Magical Khukuri?

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white_feather

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I have always dreamed of owning a Randall Model 18 with the hollow handle and the sawteeth. I have visions of carrying it on my hip for everyone to see and having it save the day during the next crisis. Living off the land with my trusty companion. Then one day I happened across a Cold Steel Kukri light. Now it wasn't pretty like the Randall, more like the girl next door, plain and simple. No frills. Good enough to spend the rest of my life with, or so I had thought. That was ten years ago, the kukri light long since gone. Last week I saw a Khadka AK. Sent Yangdu a pm. Paid for the kukri with my visa and waited. When it got here I opened it up. I was amazed at its charm. It was certainly prettier than the Cold Steel. I took it out to do some comparison chopping against a machete and it won hands down. It is sexier than the Randall could ever be. For the longest time now I have wanted an expensive Randall over the less costly Chris Reeve because I just can't get into a plain looking knife with no character like the Reeve. To me the Reeve is one awesome knife but there lacks the uniqueness that I need, a personality so to speak. In time the Randall will age beautifully and take on marks and scratches that will remind me of stories and situations. I cannot envision that coming from a Reeves knife. With the HI khukuri I have I can already 'see' the stories that it has. Every day when I pick it up and look at it I hear another story about when we were out chopping a tree or saving the world from evil. It is magical. I cannot explain it, when I try I am at a loss for words. The people were right when they said that 'my' knife would find me.
 
Any one with the virus can tell You H.I. Khukuris are magic.
They're polished with magic stones.
Sacrifices are made to them, and for them.
Even my Randall is second to my Khukuri.
 
HI khukuris have always had a special quality to them. There is something special about blades hand forged using traditions that have been passed down for generations. While they may not fully understand the metallurgy behind their techniques, the kamis know very well, how to make a good, trustworthy blade. That those blades go towards providing for them and their families in one of the poorest nations in the world is the best part of the deal.
 
redvenom said:
HI khukuris have always had a special quality to them. There is something special about blades hand forged using traditions that have been passed down for generations. While they may not fully understand the metallurgy behind their techniques, the kamis know very well, how to make a good, trustworthy blade. That those blades go towards providing for them and their families in one of the poorest nations in the world is the best part of the deal.
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I have to agree! I bought my first Kuk while deployed in Iraq, and had to wait 2 months to even see pictures of it ( our two boys kept my wife very busy while I was gone! :D)

There is something special about these kuks, like they have a bit of the soul of those who made them, not to mention that the pics don't do them justice!

Thank you all who have helped to bring these wonderful tools to the world!
 
redvenom said:
HI khukuris have always had a special quality to them. There is something special about blades hand forged using traditions that have been passed down for generations. While they may not fully understand the metallurgy behind their techniques, the kamis know very well, how to make a good, trustworthy blade. That those blades go towards providing for them and their families in one of the poorest nations in the world is the best part of the deal.
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I too agree with the issues that you touched on. Among the HI khukuris that I have WAS (I will explain why I mention was and not is) one WWII model made by Kumar. Very stout and overall wellmade blade! The edge however was not where I wanted it to be. I spent about 3 hours reprofiling the blade. At a stage I felt it was right where I wanted it: I was able to peel even a napkin with it! The profile was a very gradual convex one. I thought that while this was exceptionally sharp by any means it wouldn't be able to hold to hard use. Nonetheless, I really liked it as it was. Then, a few weeks later I showed it to a good friend of mine and he was so impressed that he wanted to buy it from me. Up until then I had only tried it on napkins and I had also shaved newspaper print with it. To make the long story short, I sold it to him. As Easter closed by he asked me to help him put a lamb on the spit and roast it, an offer I couldn't pass. He proposed that we use the khukuri for cutting the lamb once it was done. I accepted albeit I was sceptical whether such an edge would hold up to leg bone chopping (the lamb was about 35 pounds).

The moment of truth finally arrived. The lamb was just about ready and everyone was drooling around the spit! Off to the chopping wood and I was asked to do the honors. I will rather skip the details about cutting the lamb as some forumites might find it hard; what I will say though is that the khukuri performed flawlessly! Even the leg bones were cut as if they were hit by a Jedi sword! After the lamb was served the khukuri was still literally shaving sharp! During the process, there was not even one case where a bone broke. Every bone hit was cut cleanly right through with the first blow! This is truly amazing performance! My friend was gladder with the performance of the khukuri than he was with the delicious outcome we had come to. As for me, I am glad that my buddy was happy with it, as well as, for the potential of the blade that I was able to take out of it.

It was said that once a sculptor was congratulated on his work of a statue. When he did, he replied: I really didn't do anything. The statue was always there, in the stone. What I did, was that I smoothed out the edges!

Aside from this, as redvenom very well put it

"That those blades go towards providing for them and their families in one of the poorest nations in the world is the best part of the deal."

Chop safely:thumbup: :) !
 
Things that are hand crafted with certain intentions are 'alive' with certain resonances. In this, they all have certain personalities :thumbup:

A genuine Katana, you can feel the honour, strength, pride, fierceness, and beauty in the intention the skilled smith had for the sword.
And I believe the Kamis have much pride, respect and passion for their works... And also to them the Khukuri has some spiritual connotations, no?

I feel the same way about my khukuris, especially my 16" silver mounted ak (by kumar I think, because of the star on the blade).
 
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