Little Sirupati finds a home...

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My 12" Sirupati came today...way cool, Uncle Bill! I just can't find anything that I DON"T like about this knife...I put it on immediately and have been wearing it around the house, it is faaast out of the scabbard and I can present it with either hand - chopping grip with right, reverse grip with left. (I have trained a lot in reverse grip fighting, it may be unorthodox with a khukuri but it works really well with this blade length...
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It is such a neat knife...it feels like I've had it forever...don't know if it is the blessings or what, but it definitely has presence!

Uncle Bill, you were kidding about the scabbard, right? I had to put my reading glasses on to find any microscopic "spots"...they just look like a part of real leather to me, something with character! Heck no - you're not getting Little One back...
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On a scale of 1 to 10...a 10. I'm happy.

PS from TS - any idea who made Little One? The blade has a marking like two pennants on a pole near the bolster, and some writing near the spine...
 
Sounds like you have a genuie Durba. He has found quite a following here in the forums at least. The writing near the spine is H I in devangari (did I spell that right?)

I am sure that it is a great knife and it will last a 100 yrs maybe more.

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Life is short, art endures.
 
TS:

Sweet l'il ol' thangs, ain't they? They just beg to be held, saber, reverse, any ol' way at all. In reverse, edge out, they seem to say "belly, belly". In conjunction with a cane or short staff, they say "chop". Yes, if you wear it a few more hours, you can hear it talking to you. Don't bother DocPat. He hears it, too. Even the (ahem) researcher hears these voices, but claims they are merely sonics cause by air displacement as the blade dances. It is the blade singing to you. Only logical - anything that can dance that gracefully must also be able to sing.
 
Looks like we've got another Durba fan! His knives seem to "just feel right" and they are difficult to put down. Matter of fact, I was just wearing my BAS by him prior to signing on. Give her a workout and let that HIKV/"need for research" settle right in.
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Glad Audrey ( LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - you know, the one who keeps saying "Feed Me!!!" ) has lots of company, and growning.
 
Recently I've found how a small khukuri (by HI standard) is useful in hand, and attractive to eyes. Only 12 incher I own is a custom Ghopte (hunchback) by Sanu, but I can easily guess how nice a 12" Sirupati is.

Minus side, any HI khukuri starts to cry for a company after she stays at you a few months (in some cases, weeks or even days)... And very few people can resist it.



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Otokohadaremo yumenofunanori.
Shonennohinoakogare shinutokimade wasurezunidaiterumonodayo.
 
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Like a bunch of others here it still seems funny to hear of a khukuri the size of a CS Trailmaster reffered to as "little."
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But as Bro says, "It's all in the perspective."
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I agree.
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Yvsa.

"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
Will - handle is 3" with a 1" bolster. Blade is 8 3/4" measured down the spine.

Yvsa - Yes, I'm learning that what would be a large combat knife anywhere else is a small khukri...
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Uncle Bill,
The handle is small, but it actually works real well when I draw into a reverse grip from the scabbard on my left hip...little finger on bolster, three fingers on handle and thumb "capping" the butt cap. Works for me...
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T-Sarge:

Doesn't that feel natural in reverse grip? The handle on my 12" Sirupati is just slghtly smaller than the 12" AK, and at first I wanted to round off the top point at the butcap. After some reverse-grip play, I went back to forward, and found that I could slip the heel of my hand along side the point and not loose any leverage or control.

We had a thread on handles and grip methods back a ways, and Finn suggested learning the grip before modifying it, as something that old and traditional couldn't be all wrong - we just might not be used to it yet.
 
That handle sounds like Audrey's. Looks like it ought to be to small, but then pick it up and it's ready to Tango - and if you don't lead then it's gonna.

BTW, is the Tango finally dead, along with the swing, the cha-cha, the waltz? Though there's not much opportunity to use them, it would be a shame to lose their "class" and elegance. My wife and I were the goody two-shoes stick in the muds who never necked at the theatre or drive in. Must be time to get tickets to the Reno Opera ( lover - err, lower I mean - level back row ) and repeat our escapades as newlyweds.


 
At the OPERA???? Never tried that one. Was it drive-thru, like the wedding chapels?
 
Town Sergeant,

Do you grip the handle with two fingers and thumb? I am comparing it to Jim Hammond's Flesheater. According to the designer it is best to grip tightly with two fingers and a thumb. I am not sure how well this works.

Will

[This message has been edited by Will Kwan (edited 06-06-2001).]
 
Will,
When I train with a reverse grip, I don't grip it overly tight at all, with any finger or fingers. Not being at all familiar with the weapon that you mention, I can't comment on what the maker suggests that you do or don't do...
probably should follow his advice if he designed it.
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I was blessed to have been initially trained in blade combatives years ago by a very skilled practitioner, who grounded me in an eclectic style rooted in some basic Fillipino and Chinese techniques. We worked with a number of grips, so to be comfortable with a variety of weapons and ranges of combat. I was always taught to let the knife "float" in my hand, so that I could shift grips as the situation demanded. I was never taught to grip the knife with particular emphasis on any certain finger or fingers, except to make certain to "cap" the butt when using a reverse grip. I have since trained in Master At Arms James Keating's "Drawpoint" techniques, and noted that he taught the same "capping" with the thumb to avoid hand slippage...
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The only times that I can think of in which I train with a rather firm grip is with a push dagger, or with a very small knife such as my Al Mar Hawk in a scalpel grip...

JMHO (and I am FAR from being any sort of expert)
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[This message has been edited by Town Sergeant (edited 06-06-2001).]
 
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