Speaking about Khukris...

SamuraiDave

SamuraiDave

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My problem is that I need to write a speech for my "public speaking" class on a "how to" process (5-7 min). The problem is that I need a source, the cantina hopefully, and a "visual aid". The speach will be 'on campus' so I cannot bring a Khukri.:mad:

So... any ideas??

I figure your ideas will help me out in the long run...:confused:
 
How about "how to survive a trip to the BirGorkha charpi?"

Problem is, I don't know how. You'll have to use your own imagination.
 
Originally posted by SamuraiDave
My problem is that I need to write a speech for my "public speaking" class on a "how to" process (5-7 min). The problem is that I need a source, the cantina hopefully, and a "visual aid". The speach will be 'on campus' so I cannot bring a Khukri.:mad:

So... any ideas??
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only the obvious one of bringing pictures/photos - big ones.

How to:
1. make a khukuri
2. chop with a khukuri ;)
3. sharpen a khukuri (don't know about visual aids for this one)
4. safely unsheathe a khukuri :eek:

dunno.

cheers, B.
 
It doesn't have to be on khukuris does it?

Since you're an aspiring Akidoka why don't you do it on wrist and arm locks. Your visual aids could be to give some "discomfort" to your fellow classmates. :)

I suppose you could do a speech on the different blade styles and their uses advantages and disadvantages. All you would need to do is to "lift a few pics" from the website.
 
Samurai Dave,

I was reading your post, and putting two and two together (the fact that you live in Waco, TX--I mean who would live there, and the fact that you have public speaking class), I surmised that you are a student at Baylor University. I finished my undergraduate studies there in December 1999. I faintly recall a ban on weapons in the dorms in the student handbook (although I did manage to sneak in a katana), but I don't remember any ban regarding weapons on the campus at large. What class are taking, and what are you studying at Baylor? Just curious.

David
 
I have been doing my rounds at work thinking about this and I think I will do Aikido for my topic because
a.)I can then bring one of my bokken to class, since I am president of the organizaion and have "a reason for owning and wielding a sword like stick". (Hey a pincle is just as effective if properly employed... really!)
B.) If I cant bring my bokken to class I can still throw around my teacher and some of the Jocks. I mean...my instructor HAS discussed "keeping the audience's attention" with us.:D

That's it! I got it! "How to Properly wield a Japanese Katana".

David,
I am a Baylor Student. I am studying Management Information Systems.

I live off campus, and my knives travel to and from their places of use in my other camping gear.

They are for me and dont get shown off too much.
 
Originally posted by Bill Martino
I'm disappointed.
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Don't worry Uncle, I'll mention the BirGorkha charpi at work tonight. Will make the college restrooms sound really clean.:D
 
I'm disappointed.
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Dont be disappointed. I will use HI as a later speech. I have to write 6 more this semester. The only reason I dont use the topic of Khukris is that I cant bring one on campus. They dont understand that if they would listen to her she would speak volumes of peace. Those crazy yuppie folk! :rolleyes:

I promise Uncle, I will write a speach for HI, or else may I be thrown down into the...the...oh my...the infamous BirGorkha Charpi! !:barf: :barf: :barf:
 
If you use Khukuris as a topic for another talk, it would be natural to run the various types, emphasisizing their agricultural use and the varied terrain which influenced their development. Just the fact that it is the "national knife of Nepal", and found everywhere, would be good for openers. Visual aids might be difficult, unless accompanied by a note from teacher and pre-cleared through campus security. I wrote a peice of drivel for a friend's website when I first became infected. It might (and might not) give you some ideas. E-mail me for a link - it's a little amateurish to post here.
 
is a stiff price to pay for promoting khukuris. Dave's problem is not one that campus security can waive for him, since khuks are by definition under Texas law "illegal knives" if they have, as do all but kagas katnes, blades over 5.5" long. And possessing or going with an illegal knife "on the physical premises of a school or educational institution" is a third degree felony, punishable as set out above. Many years ago I carried a 24" Sabatier French chef's knife into Baylor Law School to use as a "murder weapon" in a mock trial, but it went from my trunk to class and back in a locked attache case. That was before the adoption of the current Penal Code, and long before September 11. Dave would do well to take his bokken in a golf bag or other innocuous container.:(
 
I just cannot believe that blades over 5.5" are illegal here in Texas. I mean, I have lived here all of my life (mostly in Houston, but spent 4.5 years in Waco in college), and I have owned all kinds of things with blades over that length. A good number of kitchen knives are much longer than 5.5", most good hunting knives are as well, and what about machetes available at the local Home Depot? I just cannot believe that this is the case. There are probably thousands upon thousands of knives/daggers/swords hawked in this country every year, and I just can't understand how or why they could be illegal. I don't think there is a home in America that doesn't have some kind of blade over 5.5", whether it be for cooking or just a garage tool. Maybe someone can clarify for me what the deal is, here?

:confused: :( :mad:
 
Maybe next time you could do a presentation on how to protect one's-self against a man attacking you with a banana.:D :D :D
 
defined in Section 46.01 of the Texas Penal Code as:
(A)knife with a blade over five and one-half inches;
(B)hand instrument designed to cut or stab another by being thrown;
(C)dagger, including but not limited to a dirk, stiletto, and poniard;
(D)bowie knife;
(E)sword; or
(F)spear.
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It is NOT illegal to possess, buy or sell an "illegal knife" as defined above in the State of Texas. It IS illegal to intentionally, knowingly or recklessly carry such an illegal knife "on or about" one's person (PC Sec. 46.02), a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and up to a $4000 fine, unless committed on premises licensed or issued a permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages by the state, in which event it is a third degreee felony, 2-10TDC + 10K. Possessing or going with an illegal knife on a school, polling place, court, racetrack, or secured area of an airport is a third degreee felony (PC Sec. 46.03).
All of this means that you can buy a Samurai sword at the gun show, carry it home in the trunk of your car, and proudly display it on your wall without fear of consequences. But if you take a 6" bladed butcher knife to your kid's on-campus school picnic to cut the watermelon, you could theoretically be showering with Jabba the Hut for a decade, and have to pay ten large to the State for the privilege.
No one ever said that the knife laws of the State of Texas made any sense; Jim Bowie died at the Alamo for our freedom, and you not only can't carry his knife but the statute doesn't even capitalize his name:rolleyes:
 
Let me get this straight--you can carry a concealed handgun with a license, but you can't carry a knife over 5.5" when you go hunting or hiking. I haven't seen too many good hunting knives under 5.5", or fillet knives for that matter. And what does "carrying about one's person" mean? When you take your fake, stainless steel samurai sword home from the gun show, it is on your person for the couple of minutes you spend walking to your car (imagining you are a samurai, like the fool you are who just bought that piece of junk) in the parking lot, isn't it? When you are filleting fish by the lake, the knife is on your belt or in your hands, is not? I could come up with a thousand everyday scenarios of a knife being on one's person. I mean, what good would a knife do on your wall, anyway? :mad: :mad: :mad: Just goes to show you how ridiculous our government is in its attempts to provide "security" for its citizens. Any time a law becomes concrete or legalistic to the point of absurdity, imposing arbitrary limits that make its citizens appear like totally irresponsible fools incapable of individual decision-making, it has abandoned every semblance of moral function and set itself up for ridicule.

By the way, when/how/do they enforce these carry-on laws?
 
I appreciate Kentucky. Scattered laws over the years, outlawing Bowies, sword canes, etc., etc. finally boiled down to legislation which defines "usual and normal hunting and pocket knives" which may be carried, as "having blades of 4" or less". KRS 527.080, a section of our CCDW law, allows permit holders to carry blades "other than usual or normal". No charts, measurement procedures or other paraphenalia - just a flat exemption. I have been told that this section is the reason that NC and Okla. have refused reciprocity of concealed carry permits with Kentucky. Never confuse beauracracy with logic. It may make them sweat.
 
Let me get this straight--you can carry a concealed handgun with a license, but you can't carry a knife over 5.5" when you go hunting or hiking.
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Sure you can - Penal Code Sec. 46.15, among the two pages of exemptions it sets forth, excludes a person who "is engaging in lawful hunting, fishing, or other sporting activity on the immediate premises where the activity is conducted, or is en route between the premises and the actor's residence, if the weapon is a type commonly used in the activity".
By the way, when/how/do they enforce these carry-on laws?
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When they want to, as they want to. Enforcement of vague criminal statutes by arrest is subject to the unfettered discretion of the arresting officer. Conviction is subject to the application of common sense to the law by a jury, but these days juries tend to be more prosecution-oriented than in former times. As always, the best advice is to conduct yourself in such a way that you, and whatever you may be carrying, don't come to the attention of a LEO in the first place if at all possible.
 
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