No cho, but a khuk?

firkin

firkin

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5160, made by Jay Hendrickson, M.S.

Other than the lack of a cho, it looks pretty khuk-like to me. But stem the drooling, they want about $2K for it. Very pretty inlaid curly maple handle.

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http://www.bladegallery.com/knives/knife.asp?knifeid=1908&alt=alt1&pics=small
 
$2000 :eek:

Even if I could afford it, I'd be scared to use it.

I might buy one if I could find a coupon. $1900 off your next khuk-like purchase. I'll start looking in my pile of Saturday morning flyers. :)

Not to say that it's a bad knife. It just doesn't conjure up the images of a guy squating on a dirt floor in front of an anvil with a hammer.
 
Can't afford it either Bruise, and if I could, I'd have to be really, really rich to view it as a user, as opposed to an art object or speculative investment. Dunno how much of the price is due to "collectabilty".

I guess that most Nepalis would view an HI khuk much the same way, though. But considering how much housing and cars can cost, I guess that kinda dough isn't that much in our society if your life really depended on a khuk.
 
Eeeek!!!!:eek:

Dayum, but that is Be-You-Tea-Full!!!!

But it isn't a khuk without a cho, just ask any Nepalese kami.;)

Kind of gets me to wondering if a cho-less khuk shaped knife may be considered a eunuch of the khukuri world????:rolleyes:

Then again that gets me sort of wondering if Rusty's Audrey may be capable of eunuchizing a misbehaved larger khuk.:rolleyes: ;)

We all know any khuk is capable of eunuchizing the average, even the not so average arsehole, it's just that some may be better at it than others.:cool: :D
 
I mean all the nice things I've said about Yvsa, every one of them.

Nonetheless, don't try going around him with only rubber boots on. It piles up way too fast in his vicinity. Wear waders up to your armpits. He doesn't have that little guy shoveling the B.S. at the bottom of his posts for nothing.

( Just a word to the wise. )
 
.. I only paid 1500bux fer me last vehicle! Definitely an art knife, wit all that inlay and marquetry.

Keith

PS think of the kinda gun you could get with 2K! I'd be knee deep in HKs and art khuks!
 
It's certainly a beautiful knife, but it doesn't speak to me. The steel seems too... I guess sterile would be the word that best fits my impression.

I really like the scabbard, though.
 
Yea, the scabbard wouldn't be too bad but, that belt loop doesn't do much for me.:)
 
With a grinding wheel, and maybe a bastard file, you could make a cho in that.
 
At only 2000 bucks a try, who could resist? :D

Andrew Lim

Originally posted by Kismet
With a grinding wheel, and maybe a bastard file, you could make a cho in that.
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Hopefully not EXACTLY like it. Don't much care for it. Looks to, well, 'soft', somehow.
 
Considering there's no cho, I agree, 2K is a bit steep for a fixer-upper:) And I'd rather spend the 2K on a pile of stuff from HI or JP. Wish I had 2K to spend.

But it seems 'bout as close as I've seen for examples made in the West. That's not to say it's all the way there. I'd like to see it a little less pointy, and a little more belly, at least towards the tip myself. Looks like more of a sticker than a chopper, which seems wacky for a khuk.

At least it looks to be convex ground.
 
Did Mr Hendrickson design this as a kukri? It is certainly beautiful work, but I would say no. The lack of a cho isn't the reason, although that one point would make a modern piece inelligable.

If you go to the FAQ and look at some of the earliest kukris displayed in the Museum in Kathmandu there is no cho. In my research I have found quite a few early kukris w/o a cho, but they all have a 'step' from the sharpened edge to the ricasso. Many of the Indian kukris have no cho, but they are obviously kukris, talwar grip or not. The 'hooded' kukri usually doesn't have a cho and the early 'hanshees' sometimes have a very shallow cho.

But as Yvsa says, ask any Nepalese kami. I have and their answer is, "It's only a kukri and of course it has a kauri (cho)". End of that conversation.

One minor point: a Gurkha soldier would never let any leather binding hang from a frog. I have asked them about this and they were adamant that this would show signs of inattention. But his is a new scabbard and he can do whatever he pleases.

So there's my 2 cents for what they're worth.
 
would that knife be considered a "fixer-uppper."

posted by firkin "Considering there's no cho, I agree, 2K is a bit steep for a fixer-upper."

Gotta love this group.:D
 
For 2 Grand you could ask Mr Hendickson to cut in the cho of your choice. I'm sure he'd be willing. Sure is a pretty grip...
 
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