Got this last week but haven't gotten around to taking pics of it until tonight. Bura made it, and it shows.
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I don't know its exact weight but it feels moderately light in my hands. Not as light as my incomparable 22" Kobra, but it's not a clunker. Karda and chakma are great. The scabbard is a 9.5/10 because the loop for the chakma was loose...otherwise, I liked it very much, especially the tooling. The khukuri fits in the scabbard loosely and I can quick draw it in one motion. Very nice.
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The horn handle is well shaped and fits in my hand very nicely. The blade is nicely polished and as sharp as I like a khukuri to be - that is, not razor sharp, but close to it.
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I gotta tell you, it's <b>hard</b> to beat the subtle blend of a black horn handle, polished steel fittings, a well-cut cho and simple but well-executed swords of Shiva on either side. The skillfully chiselled H.I. letters in Devanegri is an understatement, and an statement of quality that cannot be captured with a hundred thousand words.
But prettiness isn't everything. Mindful of Dasein horror stories, I took the khukuri to my backyard and proceeded to whack the spine of the blade against a hard piece of wood many times. I hit the wood so hard that the khuk left indentations of itself.
Satisfied that the blade wasn't going to fail from that kind of abuse, I proceeded to cut tiny little twigs off my cherry and maple tree. These twigs are just hanging out there and were about nine or ten inches long, extending from the main body of a thick branch. These twigs are springy and can be hard to cut if you don't hit them right. I took a swipe and was pleasantly surprised when the khuk cut through the springy twig easily. I even did a half-inch slice on a twig...the half-inch portion popped off without a fuss.
Slicing over, I decided to try my hand at chopping. I took a broken-off inch-thick branch and made full power chops on it. The first 1.5" of edge near the tip burred ever so slightly...and that was it. This indicated to me that the khuk is hardened properly. After the branch was done for, I went back to that same piece of wood that I had whacked the khukuri spine against and I proceeded to chop at it too. No edge damage, no burring except for what happened at the soft area near the tip.
Conclusion? I ordered and got exactly what I was looking for. Thanks, Uncle Bill!
<img src="http://members.home.net/kkmark/swords/WWII-2.jpg"><br>
<img src="http://members.home.net/kkmark/swords/WWII-3.jpg"><br>
I don't know its exact weight but it feels moderately light in my hands. Not as light as my incomparable 22" Kobra, but it's not a clunker. Karda and chakma are great. The scabbard is a 9.5/10 because the loop for the chakma was loose...otherwise, I liked it very much, especially the tooling. The khukuri fits in the scabbard loosely and I can quick draw it in one motion. Very nice.
<img src="http://members.home.net/kkmark/swords/WWII-4.jpg"><br>
The horn handle is well shaped and fits in my hand very nicely. The blade is nicely polished and as sharp as I like a khukuri to be - that is, not razor sharp, but close to it.
<img src="http://members.home.net/kkmark/swords/WWII-1.jpg"><br>
I gotta tell you, it's <b>hard</b> to beat the subtle blend of a black horn handle, polished steel fittings, a well-cut cho and simple but well-executed swords of Shiva on either side. The skillfully chiselled H.I. letters in Devanegri is an understatement, and an statement of quality that cannot be captured with a hundred thousand words.
But prettiness isn't everything. Mindful of Dasein horror stories, I took the khukuri to my backyard and proceeded to whack the spine of the blade against a hard piece of wood many times. I hit the wood so hard that the khuk left indentations of itself.
Satisfied that the blade wasn't going to fail from that kind of abuse, I proceeded to cut tiny little twigs off my cherry and maple tree. These twigs are just hanging out there and were about nine or ten inches long, extending from the main body of a thick branch. These twigs are springy and can be hard to cut if you don't hit them right. I took a swipe and was pleasantly surprised when the khuk cut through the springy twig easily. I even did a half-inch slice on a twig...the half-inch portion popped off without a fuss.
Slicing over, I decided to try my hand at chopping. I took a broken-off inch-thick branch and made full power chops on it. The first 1.5" of edge near the tip burred ever so slightly...and that was it. This indicated to me that the khuk is hardened properly. After the branch was done for, I went back to that same piece of wood that I had whacked the khukuri spine against and I proceeded to chop at it too. No edge damage, no burring except for what happened at the soft area near the tip.
Conclusion? I ordered and got exactly what I was looking for. Thanks, Uncle Bill!
All steel furniture is always a good choice.
Congrats
very nice - I was thinking that the brass fittings were nice, but seeing this...I see why you asked for steel. 