New Variety of Khukuri is coming

The internet is like a big village sometimes I think.

I noticed recently one of my photos of WW2 kukris is bieng used by Khukrihouse, with his supposed copyright on it! :D

Spiral
 
I can understand a kami in Nepal trying to find a picture to show what he was talking about. A business like KH has no business stealing a photo and then 'copyrighting' it.

If the net is like a village, then the village has a couple of crooks in it.


munk
 
Sadley Munk I think some villages do...

But in Nepal its all fair game as I recall Bill said himself over firms using Hi photos.

Silly realy they only had to email & ask me if they wanted to use it. No big deal to me.

Spiral
 
I've seen that curved siru before. It looks as dangerous to the user as it is to whatever he's cutting. Still wicked, though.
 
There was a single prototype blade made in that style a few years ago we called the "Rod allen Hanshee."
I got it because I was the ramrod on that project.
Of course, part of the difficulty was caused by a dog that liked to eat wooden prototypes.
I sold the Rod allen hanshee to a friend on the forum when I really needed some money.
IT had a very curvy, narrow blade, like a snake. the handle wasnt really long enough to be called a two hander, that was its only failing in trying to replicate the two handed weapon we have all seen in the museum pics.
That other company did make them and I bought one, as did Dave. (my only non-HI khukuri)
IF HI gets these in production, then I will switch over asap.
 
I will buy one as well. The combination of extreme angles and long handles make for interesting possibilities.

If this is indeed what I'm thinking it is, I personally consider the design to be a weapon first and foremost with only secondary uses as a tool, and not the other way around. Historical evidence seems to back up my observations. It's no good for chopping wood and isn't optimal for brush, but it works wonders on the recyclables and the straw mats.

The extreme curve does indeed make it a bit more dangerous to the user. I never hit myself with this one, but then again I was very much more careful than I usually am from the moment that I picked it up.
 
The original Lamebenda {means long handle.} {or hansheeee as some call such pieces.} Is pure weapon as Dave says, The originals are light as a feather, 1 oz per inch of blades not unusual, I havent seen them reaching even 1 oz per inch of overal length so far on the realy old ones even with 20 inch bladess.

They were like giant curved cut throat razors.

They usualy had ornate scabbards either silver embelished or quill stiching so probably they were high cast weapons, not for the foot soldiers.

Spiral
 
Shame on HI for "borrowing" an image from Tora Kukri without permission and thanks to the extreme efficiency of Google cache. Still, the phrase "Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery" comes to mind.
 
I've made a reply on the other forum. As things have been rather more civil here, I recommend that we restrict unconstructive criticism to there. The rules here are different.

I will be more than happy to continue this discussion at that location.
 
Thanks, Dave. Guys like yourself make modding this place much easier:thumbup:. However, this forum is open for discussion and dialog. Although there are a couple of places where this is being talked about (with some heat), free speech is not limited here. Personally, I think that all the bases have been covered regarding Tora and HI, but open discussion is perfectly fine here. Just keep in mind that this is the House the Uncle Bill Built. Muddy boots are to be checked at the door, please.
 
Like all of you I appreciate nice kukris and am fortunate enough to have this and a few similar variants from the "other" company. Really cool work. Still, I would love to get my hands on an HI version. I can imagine this knife with the HI treatment applied to it. Undoubtedly a slightly different design, with a thicker heavier blade, and a heavier overall weight. More of a distal taper, and with a thicker spine. Of course, not the light length to weight ratio traditional knife Spiral describes, but still it would make quite a weapon.

I was super fortunate to inherit the Rod Allen Hanshee from Danny, and it is a great piece of work. Another cool knife, and only two were made, was called the "Sher special hanshee". DDean got the first one in Neem, and I was lucky enough to get the last one in horn. Very similar to the rod allen in design, and I wish they would have made more.

I think overall the hanshee style is one of my favorites. When Rusty passed, the first knife I got from Gin was a very old Sanu Hanshee from Rusty's collection, and I have built from there. From Therion Arms, I snagged a very old Shop 1 Bura hanshee that is just wonderfully made. 18.5" and 36 oz., and a thick spine. The blade took a razor edge beautifully. You guys that had access to the early HI stuff were very fortunate. Not that there's anything wrong with what we have now, but some of those early pieces with a lot of handwork were really something. Of course, at 2 oz. per inch it's out of the realm of the "traditional", but it chops like a fiend and is a lot of fun. :D

Anyway, there were a few Bura Boomerangs, and a couple of Bura "special" hanshees as well, those with hidden tangs, so there is a lot of precedence for a big curved hanshee-sirupate type design from HI.


Norm

P.S. BTW, no worries Ted. I'm glad you caught the photo error quickly and did the right thing. Mistakes happen, and Copyright issues are probably as alien to Bura as a grande soy latte.
 
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