Rusty's Maccha khukuri

Bill Martino

Bill Martino

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I am sending Rusty this khukuri Monday. It is 13 inches overall, blade 8 inches, 5/16 thick.

Maccha means fish in Nepali so now you know why it's called a Maccha khukuri.

Now you see it

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Now you don't

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Sorry Bill, no HI 'fish' swim to San Francisco until a deer horn handled, silver mounted, salyan cho sirupati with the 'fancy' scabbard gets here first.

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JP
 
Now THAT would make a neck knife to wear on Sundays.

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Joy, joy, oceans of joy... Blaise Pascal


 
No, Rusty. This is to hang on your wall next to your door -- just in case you have uninvited visitors. To all else it looks like a nice wall plaque. To you it looks like a khukuri, 8 inch blade, 5/16 thick, with a strange sheath but ready to be drawn in a second.

The Tibet Thee is the neck knife and if we can find the right maker it will be of the same quality (almost) as an HI khukuri.

Uncle Bill

[This message has been edited by Bill Martino (edited 28 March 1999).]
 
I`m not sure that I would want to work with that design.As an aside to Bill"Uncle Bill"Martino,We do have the resourceses within this forum to cover from A to Z.Everyone has known a "Pappy".I knew a SSGT.with C.I.B.`s from WW11 and Korea,a good NCO,who called himself "Herbie".A very friendly guy who not only insisted on being called 'Herbie"but called everyone else "Herbie"too and, I mean everyone,his only form of address..This could be a little confusing.He was good in the bush and,people managed but,being crazy had something to do with his low rank.So,If you survived the last one,hi Herbie.

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[This message has been edited by ghostsix (edited 29 March 1999).]
 
Soon as I get the kid out the door tomorrow morning I head for the Post Office.

(( edit - wait a minute - You want me to put this item on the wall next to the door *instead of* or *in addition to* the two handed warsword w/ 45" double edged blade behind the front door? I'll have you know that 90" of edge is a *LOT* to sharpen!!! ))

[This message has been edited by Rusty (edited 30 March 1999).]
 
On the other hand, if I have on my high heeled cowboy boots, I can put the point of the sword against the floor and hook my nose over the pommel if I stretch. You might say that that speaks eloquently without me opening my mouth.

I picked up the fish and have decided it has become my desktop letter opener and paperweight. For those days when I have to tell a client, " No, ma'am I did not say I think you are an unfit mother. What I said is that the court order already did that for me."
 
Playing around with it some this afternoon. God, but that handle feels good! Now I want a 15" Sirupati with a fish tale handle... nah, I'll just go lay down 'til the feeling goes away. What's weird is that it's a big fat handle to me, the kind I decided against! You go figure, it's beyond my comprehension. It's like blondes, brunettes, and redheads... I want them all!!!!!
 
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