Stamp of "Made in Nepal" & Serial Numbering.

You got them, Uncle. I'll print them now & send them to you tomorrow via priority mail. You should have them by Sat or Mon at the latest.

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Just read Ghost's post about Douglas' 18"er AK, I agree with Ghost6 --- can the English and use Nepali. No big deal but we really respect the fine craftsmanship from these traditional Kamis and their culture.
 
OK, Brian and many thanks. Our glue here is much better than there so I think they will work okay. As soon as I get them I'll express mail them to the other side of the world. Best solution.
 
Glad to help, Uncle. They are all printed & ready to go.

If I remember correctly, there is some type of oil on the blades when they arrive. If so, you may want to ask the kamis to affix the labels before they oil the blades. The oil may soak into the labels a bit but, at least, they should stick initially. As an alternative to sticking them to the blades, they could try the brass. Let's just hope that they work.

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Why not label the handles?

If we must stamp I vote for the spine followed by the butt cap. The lettering on th spine should be fairly unobtrusive.

Will
 
I agree with Dave. Place the stamp on the buttcap. I currently own a Japanese WWII era sword, and like all Japanese sword's, the blade is what the experts look at and appraise. So why ruin the khurkuri blade? Keep it pure.
 
Zox, Brian & Pakcik Bill.

Alhamdu-li-(A)llah! Labelling instead of stamping! - I JUST LOVE THAT! so HI (our!) Khukuris won't be tempered with unnecessary markings.

How about those serial nos? I think Shop 2 were marking blades with serial nos - I REALLY HOPE THAT THOSE SERIAL NOS TO BE OMITTED FROM THE BLADE AS WELL - HI logo in Devanagari is JUST GOOD ENOUGH!

I guess that original HI logo is actually representing the stamp of genuinity & uniqueness of HI (OUR! I feel we are already part of HI Big Family!) Khukuris!

Pakcik Bill & all Forumites, what do you think about those serial nos? Any further comments @ suggestions?


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A scabbard that fits would wipe a lable off of the blade,or not allow clearance.I don`t know what an Avery lable is,but if you wrapped one of those plastic banner lable/ties under the pommel,and above the rings, it would survive the trip.

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A scabbard that fits would wipe a lable off of the blade,or not allow clearance.I don`t know what an Avery lable is,but if you wrapped one of those plastic banner lable/ties under the pommel,and above the rings, it would survive the trip.

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The 400 labels are en route to you, Bill.

Ghost, Avery is simply a brand of self-adhesive paper label. You make a good point about them possibly coming off from contact with the scabbards. I hadn't thought of that so I did a little test.

I've got a WWII & a Sirupati, both of which have well-fitted scabbards. I put a label on the side of each blade, immediately in front of the handle, using just normal finger pressure (i.e., I didn't use a lot of force to press them in place). I then withdrew & replaced each blade 50X to check the effect. Although each label had rub marks from contact, neither was showing any sign of coming off. More good news -- both peeled off easily when I wanted them to w/o leaving any sticky residue.

I should point out that neither blade was oiled -- I use Tuf-Cloth -- so individual results may vary. Bill, you may want to test a few of these on blades you have on hand to judge how they work.

As Will suggested, an alternative could be to affix the labels to handles, not blades. I tried this too & I think it could also work. The label did adhere more securely to the smooth horn than the wood. For added insurance, you could send a few rolls of Scotch tape to each shop to be used for covering the labels on the handles. Regardless of how they are ultimately used, folks, I think we have a winner!

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Just one more thought on the stamping or labling question: Make sure to check with customs to be sure that a paper label would be acceptable. You really don't want to start putting labels on and have one or more shipments sent back to Nepal because they insist on non-removable markings.

I kind of like the idea of stamping the buttcaps. It leaves the blades completely pristine and by stamping into brass rather than steel, the stamps will last longer. You can probably use smaller stamps because they won't have to be as tough, so they can be very discreet. A permanent unitary stamp for each shop, saying nothing more than "Nepal" could be quite small and not difficult to obtain, either in the US or even in Nepal, since it sounds like you have contacts with some pretty good engravers there.
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Paul Neubauer
prn@bsu.edu

 
Paul, unless Customs regulations have changed in recent years, removable labels should be fine. I used to buy commercially from Germany & Italy and country of origin labels were all that was required.

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Right you are. Customs said steel stamp or label. When I called to tell Gelbu he said the labels made in Nepal were not very good and opted for the stamping.

We will have to keep stamping until they get labels to stick to handles but we called last night and asked that the Nepal stamp be put on the spine.

We'll see.

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Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
http://members.aol.com/himimp/index.html
 
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I like the idea of the butt caps being stamped too,if the labels don't work or are unsatisfactory for any reason.
Everyone is right about it being very unobtrusive there.Also as long as the flat butt caps that have been used recently are continued they are fairly easy to replace if a feller wanted to do that..

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!!!!A REDEMPTIVE USE FOR THE ELECTRIC PENCIL!!!!

Use it to write Nepal on the brass buttcap. Or on the horn handles. Or both. And labels too. If the owner wishes, fine sandpaper can have the markings off in nothing flat.

!!!!CLEAR PACKAGING TAPE!!!!

A while back I wanted to laminate something business card size. Lamination way too expensive. Got big roll of the 2" wide clear packaging tape, did fine for pennies. Place Avery label(s) on blade. Stick a piece of clear packaging tape on top of the lable big enough to cover whole label and a 1/4" more all around. Aint nothing gonna get that thing off without a battle.

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I am pleased that the members of this forum were able to come up with solutions on this issue. My Bhudhuni village khukuri arrived today and has the "Made in Nepal" stamp on the blade. Even on a rougher finished village model it creates a jarring note. I would really hate to see it stamped on the blades of the actual HI khukuris.

The members of this forum are to be commended for their interest and insight.
 
I'd like to see the serial numbers go.
A unique symbol for each kami would be nice,it could be discreetly stamped below the bolster.
 
My forward curve khukuri has Made in Nepal stamped on the spine. I don't remember ever seeing anything that says made in Nepal on it. Kind of cool in a way. It highlights my H.I. collection.
 
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