Sikh knife?

Just read it, Howard, and the memories came flooding back. I've made that journey to Nagarkot several times by car and motorcycle but never by bike. Yangdu and I stayed at a small hotel up there and watched the Himalayan sunrise four days in a row. Everest was visible.

For three of those four nights we were the only guests in that little six room hotel and in the evenings we would help prepare dinner in the limited kitchen -- kerosense cookstove and water had to be carried in on the backs of hotel boys.

I'd love to do it again!

Uncle Bill
 
John, What is the approx. weight, size, and thickness, etc. of the Tulwar khukuris?

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Jay, 20.5" overall, 4" at widest part of blade, 1/8" thick, and about 3 lbs. The handles were covered in silver and very fine detail design work.

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JP
 
Jay, 20.5" overall, 4" at widest part of blade, 1/8" thick, and about 3 lbs. The handles were covered in silver and very fine detail design work.

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JP
 
Jay, 20.5" overall, 4" at widest part of blade, 1/8" thick, about 3 lbs. Handles were covered with very elaborate scroll work done in silver, blades as you saw are heavily engraved.

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JP
 
See, Jay! You and are are not the only ones who know how to double post and some can even beat us with a triple. However, I think I hold the record. 15 posts of the same thing!

Uncle Bill
 
RUSTY, I have sent a few shots of the kirpan (kripan)I have to Bill for posting, or email me directly and I will snail mail you the Polaroids and save Bill the trouble. My kirpan is 11" overall, 6.5" blade, very sharp dbl edged, reverse debossed design with silver over brass. I was told this knife is circa 1850-1870. Hope this helps.

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JP
 
Hi John:

I'll post them so everybody can see the example. Unless they are already on their way to Rusty.

Uncle Bill
 
Letting Bill post them for everyone to see sounds great. If someone else comes up with an interesting topic and pictures I want to see it all too, so *why not* share?

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


 
RUSTY, I have pix of every good khukuri I own but don't want to have Bill scan them, post them, etc. I don't have the right toys to do this, do you? I will be glad to send you the photos to post whatever you want. The sharing gives as much joy as the collecting.

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JP
 
John, I didn't mean post every one of them. Meant that it's more fun to see things posted so everyone can look, and drool, and discover something else they didn't know they couldn't live without. Just the ones you spoke of earlier would be great. And I understand about not dumping even more pictures on Bill who has 10,000 + he can't keep track of now.

Unfortunately, I don't have a scanner. If I did, I doubt my brain would scan the process of using it. It (my brain) does not compute computers as it is.

Thanks anyway.



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


 
John, if you want to mail the pics to me, I'll scan them in. I have two scanners and can easily do it. I can then email the pics to Bill or Cliff who can both post them. I can also email them to you and you can save them permanently to file on your computer.
 
Sounds like a plan COBALT and they can put up whatever seems appropriate. Lets coordinate addresses and I'll send off 10 or so to start with. Bill & Cliff, is this OK with you? Bill, you should have the 'kirpan' pix in hand in a few days. A little bit more about the 'kirpan': one of the ways to distinguish this knife vs. its' close cousin the jambiya is by the decoration. The Indians use silver koftgari and the knives from the mid east depend more on inlay and damascene. Subtle differences for sure but the Indian calligraphy clinched it.

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JP
 
Great cooperation forumites! Nice to see. And, John, very good detailed info about kirpan. Knowing the small stuff can SYA when it comes to on the spot purchases in faraway places.

Uncle Bill
 
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