Next khukuri for MA practice

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I was absent from HI forum for about one month on business trip to Philippine. Got some toys there, but it's not khukuri related by any means. (If you're interested, plase refer to the Balisong Forum)

Just after I came back to Japan, I had a luck to get acquainted with MA sensei, who teaches knife fighting/ anti-knife fighting techniques. His way of using knife is unique. He doesn't use knife like a stick, but like a stun gun. Power is used only after the edge contacts its target. Wrist action driven by full body's power rolls/thrusts belly of the knife into the target. His recommendation of knives is 6" blade with fat belly. But interesting, his most favoirite is khukuri! "A khukuri's recurved edge requires another technique," he says. "Recurved area is best for pull cut." He loves light, and short (in HI standard) khukuri with old, forward curving blade type like 18 century or Malla. He doesn't need a belly on a khukuri.

My amateur guess is, when khukuris were main weapon in warfare, the skill was more subtle and higher than that of today, for most of soldiers' training was dedicated for the skills. As they became sub-weapon, they don't expect any subtle skills of soldiers.

I'm interested in this thought, and wanted to practice MA with an old style khukuri. Is there recommendations of forward curving khukuri? I don't like hatchmarks as I'm scale-looking-things-phobia. If without hatchmarks, any comments are welcome! Thanks in advance.

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\(^o^)/ Mizutani Satoshi \(^o^)/
 
I would vote for the ghopte. If you can get one from Durba, I think you would have a winner there
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Ghopte
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Of course, if that's not forward-curving enough for your needs, you could ask Bura to do another Bura Boomerang,
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(AKA Big Mo)
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[This message has been edited by Berkley (edited 03-18-2001).]
 
WrongFriend, the 18th Century is the one with the hatchmarks. I'm sure Bill could get one for you without them. Or even get Sanu to forge in some other images.

You could always get a Sanu Forward-Curving, but they seem too heavy for unarmored fighting to me.

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And dang it, Berk, what is that thing you put up? I remember the ghopte, but not the one below. How long is it, what weight, how does it handle?

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Rusty
 
RUS,
I have a G, but no 18th,"YET"!Do you like it?? May have to get one for "RESEARCH"! After the 2 I have in the air & THE YCS!
Trying to find the best"one", this is going to take A "lot" OF "RESEARCH"!!
jim
 
Rusty,
"That thing" is Bura's version of a forward-curving khukuri, which I originally called Big Mo, but have since decided should be named the Bura Boomerang
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. At the time it found a home in my heart but nowhere else; everybody else seemed to agree with FNG: "Too much curve for this child." Maybe some of the new converts will find it of interest; otherwise, I have the only BB in the world.
BB
 
Dear forumites, thanx a lot for good advice! 18C khukuri without hatchmark sounds nice. But I should start with an extreme to find my best. A Ghopte (= forward curving khukuri) seems to be the answer. Next, which or whose one? I'm torn out between Durba's straight wood handle and Sanu's boomerang.
Uncle, which is lighter, and which is more available? Is there any quick draw scabbard/sheath available? I feel myself quite a newbie now, with lots of questions!

Non-khukuri topic :
I posted some pix of my newest toy to the homepage below.

http://homepage2.nifty.com/teftef/index.htm

Try this, and have fun...

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Satoshi-san I used my 18th Century for a good period of time and found it to be a very nice working knife and I believe it would perform admirably as a M/A khuk'.

There's one I don't have but I did put a handle on one for Quiet Limey and that is the Sun, Moon, and Stars khuk'. Now that one would be perfect for M/A IMO and of course I'm pretty fond of the YCS as well.
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All of these are either forward curving or fully curved khukuris.YMMV.


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"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
Nice pix WrongFriend. I thought my balisong was long at 15 inches, but that baby looks twice as long as mine. What are the specs?
 
jim, your PC kris is a heirloom! Such various range of taste is seen in HI forum, great place!

Yvsa, you make my choice more and more difficult without annoying me. Which is the lightest? This new slashing method I've come to know is totally different from what I knew. Still being a 20" AK lover, but I need a lightweight FCK. Isn't it funny?

Uncle, is the Ghopte the last one of the first three shipment from Nepal? This is an exceptionally long stay at you. How much is it? If it looks like the one in the pix above in this thread, I'm almost fated.

kamagong, it's closed length is 29", as it should be. Blade length is very close to 29" as Filipino balisongs have usually very little clearance between blade tip and latch in closed position. Thickness about 7mm. Weight is, just too heavy for my hands and its blade pins.

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Satoshi-san:
If my memory is correct it seems that the Sun, Moon & Stars khukris came in slightly different lengths and weights but I'm not certain of that.
Anyone else remember?

It seems that Quiet Limey's khuk came in around 16"-17" long and was reasonably light.
The mid range length khuk's are my favorite's.
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>>>>---Yvsa-G@WebTV.net---->®

"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
WRONG FRIEND,
I like the G K by Durba,(MATT & I HAVING THE SAME TASTE,"SCARY"ISN'T IT!
Suggestion: try doing moves with your 20" this should give you an idea of, speed, length(you can work with),position after completing tech.etc!Sorry for rambling,you
have prob. done all the above!
JIM
 
Thanks for more advice! I really appreciate them. The Sun, Moon and Stars also alures me... My taste goes to thicker, longer khukuris. My AK and GS are perfect to me with what I have learned and I like so far.

But now I am starting to learn a very different style, I should forget, or get rid of all my tastes, and go the contrary. A thin, deeply curved, and light one is what I think I need. Is there kind of forward curving sirupati or kobra? If there is not,I'll take the last Ghopte by Durba. If I fail to learn the style, well, still I can't go wrong with HI khukuri.
Uncle, how much is the one? I'm close to the limit of my budget now, after buying some monster butterflies and CS recon tanto. Oh I should learn self control before any other thing!

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