"Made in Nepal" and serial numbers are history.

Pakcik Bill.

I love H.I. logo in Devanagari - I think it is the best logo stamped on Khukuris so far. I guess HI Khukuris are the 1st blades to have that type of logo (ie. initial characters in Devanagari) on the blades. Am I correct Pakcik Bill?

In my opinion any other characters other than Devanagari should not be there at all! It is just not right! Please - just imagine what happen if H.I. is stamped in Arabic (ie. alphabet Ha and alphabet Alif) - doesn't it look weird! After some time somebody might ask "Is these Khukuris made in Nepal or made in Saudi?".

The current H.I. Logo in Devanagari is not too short & not too long (superflous) - just right enough!
 
Uncle,
The HI logo in Devanangari has always been intrigueing, as there has been nothing else like it. Also, can we look forward to the return of the wonderful scrolled buttcap?
Leo
 
If you knew how the scrolled buttcap was really made you would NOT want one. I've held them at Bill's place in Reno.

Here's the deal: the *maximum* thickness brass available to the kamis is the same thickness as the current flat buttplates (same grade as used on scabbard tips). Follow? The scrolled version is NOT solid, it's a flat piece just like current in the picture above, but with a "raised edge". The interior is a solid clump of epoxy.

Problem #1 is that the scrolled version is weaker than the current flat. The good news is, the flat plates in use now are *tough* brass, they may be thin-looking but they're damn tough.

Problem #2 is even more serious: you can't modify the grip! With the flat plate version, there's no problem doing re-shaping of the pommel butt to fit your hand or make the "points" top and bottom less pointy. You can shape the wood and buttplate to whatever you want and make them easily match each other. Do that with the scrolled version and you'll get a nasty surprise as the whole buttcap piece comes apart, the glue becomes visible, it turns into an unstable ugly mess.

With the *enormous* differences in hand sizes with the blades going all over the planet, all of the grips must have the ability to be slightly reworked by the customer. The scrolled caps make that impossible.

Bill knew *exactly* what he was doing when he specified flat!!!

Jim
 
Jim,
Thanks for the insight. Now I know all the whys and wherefores of HI's buttcap methodology. Give the Kamis credit, though. They sure did a good job making that assembly look sharp. The 1/4" brass solution,of course, is the "gee whiz" way to go. You can engrave, roll, bend, grind to size or anything else- once you have the stock.
Thanks for the analysis,
Leo
 
Bill showed me a buttcap made the same way as the scrolled but prior to when Shop1 was doing the scrolled...it was an absolute horror. Mismatched seams, ready to just blow up. REALLY bad...HI never shipped those nasties unless it was back in the very beginning; the scrolled was the very best they could get the Shop1 guys to do and it was "acceptable" but had the strength and no-mods problems I've outlined above.

1/4" solid scrolled would be GREAT. The only flaw is that if you do any mods you might mess up the decor; for this reason, on "working" blades or martial-arts pieces plain still might be better unless someone wants scrolled.

If we go to a solid piece in 1/2" stock ahead of the grip and behind the blade (wazzat thing called again?) they could decorate the heck out of that without any functional penalties.

Jim
 
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