After all these weeks, I've finally remembered a question that I'd forgotten to ask, when I first arrived: Is there any traditional precedent for using a kukri with a lanyard?
My first guess would be, "no," because.....
A) I've almost never seen a traditionally shaped kukri with a lanyard hole (one exception, see below).
B) I've read one article on oldjimbo.com that asserts that it would actually be dangerous, on account of the knife's forward balance: it might actually come back on you, he thinks, if wrapped to your wrist.
On the other hand, I have to ask, because......
1) I've seen lanyard loops on westernized, tactical kukri like Cold Steel's, and at least one more traditional one (albeit on a competitor's website).
2) I have a lot of high hopes for my Khuk when I get it, and I'm bothered by the prospect of losing it in, say, a river just for not gripping it tightly enough!
So, I'd like to hear what everyone has to say on this matter.
My first guess would be, "no," because.....
A) I've almost never seen a traditionally shaped kukri with a lanyard hole (one exception, see below).
B) I've read one article on oldjimbo.com that asserts that it would actually be dangerous, on account of the knife's forward balance: it might actually come back on you, he thinks, if wrapped to your wrist.
On the other hand, I have to ask, because......
1) I've seen lanyard loops on westernized, tactical kukri like Cold Steel's, and at least one more traditional one (albeit on a competitor's website).
2) I have a lot of high hopes for my Khuk when I get it, and I'm bothered by the prospect of losing it in, say, a river just for not gripping it tightly enough!
So, I'd like to hear what everyone has to say on this matter.
