The BirGorkha Kothimoda. Pix.

Bill Martino

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Here it is -- the BirGorkha Kothimoda, best and biggest Kothimoda I've ever seen. The khukuri was done by Bura and rates a 10 out of 10. The scabbard was done by Bura's newphew, one of the best gold and silversmiths in the Kathmandu valley and also rates 10 out of 10.

Khukuri specs.
1 lb 11 oz.
17.25 inches
1 & 7/8 wide
7/16 thick

I had asked for a smaller khukuri, perhaps only 1/4 inch thick, maybe a bit more than a pound but Bura resisted and argued for a bigger khukuri. I told him the knife would never be used, only displayed. He countered: "How can you be sure it will never be used? Perhaps a situation might arise which reqire the use of this knife and we would not want it to fail. Remember, this is a BirGorkha khukuri!"

I could not argue the point so I said, "you are the Royal Kami and the foreman of BirGorkha so make this Kothimoda as you see fit." And he did, resulting in the biggest and certainly one of the best Kothimodas in the world.

The khukuri, a dui chirra, is mounted in silver with water buffalo bone handle cured by Bura himself. It is perfect in every way. I was able to watch Bura manufacture this khukuri and I can tell you there are few better khukuris to be found anywhere.

The scabbard took ten days to make. It is the finest water buffalo calf, natural grain leather that we could fine and we spent a day searching the leather shops of Kathmandu to get it. The silver, all 225 grams of it, we bought ourselves and is .999 pure.

Overall, this is one of the finest kothimodas I've ever seen and one of the heaviest silver laden scabbards.

I cannot say enough about this kothimoda. If it had not been promised to Berkley who prepaid for it this rig would go right under my bed.

Those who have this knife on order will not be disappointed, guaranteed!



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Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
Khukuri FAQ

 
Uncle,

WOW!! That is one beautiful khukuri! If this is any indication of the quality level that will be coming out of BirGorkha, I can't wait to see all the secret projects (and my 15" chiruwa AK
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) that are on the way. Man, if I only had the money........

Rob
 
Uncle Bill,
Welcome home! Don't get so excited over being able to post at a decent baud rate that you wear yourself out, though.
Thank you for personally bringing my kothimoda, and thank you also for making my day - heck, my week, my month! I'm truly gonna be prouder than the proverbial pig with a purple pocketbook
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. This one definitely goes next to the Ganga Ram Special.

Now about those forward curving models Bura has in the works....

So many khukuris, so little time,
Berk
 
Berk, if I were a man of just a little less honor that Kothimoda would be under my bed and you would be waiting for number two which is in the works.

As Saddam might say, this is the mother of all Kothimodas.

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Blessings from the computer shack in Reno.

Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
Khukuri FAQ
 
Uncle Bill,
From the looks of the pictures and your description, I suspect ol' Saddam (and I) might say it's the mother of all khukuris.
Berk
 
Oh my God.

Bura is good, eh?

(cue "Fiddler on the Roof") "If I were a rich man..."

-Dave
 

Oh man! Geez! That is THE most beautiful khukuri that I have ever seen! If I happen to hit it big in a casino or on the lotto, you know where my money is going!

- D
 
I guess so - Saddam will say that it is a mother of Kothimoda!

Pakcik Bill - I think the dui chirra blade of that Kothimoda is the same model with dui chirra blade of Hanuman Special - Isn't it?

NEPAL HO!
 
Now that is one very nice 90 Calibre khukuri...

Looking forward to getting my own.

Harry

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L'audace, toujours l'audace!!!
 
...and what would be the best way to clean the silver without risking damage to the leather?

I figure Ronco's Spray-On Silver Polish and Bathroom Bowl Cleaner wouldn't be the ticket
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Getting any tarnish off without damaging the leather, maybe a special cleaner...?

Thanks for any advice! The only precious metal I own has been formed into blades
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Nick
 
I'm not sure about the cleaning of these things, leather and silver mix, but I'm sure there are experts who can tell us how to do it. I've never owned a kothimoda but I will soon so help with the cleaning -- but maybe the dust bunnies under the bed will do the job for me.

Price for this kothimoda is $450 delivered to your door. Remember, 225 grams of pure silver which took ten days to transform into what you see.

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Blessings from the computer shack in Reno.

Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
Khukuri FAQ
 
I worked in a jewlery store for a couple of years and repaired the stuff too. I wouldn't say that this is the best way but it has its bonuses. First of all its safe and simple, secondly it gives you a legitimate reason to fondel the khuk at least once a day. Just go into a local jewlery store and buy a polishing cloth, its just a soft cloth with some jewlers rouge on it. If you want you can buy a block of jewlers rouge and use a polishing peice like on one of those black and decker wizards to really apply it. Using a wizard would be the the way to go if you you need to get into those little crevices real bad. The cloths are just a couple of bucks and the jewlers rouge is usually around five dollars or so. As far as I know this won't harm the leather, I've worked on leather and silver pieces before using a jewlers drill in the same technique. Come to think about it, it seems as though you could use the sheath to really poke someone if you had to!

- D

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D -

Thanks for the tip! Being a Vampire Hunter, I'd expect your opinion on things silver to carry some weight
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Nick
 
I think the traditional method of polishing is probably to have your manservant spend the day polishing the silver before you wear it!

The kothimoda is now within reach of the middle class.
 
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