NO-NOs, when you twirl a khukuri

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WrongFriend

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A few days ago, a sudden impulse made me pick up one of my khukuri, an Indian made 18 incher, thinking I could twirl it. Why? I don't know... I just thought I could.

Twirlng the khukuri was no difficul. Keep my index finger horizontally, make the khukuri fall, then pull the finger slightly upward. The handle area where my finger held was not flat, the twirling plane was not totally flat.

I tried to practice to make the circle smooth until the khukuri fell off to a leather atache case. The leather was thin. The khukuri cut through as if there had been nothing as it was a very cheap one. I decided to make the best from it. I pulled out my HI AK, and tried to chop the attache case in two. After a few blow, it turned out much tougher than I thought it should be. There found steel wires around the rim, that caused ten small dings and rolls on the edge. Guess the lateral force when the edge hit the wire made the dings and rolls when the edge contacted the unstable wires in my left hand.
Some minutes work with DMT diamond rods (coarse and fine) could recover the original sharpness albeit not the original perfect mirror finish.

I'd like to share this experience and what I've learned with dear forumites. I learned that a silly deed may do no harm, but TWO at a time is disasterous!

Hope this helps to someone who want to chop an atache case or suitcaes, and who want to twirl a khukuri.

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Satoshi san I can't twirl khukuris and I did try it once after hearing about some others doing the trick.
However I did it outside and was careful to watch my feet.
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Everyone would be surprised to see just how fast I can jump when there's a pound or three of very sharp khukuri falling.
And/or if one I haven't modified the handle to fit me goes flying out of my hand.
I always make sure no one else is around when testing a new khukuri, Harry would be proud.
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Besides it would be hard to explain, well.......
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"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
Of course
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, this is why there is a safety thread....
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[This message has been edited by Apothecary (edited 02-09-2001).]
 
Twirling khukuris now Satoshi? Be careful! I could see doing some aerial tricks with a Balisong (even though it has a smaller blade than a Khukuri, it is still dangerous), but a 1 - 2 lbs sharpened blade is too much for me! Take care and make sure you don't get stuck.
 
A khukuri does not suit for twirling in general. This is what all of you already know and now I know. I stopped practicing the kind of techniques.
Watching on toe is important, and I found it more important watching the tip that could contact your breast or chin while revolving. And thanx to BA, I must add that you never should try an aerial techniques unless you're a skilled juggler.
Last but not least, thanks guys for kind words and good advice!


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\(^o^)/ Mizutani Satoshi \(^o^)/
 
That's what the karda and chakma are really for! The Mystery Of The Ages, solved at last! Yes, I can see it clearly now ... Alexander the Great's army was able to conquer so much territory so quickly because for the first time in history an army wasn't slowed down by having to carry soldiers who twirled their sword and dropped it on their foot -- an advance in mobility made possible by Alexander's invention of the karda and chakma! Other uses developed later and are ancillary -- they're really for twirling!

Consider yourself lucky it was only your attache case....
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When I am outside and no one is near, I like to twirl 20" Sirupati. I do it by grasping the handle tightly with thumb, fore and middle fingers, with the knife pointing up, then let it fall forward, down and around outside my arm. It needs a pretty flexible wrist.

A couple of twirls gets the adrenaline flowing, and I'm ready to chop firewood.

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Cougar, you know Alexander the Great stopped in India. It took thousands years for his wisdom to reach Japan! Physically a khukuri with its curved blade is easier to twirl than a karda unless calculating the risk. I think very few soldiers could resist.

Pianoman, you twirl a khukuri OUTSIDE your arm? It's beyond my imagination. Do you hold it on index finger alone, or do you hold it with three fingers while twirling?

Uncle, I really wanted to warn forumites including myself! Believe me! At least when I first posted...

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\(^o^)/ Mizutani Satoshi \(^o^)/
 
Are you guys twirling it in a complete circle like a majorette twirling a baton in a parade? I don't do that -- I practice grip transitions (I'm not fooling around, I'm practicing!) so it only rotates 180 degrees and back again.

I don't just do forward and reverse grips, I go through a whole big thing, including palming the knife point-forward if it's small enough, pushdagger grip if it's a suitable knife for that (and you might be surprised how many are), horizontal grips, etc. It can be interesting to watch the expressions of knife store clerks when I "look at" a knife....
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Palming it is what really upsets them ... he unlocks the glass case and hands me the knife and stands there watching me to make sure I don't steal it ... and the moment he hands it to me it vanishes! Sometimes they freak. I take an XXL glove size so my hands are big enough to palm a pretty big knife; YMMV.


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Well Cougar;

It's a bit like twirling a baton, but it is mostly used to develop flexibility in the wrist.

Sometimes it may be useful in combat though. When handling a stick or a similar instrument, twirling upward, downward or diagonally, may produce some useful results. Now I'm talking about combining the twirl with a striking motion (a twirl within a strike or cut).

Anyway, to get any sense into this, one needs to look into a Philippino system for knife/stick fighting where such techniques are incorporated.

Just my two cents......
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Hey, that could be a great event for the kukhri konvention in Florida...synchronized kukhri twirling!! I can see it now, 10 burly guys with beards, gracefully twirling 18" AKs. Wouldn't that be beautiful?!?

(HI Safety Officer, please forgive this frivolous lapse in proper HIK safely protocol).

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