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Osiyo Bro.et al:
The village models have been on my mind since Uncle Bill wrote that there was supposed to be a shipment coming.
Uncle Bill sent a village model to Cliff Stamp that was so butt ugly he was ashamed to sell it.
Cliff worked that little knife over and it beat out several others including if I remember right an 18"AK.
I am sure that everyone here has looked at the pix on the H.I Website where the kami made a khukuri and the primitive conditions it was made in although I would like to have a building with a forge like that one.
The village kami's are under the gun so to speak to make high quality khukuris no matter how ugly they might be. The emphasis is on what the knife will do. And thier customers will come back with severe complaints if the knife doesn't meet the correct standards.
I have been wonderig what kind of steel the kamis come up with to make these high quality khuks.
I have also wondered if they might forge weld a piece of high carbon steel edge piece onto a softer piece of steel somewhat like has been done for hundreds of years when high carbon steel was a premuim.
Then again I have watched documentaries where some high quality blades were made in even more primitive conditions.
I have a Moro Sword that's very high quality and blades like these were made in the jungle with a charcoal fire and perhaps a rock for an anvil. I have read where some of those blades were very comparable to the famous old Spanish Toledo Steel that was at one time said to be the best in the world.
A lot has to be said for the village kamis and the tough khukuris they make. I gave my Dhankuta style village odel to my daughter in Phoenix for use in her landscaping business. I think she's afarid to use it though.
That was one tough knife as well!!
Any thoughts?
Comments?
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"There's no trick in being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."
...............Will Rogers......
Khukuri FAQ
Osiyo Bro.et al:
The village models have been on my mind since Uncle Bill wrote that there was supposed to be a shipment coming.
Uncle Bill sent a village model to Cliff Stamp that was so butt ugly he was ashamed to sell it.
Cliff worked that little knife over and it beat out several others including if I remember right an 18"AK.
I am sure that everyone here has looked at the pix on the H.I Website where the kami made a khukuri and the primitive conditions it was made in although I would like to have a building with a forge like that one.
The village kami's are under the gun so to speak to make high quality khukuris no matter how ugly they might be. The emphasis is on what the knife will do. And thier customers will come back with severe complaints if the knife doesn't meet the correct standards.
I have been wonderig what kind of steel the kamis come up with to make these high quality khuks.
I have also wondered if they might forge weld a piece of high carbon steel edge piece onto a softer piece of steel somewhat like has been done for hundreds of years when high carbon steel was a premuim.
Then again I have watched documentaries where some high quality blades were made in even more primitive conditions.
I have a Moro Sword that's very high quality and blades like these were made in the jungle with a charcoal fire and perhaps a rock for an anvil. I have read where some of those blades were very comparable to the famous old Spanish Toledo Steel that was at one time said to be the best in the world.
A lot has to be said for the village kamis and the tough khukuris they make. I gave my Dhankuta style village odel to my daughter in Phoenix for use in her landscaping business. I think she's afarid to use it though.
That was one tough knife as well!!
Any thoughts?
Comments?
------------------
>>>>---¥vsa---->®
"There's no trick in being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."
...............Will Rogers......
Khukuri FAQ
