The Bilton Khukuri -- pix and deal.

O.K. let's get this right, guys. Beoram did his best to provide the basic facts. Yup, there's no such thing as a BILTON so let's get the name off our adverts and out of our vocabulary. I've got such a high regard for Uncle Bill, HI and the forum that I need to see the meaning and correct spelling of the "BILTON" (sic) well established. Here it is from the horse's mouth: (neeeeeigh, neeeeeighhhhh!) It's BILTONG. That's BIL like in "Uncle Bill" and TONG like in "a pair of tongs". But pronounce it more like "tong" and less like "tung". Place the accent on "bil". The word is Afrikaans for dried meat, and VERY traditional here, same as rusks. The two go hand in hand, originally, traditionally. So let's drop the BILTON spelling once and for all!
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Johan, possible reason for the different names?

The other Nepal Co, calls and sells it as the Biltong. May be the reason , for some legal means, why HI sells it as the Bilton. The two Companies have had some history of differences. We will let the history stay history. :(
 
I always defer to the spelling of the kamis and at this point in my life I'm not ready to change. I suppose it's a matter of respect on my part. Just like the Trishul Decker. That's the worst possible name you could put on any knife but I stuck with it anyway. We are not an educated and sophisticated lot, either here in the US or there in Nepal -- just a bunch of guys who try to do the best with what they've got.
 
Bilton is what the kamis wrote on the original shipping invoice, but I suspect Johan is right, they probably just unintentionally left off the G. Still, I don't care what you call 'em, I call 'em one handy little khuk. Kind of a "field grade Kagas Katne". I just got in the two Bilton(g)s I ordered, and they're great. Shanker did an outstanding job with the forging and tempering of these blades. I sharpened them up and tested them out on carboard, rope, rawhide, and wood. Cutting ability and edge retention was excellent on both. They are exactly what I was hoping they'd be. A useful khukuri style belt knife, big enough to do real cutting work, but small enough to legally carry on my belt here in the Lone Star State. The "good old boys" can carry their Buck 110s, I'll be sporting my little "whatchamacallit" khukuri.;)

Sarge
 
Many thanks for good report from the field. As I mentioned somewhere this is the size khukuri that the Sherpa gals used as a concealed weapon to discourage amourous males when travelling on the night bus to India.
 
Ics37, it's all very clear how that khuk came to be called the bilton. All I was trying to do is clear up any confusion there might have been, and there was, considering the queries the guys came up with. Concerning Unc's stand on this minor matter, and his reasons: he's in his fullest rights, no doubt at all. Guess I just felt that where I was in the position (together with some other guys on the forum) to speak authoritatively on the Afrikaans name of this li'l beaut, I shouldn't hold back, for the benefit of this forum. To top that, I've been a College Annual editor for nigh on 32 years, an' when I see something wrong in text, the ol' red pen jerks spasmodically. Long live the Bilton (sic)! :D :D :D
 
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