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The CBKC ( Chesapeake Bay Knife Club ) style is handy. It's the one with a flared brass ( or white metal/silver ) pommel ( butt ) and bolster like the Dhankuta model leaving only a small center section to fill with horn or bone or spotted deer antler. Oops, just re-read the question. The knife referred to above is about 9" overall.
If you are interested in the 12" models, they all run around 8" blades. They come in Sirutpati or Ang Kola versions, plus the fancy Dhankuta made with horn scabbard with silver trim and decorations.
The one good thing about cho creep ( the kamis moving the notch forward a half inch or more from where it traditionally is ) is that between the habaki bolster and cho creep it's easier to get four fingers on the knife.
If you are interested in the 12" models, they all run around 8" blades. They come in Sirutpati or Ang Kola versions, plus the fancy Dhankuta made with horn scabbard with silver trim and decorations.
The one good thing about cho creep ( the kamis moving the notch forward a half inch or more from where it traditionally is ) is that between the habaki bolster and cho creep it's easier to get four fingers on the knife.
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Fetland?
Many of us love the 12 in khukuris...from the traditionally-shaped Ang Khola, to the more slender sirupati to the contemporary design of the "Pen" knife, designed by Pendentive of the Forum.
If I remember correctly, Raghorn uses a Pen knife for deer and Elk up in the Northwestern US, I'll be using an AK for deer in the Mid West, and Pappy will dropping from trees onto the backs of wild boar in Texas, then wrestling them to the ground and notching their ears with a 12 in AK...(whoops, that was in Old Yeller, sorry.)
Enjoy.
Many of us love the 12 in khukuris...from the traditionally-shaped Ang Khola, to the more slender sirupati to the contemporary design of the "Pen" knife, designed by Pendentive of the Forum.
If I remember correctly, Raghorn uses a Pen knife for deer and Elk up in the Northwestern US, I'll be using an AK for deer in the Mid West, and Pappy will dropping from trees onto the backs of wild boar in Texas, then wrestling them to the ground and notching their ears with a 12 in AK...(whoops, that was in Old Yeller, sorry.)
Enjoy.
Pen and Biltong are very interesting ,thanks for the info .
The khukri I saw was in a small shop in North Africa many years ago. The shop owner said he picked it up in the desert. There was no sheath but he was taking very good care of it. Oiled and hair shaving sharp.
The khukri I saw was in a small shop in North Africa many years ago. The shop owner said he picked it up in the desert. There was no sheath but he was taking very good care of it. Oiled and hair shaving sharp.
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As far as being an officer's model, I'd defer to John Powell. Officers may have carried smaller khuks, or been issued them for parades.
Whether actually carried in the field or not I can't say. Especially as in the British Army an issued model was carried for parades but in the field they could carry what they wanted and often did. That includes family heirlooms passed down and carried by their fathers and grandfathers before them. I believe that info was obtained by JP from the a Brit museum Curator.
Whether actually carried in the field or not I can't say. Especially as in the British Army an issued model was carried for parades but in the field they could carry what they wanted and often did. That includes family heirlooms passed down and carried by their fathers and grandfathers before them. I believe that info was obtained by JP from the a Brit museum Curator.