Question on a Khukuri that my frien purchased.

The villager Bill sent me awhile ago was a really fine knife functional wise. At first I though it might have had problems with some of the heavy impact work because of the large fold line near the handle and the fact that the edge seemed to be uneffected by impacts. I was worried it might be too hard and thus might crack. No problems with it at all though.

I had promised it to a friend early on and last I checked it was still getting use, just recently it solved the problem of how to deal with a frozen chunk of minced meat that should have been taken out to thaw.

-Cliff
 
Question from a khukuri newbie if you don't mind. I'm not trying to stir up anything just wondering what the diffrence is between HI and GH knives.

What is the diffrence between Khukuri House or any other dealer in Nepal and the Himalayan Imports BirGorkha factory??? Isn't this also in Nepal???


It seems to me from what I've been able to find that both HI and GH have excellent products.

 
Um, yeah, Khukuri House and the Himalayan Imports are both in Nepal, and sell khukuris that are made in Nepal ... just like Ford and Cadillac are both in America, and sell cars that are made (mostly) in America ... if all you care about is getting a car that was made in America, why waste money on a Cadillac? If all you want is a khukuri that was made in Nepal, why waste money on an HI?

If you want to use that car or that khukuri, though, you might notice some difference between different brands even when they're made in the same country....
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-Cougar Allen :{)
 

Shrike,

When I first started looking in to khukuries I looked at some old tests that Cliff Stamp did on an HI and GH khukuri as well as a few other knives. I think that those old posts pretty much say it all, without clouding it up. Just to through in my two cents, I put my money in HI. I will say no more than this, and I will not say exactly why I chose HI. I don't want to dredge anything up.
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- D

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Where the lion's skin will not reach, you must patch it out with the fox's.
 
I see were into vagueness here. The top of the Ford is in some ways better than the mid level caddy.

I'm not trying to stir up anything just trying to learn about Khukuri's and I'm getting the feeling this is more personal that fact based data.

Thanks anyways I'll just keep my mouth shut from now on and just read your postings.

PS... I have a GH WWIII on order and am looking forward to it, it will be my first Khukuri since I broke a cold Steel Khukuri years ago.
 
I think you'll find that GH khukuri enormously better than the Cold Steel was -- even before it broke.
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Every knife knut should check Cliff Stamp's website frequently: http://www.physics.mun.ca:80/~sstamp/knives/reviews.html

There's a comparative review of a Cold Steel versus an HI khukuri on that site though it isn't by Cliff; it's by Will Kwan, another respected knife reviewer. I think you'll find the GH khukuri in between but much closer to the HI than to the CS. Cliff has tested and reviewed GH and HI khukuris and an HI villager khukuri -- a lot of other knives, too.

-Cougar Allen :{)
 
Himalayan Imports owns and operates BirGorkha factory. Himalayan Imports is a manufacturer and not a dealer. Himalayan Imports is Nepali owned and operated.

Dealers such as Khukuri House and the hundreds of others in Kathmandu don't make anything. They resell stuff they buy and none of them buy from us.

Rightly or wrongly, we think we have the best shop and the best kamis and sarkis and therefore offer the best product. I have not seen every khukuri made in Nepal but I have seen several thousand and I rate our Banspati and Millennium Special as the best quality I have ever seen made in Nepal. And, I am not alone in this evaluation. People who have received these khukuris agree with me.

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Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
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