago O'Hare! I don't normally travel this way, but am on my way to London, and figured that if I was going to use some of those frequent flyer miles, now was the time!

Anyway, they have free internet access on computers (that they provide), so this is a pretty sweet deal! The bottom line is that since my flight was cancelled, I have an unheard of opportunity to sit back and spend some time on the forum uninterupted.

So, Berkley: Yes, I will post a pic of the khukuri. X-head has revealed for me the mystery. See, with the sandblasting that I know know he did on the piece, that explains the "aluminum" look to the piece. And now that I know the special significance and great story behind the khukuri, I know the kydex sheath will have a wonderful occupant!

Orion: The deadline for the first run of these special sheaths is "the end of the WWIII project." Although I have plans to continue to offer many of our models with the sheath, now's the time to send me your knife for sheathing. Or, if you like, you can send it to Scott Evans at edgeworks and tell him to put it in the batch. Just send me the check! He'll bill me for the sheath. PS: The sheath will be of the WWIII variety (i.e. we won't be doing any special orders on this run).

Matt: Search this forum for "WWIII" and you'll eventually find the sheath (or browsing past topics makes good reading too).

X-head: Now I understand the meaning of your forum handle!
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Craig Gottlieb
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