Symbols and Meanings

[HIKhukuri]

Thanks primarily to this forum and the kind folks on it, I am a proud owner of a HI CAK, my first khukuri. I wasn't able to figure out even after trying to compare with the symbols chart (http://www.himalayan-imports.com/kami.html), what all the symbols on my khukuri meant, so I thought I'd reach out one more time to the HI community for assistance on this one. Can anyone help me interpret all the symbols?

 

[JayGoliath]

HIKhukuri (nice name BTW),

You may refer to the sticky at Himalayan Imports Links on top of the threads to find these:

For a rough guide to the Kami marks and The significance of the Devangari Script markings on your blade please check out the Kami Mark Guides. (This list is not a complete guide due to Kami turnover, if you are unable to find posted information on markings that appear on your blade, please post a topic and Yangdu or H.I. forum members will assist you. Please be patient.)
Kami Mark Guide 1
Kami Mark Guide 2
Kami Mark Guide 3
KamiSignsMarks.pdf
New Kami's

First pic shows the engravement of Kami's signature on blade. I think It's VIM Kami who made this CAK. Vim's CAK is stout!

U.B means Uncle Bill, the late great Bill Martino, HI's General Manager whose bright idea one morning brought us all the finest khukuris on this world.

3rd pic to the right means BirGorkha- "By Gorkha", the shops in Nepal that produces khuks and why it was named so because the Owner of HI, Auntie's Yangdu's dad, Pala served as a Gurkha in Assam Rifles in Northern India.

Last Pic is a combo of 2nd & 3rd pic.

Welcome to Himalayan Imports Forum and prepared to get CHRONICALLY INFECTED with HIKV(Himalayan Imports Khukuri Virus)!

 

[HIKhukuri]

JayGoliath, thanks! I totally missed that thread!

I swear when I bought the CAK, I thought to myself, I only need one of these, and I'm never going to buy another one again. In fact, I thought to myself, I'm just going to test it a little to see it it worked ok. After much hacking, I suddenly find myself trolling for my next one.

I love how I actually can tell a story and history with my CAK, and I can't do that with any of my other knives.

 

[JayGoliath]

n fact, I thought to myself, I'm just going to test it a little to see it it worked ok.

The story of a State Trooper who bought a CAK from Uncle Bill so he could use it to pry open the trapped doors where the Jaw of Life doesn't work...:thumbup:

I love how I actually can tell a story and history with my CAK, and I can't do that with any of my other knives.

Wait till you try on the Super CAK.

 

[beoram]

Third pic to the right is the abbreviation in Devanagari ("Nepali script"): Hi. I. (because devanagari is syllabic, abbreviations involve the first syllable rather than the first letter of the word). But, essentially, it is "H.I." in Devanagari script. (BirGorkha is, of course, the production/factory in Nepal which makes HI's khukuris).