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How many dozen do you want?
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I don't visualize any of these items, even the khukuris, as becoming good sellers.
Regarding the khanda, a good friend of mine who is the Secretary of our local Gurdwara committee and I had a discussion on the khanda about it's shape. On most web sites on Gatka, the double edges of the khanda is shown to have a inward curve in it. I do not know as to why they are shown like that because the Khanda my grandfather had was shaped more like a double edged broadsword with the D-Shaped Guard and a spike going from under the guard. As was mentioned earlier, the spike helped to use the sword two-handed, but I also believe that it allowed the wielder to use hammer-type of techniques in their attacks.
While I would really love to see an HI style of Khanda, I think the difficulty in doing it would be because of the lack of a model and a
more detailed picture of a khanda. And, I would agree with Uncle Bill that it might not sell as a khukuri or a tarwar. The saber that Bura made for example did not have a good demand even though from looking at it, I thought it was a very good example of the Indian style of talwars. The closest I have seen to my grandfather's khanda was on the Gatka site in Denmark. Unfortunately, I do not have my grandfather's khanda or I could give more information on it. I would have liked to bring it from India, but I risk having it confiscated by Customs in India itself because it is an edged weapon. At present my cousin has it. If I could find a way of bringing it out of India then I would. If anyone has had better luck getting edged weapons out of India through customs, I would certainly like to hear about it.
Btw, there is a picture of a legendary Sikh hero named Baba Deep Singh where he is shown with the khanda and an axe called a tabar in his sash. Legend has it that in the course of battle against the Afghans, his head was half severed, but he held his head to his neck and continued fighting. After the battle, he fell and over the spot where he fell, a gurdwara was made to honor him.
Getting back to topic though, if one is made, I would be among the first to get it off Uncle Bill's hands.
Arvind
While I would really love to see an HI style of Khanda, I think the difficulty in doing it would be because of the lack of a model and a
more detailed picture of a khanda. And, I would agree with Uncle Bill that it might not sell as a khukuri or a tarwar. The saber that Bura made for example did not have a good demand even though from looking at it, I thought it was a very good example of the Indian style of talwars. The closest I have seen to my grandfather's khanda was on the Gatka site in Denmark. Unfortunately, I do not have my grandfather's khanda or I could give more information on it. I would have liked to bring it from India, but I risk having it confiscated by Customs in India itself because it is an edged weapon. At present my cousin has it. If I could find a way of bringing it out of India then I would. If anyone has had better luck getting edged weapons out of India through customs, I would certainly like to hear about it.
Btw, there is a picture of a legendary Sikh hero named Baba Deep Singh where he is shown with the khanda and an axe called a tabar in his sash. Legend has it that in the course of battle against the Afghans, his head was half severed, but he held his head to his neck and continued fighting. After the battle, he fell and over the spot where he fell, a gurdwara was made to honor him.
Getting back to topic though, if one is made, I would be among the first to get it off Uncle Bill's hands.
Arvind
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Many thanks, Bhanis.