The Swords

[amacks]

Does anyone out there have any of HI's swords? I can't afford one, but I'm curious.
Aaron

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Why did you stab that girl?
You won't believe this, but I had too much coffee!
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aaronm@cs.brandeis.edu

 

[Bill Martino]

Hi Aaron:

We don't sell many swords which is fine with us all. They are time consuming to make and expensive to ship.

However, in what we can roughly classify as the "sword" category we have sold more 38 inch Janawar Katnes than anything else. And, at 8 or 9 pounds this blade is really not very useful.

Here's a picture of it.

<img src = "http://members.aol.com/yangduspag/pict38.jpg">


Uncle Bill

[This message has been edited by Bill Martino (edited 14 April 1999).]

 

[Cliff Stamp]

Bill :

at 8 or 9 pounds this blade is really not very useful

I would offer a slight revision :

"at 8 or 9 pounds this blade is really very useful"

-Cliff

 

[Bill Martino]

Only for yetis!

Uncle Bill

 

[DCPotts]

Wow! Whats the intended purpose for that monster?

 

[Cliff Stamp]

Clearing trails, brush cutting, cutting stakes, building shelters ...

Oh you meant in Nepal?

http://www.knifeforums.com/ubb/Forum27/HTML/000006.html

generally used for taking the head off a water buffalo during the Hindu religious festival of Dasein

-Cliff

 

[Bill Martino]

Janawar Katne means "animal cutter" so that pretty much defines the use in Nepal. But, as Cliff pointed out, if one does not mind carrying around a 13 pound rig then there are other uses for this blade. The karda and chakma for this khukuri are each about a foot long.

Uncle Bill