Throwing Khukuris???

muzzleup · Feb 22, 2001

Does anyone here throw their khukuris like a tomahawk or throwing knife. My new UBE with that upswept point looks like it might stand up to a few chucks at a log. The only thing I would fear is breaking the horn slabs on the handle.
Would throwing void the warrenty?

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Ron,
Bremerton, Washington

Tom Holt · Feb 22, 2001

Given the shape of a khukuri, isn't there a risk that it might fly like a boomerang, with interesting, not to mention terminal, results..?

MauiRob · Feb 22, 2001

I was wondering the same thing Tom. A friend where I used to work wanted me to try and throw my 20" AK, but I just didn't want to do it. I had similar thoughts about it flying around at weird angles.... If I were Uncle Bill I wouldn't cover that under warranty, but I'm curious to see what he says.

Rob

DeathDancer · Feb 22, 2001

Try here:

http://www.Bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum65/HTML/000066.html

Yvsa · Feb 22, 2001

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And here.

http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum26/HTML/000305.html

http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum26/HTML/000263.html

http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum26/HTML/000032-3.html

The 1st one tells about the Ghorkas throwing their khukuris.
The other 2 have a one post reference to throwing.
I didn't ralize the posts were made That long ago, it's a wonder I remembered.

HTH.

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DeathDancer · Feb 22, 2001

YVSA,

Impending age related and "Khukuri Radiation" related illness! Hold up your hand and tell me how many Khukuris are there?

Rene

Yvsa · Feb 22, 2001

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Uh, One? kinda blurry, but it's kinda in the middle.

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rdnzl · Feb 22, 2001

This topic scares the cr#p out of me!!!

Berkley · Feb 22, 2001

Me too, but it has been a frequent source of discussion here and in the other HI Forum.

Gary_B · Feb 23, 2001

Guys, I can guarantee that a khukuri will not fly like a boomerang.

Trust me.

Cheers for now,

Gary B.

Bill Martino · Feb 24, 2001

A few folks do throw their khukuris and some are amazingly good at it. I've tried and the only way I can make it "stick" is to measure off the distance between me and target and try to throw with the same force and speed everytime. Might work for something like the FL convention as a sideshow but in real life it is totally impractical as far as I'm concerned.

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matthew rapaport · Feb 24, 2001

You can throw anything, but it is silly to throw a knife that is not made for throwing because you risk both the tip and the handle, especially a stag handle! Unless you are very very good and will never miss of course...